How will the Marquesas Islands fare with their high towering spire-like peaks?

马克·萨斯群岛那些高耸的尖形山峰将面临什么？

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The Marquesas Islands are ranked third on the book’s list of Top 10 Regions 2011.

在新书中，马库萨斯群岛位名列2011年，十大最佳旅游地区的第三位。

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I was very happy: the French embassy website said that I could go to Tahiti or the Marquesas Islands with the same visa.

我很高兴：法国大使馆网站说，我可以以同样的签证去大溪地或马克·萨斯群岛。

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Farthest east, the 15 lofty Marquesas Islands are ruggedly mountainous.

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While anthropological opinion varies, it is thought that settlers from Southeast Asia arrived in the Marquesas Islands around 300 AD, although other historical evidence has suggested tribes from Samoa and Tonga sailed into the region before 100 AD.

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If you book in the shared cabins, you can make the 14 day cruise from Papeete to the Marquesas and back (about 1, 600 nautical miles) stopping in the Tuamotus and the larger of the Marquesas Islands, for just 25, 000 francs a day, full board, including all guided shore excursions.

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