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Article: TRULY A MIRACLE! Easter Island may hold the secret to long life - and it's a magical place for an adventure ...(News)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- July 18, 2009
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Byline: by Victoria Ward
SOMEONE might have warned me of the link between Easter Island and the 'elixir of youth'. If last week's sensational news had emerged prior to my visit, I would have spent rather more time tracking down the miraculous chemical in the soil that apparently forms the basis of a new anti-aging pill, and my friends would not have kept asking: 'Isn't that a long way to go just to see a bunch of funny-looking stone heads?' As it happens, it is a very long way to go for anything. Easter Island is one of the most remote, inhabited spots on earth. It lies more than 2,000 miles from the coast of Chile, to the west.
But ever since laying ...