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Friday, January 27, 2012

Red Beach

Went to a beach near Digha. Seeing the crowd at Digha beach its easy to guess that not many people know about this wonderful beach nearby, and its good for some reason.

It was my first occasion to see life in its grand form. Just as we were able to see the sea sand... we saw these spectacular creatures standing still on the sand, perhaps warming up in the morning sun. There were thousands of them to be seen. Unusual, as I had seen only the sluggish crabs in my backyard, they were very quick. They ran inside their holes as soon as they sensed  our approaching steps. As we walked farther over the sand the ground appeared red everywhere except the sand between 10 feet radius from where we were standing. This white circle moved over the sand along with us. No matter how softly we tried to approach them, we gave ourselves away to them as they disappeared deep into there holes.




My fellow friends however found the beach to be boring as there were no other people to be seen. they decided to go to more (most) crowded Digha beach. I and one of my friends retreated, a bit sad, away from the most amazing scenery I have ever seen.  Better they be left alone. Staying there for long would only have harmed them. Hope this beach stays alive with these crabs for years to come.