Island of dreams, island of mines


Tourists visiting a pebble beach on Sazan Island in the Adriatic Sea, off the coast of Albania, in this file pic from July 14, 2024. The island has no potable water and is not connected to the electricity grid. — Ilir Tsouko/The New York Times

IVANKA Trump recently told a podcaster how she “found” Sazan Island off Albania’s southern coast, saying she swam there from a friend’s boat and hiked “barefoot all the way up to the top”.

She must have very tough feet.

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