When hot, dry conditions combine with high winds, a condition that is very common in Greece during the summer, the result may be a wildfire, both from natural causes and from arson. This kind of fires are difficult to control, can happen at any time, but usually the fire season many times coincides with the high tourism season.
Their eyebrows are black and thick and their facial expressions austere and proud. The women from the small village of Olympos, high in the north of the Greek island of Karpathos, are different from the women on the rest of the island. This part of Karpathos has the harshest landscape on the 300 square kilometre island thanks to its craggy coastline and the waves that crash upon the shore. But its olive groves and hidden bays also make it the most beautiful place on Karpathos. Olympos is difficult to reach.
The West Australian newspaper reports about the boom in the cruising holidays global market and in particular about the popularity of the Mediterranean destinations:
“Greece welcomes the third biggest number of cruise visitors in Europe. Two and a half million people a year arrive at ports spread throughout the country, from Piraeus to Corfu, Katakolon [...]
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