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Greek = bleak. A picturesque beach on the northwestern tip of Crete has gone viral, not for its stunning sand or crystalline waters but for the hordes of tourists allegedly shoehorning its shoreline. In footage with nearly a million views, Crete’s Balos Beach is shown with a veritable plague of tourists crowding its narrow pier and famous lagoon. The original poster sardonically captioned the grim video “Arriving at the natural wonder of Balos Beach in August.” Balos can be reached by a hike, but many visitors opt to arrive via boat from nearby Kissamos, and during the peak summer months…

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