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Guatemala by and researched by Iain Stewart; with additional contributions by Peter Eltringham and Mark Whatmore is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Introduction <br> It would take a lifetime of island-hopping to really get to know the more than 160 permanently inhabited Greek islands, let alone the countless smaller gull-roosts which dot the Aegean and Ionian seas. At the right time of year or day, they conform remarkably well to their fantastic travel-poster image; any tourist board would give their eyeteeth for the commonplace vision of purple-shadowed island silhouettes floating on a cobalt-and-rose horizon. <br> Closer to hand, island beaches come in all shapes, sizes and consistencies, from discrete crescents framed by tree-fringed cliffs straight out of a Japanese screen painting, to deserted, mile-long gifts deposited by small streams, where you could imagine enacting Crusoe scenarios among the dunes. But inland there is always civilization, whether the tiny cubist villages of the remoter outposts, or burgeoning resorts as cosmopolitan - and brazen - as any in the Mediterranean.<br> What amazes most first-time visitors is how, despite the strenuous efforts of developers and arsonists, this environment has not yet been utterly destroyed. If you're used to the murky waters of the open Mediterranean as sampled in Spain,
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- Author
- and researched by Iain Stewart; with additional contributions by Peter Eltringham and Mark Whatmore
- Publisher
- Rough Guides : Distributed by the Penguin Group, 2002.
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781858285238
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Travel, History, Language Learning
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