Crowded out of good beach spots

A sea of blue canopies appear to have conquered Port Dickson's beaches.

ON a recent trip to Port Dickson, the beautiful beaches of my youth were almost unrecognisable.

The sandy shores beneath the casuarinas near Pantai Teluk Kemang and Pantai Cermin, where families had once picnicked, were occupied by a sea of blue canopies.