Although Tsakonas, a native Athenian, had visited and sailed the Cyclades as a youth with his family, he didn't have special ties to the island.

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The chamber of commerce for the Cyclades, an island group in the Aegean Sea, reported shortages in goods and warned that serious health cases were going untreated and dead bodies were not being transported for burial.

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The crowds, which were out in force this summer despite the talk of economic doom, are thinner, the weather is less scorching, and in the Cyclades, still the most famous and most visited island group, the meltemi winds have stopped whipping, making flying, sailing, and having breakfast on your terrace easier.

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