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due to red-colored algae, plankton, and brine shrimp that thrive
in the salty environment.

Pink Sand Beach, Bahamas
There is white sand, golden sand; so why not pink sand? This
pale-pink colored beach that stretches along the eastern side of
the Atlantic Ocean for three miles, gets this color from the micro-
scopic coral insects, known as Foraminifera.

Hawa Mahal, Jaipur, India

The five-story building located in Jaipur, India, was commis-
sioned in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, a Kachwaha
ruler of Jaipur. Looking like it comes straight out of a fairy tale
with its pink grandeur, this palace was built in the form of the
crown of Lord Krishna using pink sandstone.
The Don CeSar, Florida, USA

Don CeSar Hotel, the legendary Pink Palace of Pete Beach, gives
this region of Florida a feeling of a movie studio. The palace has
hosted many celebrities through the years. The author F. Scott
Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda were among the favorites of the
place.

Rua Nova Do Carvalho, Lisbon, Portugal
Rua Nova do Carvalho is one of the areas in Lisbon that is worth
seeing. The street, which was the center of Lisbon’s notorious
nightlife in the past, is now filled with cool cafes and cute little
streets. The street was painted in pinky colors in 2011, and now
decorates the social media pages of tourists visiting Lisbon.

Flamingo Beach, Aruba
If you want to keep your encounter with pink more personal, this
small beach in the Renaissance Private Island in Aruba is the
right place for you. Bright colored flamingos wander along the
beach all the time. The beach is not pink in its own, all the pink-
ness comes from flamingos.

Lake Nakuru, Kenya
Lake Nakuru is one of the biggest lakes in the Rift Valley of Ken-
ya. Just like the Flamingo Beach in Aruba, this soda lake is also
famous for the vast quantity of flamingos that made this place
their homes.

Hillier Lake, Australia
This bright pink salt lake located in the Middle Island just next
to Esperance of Western Australia, was first discovered by the
explorer Matthew Flinders in 1802. The pink color of the lake is
suspected to come from the high-levels of salt it includes.