He pulled on shorts and a T-shirt, slipped into his walking sandals and stepped outside, blinking his eyes against the shimmer of the sapphire sea.

Kauai, known as the Garden Isle, is draped with lush tropical rainforests and cascading waterfalls, all surrounded by sapphire seas.

Swimming and snorkelling in the sapphire sea - and trying to see if there's anyone famous on that yacht moored by the jetty.

As the sunlight glittered on the sapphire sea, President Clinton elected to relax today by watching basketball on television.

But, girt with silver splendor of the foam, Didst from the depths of sapphire seas arise!

A fresh breeze curled the tops of the waves into tiny frills of foam that glistened white on the sapphire sea.

Then he glimpsed it-a white inanimate speck, sitting serenely on a glistening sapphire sea.

Then on over a sheet of open water and cruising above charming islands set in sapphire seas.

The landscape is a kaleidoscope of colours, albeit from a restricted palette: white houses, black volcanic rock, green cacti, golden beaches, sparkling sapphire seas.

'Two classic islands floating in a sparkling sapphire sea.'