Olympus Trippers ; the Greek Island of Lesbos has a Popu- Lation of No More Than 120,000 People and No Fewer Than 11 Million Olive Trees.

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The Greek island of Lesbos has a popu- lation of no more than 120,000 people and no fewer than 11 million olive trees.

"It's far too many," growls our taxi driver who is to drop us along the coast to start the first of our week's self-guided walks. He meant the olive trees.

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Olympus Trippers ; the Greek Island of Lesbos has a Popu- Lation of No More Than 120,000 People and No Fewer Than 11 Million Olive Trees.

"No, the more the better," I'm thinking 15 minutes later. For those terraced groves of incredibly gnarled trunks and beautiful pale green and silvery leaves provide a canopy against the fierce Aegean sun, which even in early summer is boosting the temperature into ...

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