On the stone steps of the Richards' blue-gray house, visitors gingerly laid down flowers.
We sit out front, on stone steps polished smooth from centuries of just such sitting, and dine whilst watching locals pass by.
We ducked under a nest of pipes and walked down some stone steps to the other side, a kind of landing, completely enclosed.
Down the old, cold grey stone steps to the antiquated bookshop that lends the establishment its name, I found clues to the area's most charismatic corners.
Perhaps most important is the natural setting, from the barely touched mangrove forest (building low-impact was a priority) to the riots of flamboyant bougainvillea that drape the uneven stone steps up to the hillside suites.
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Treasure hunters discovered the archaeological site in the early 1970s when they climbed the 1, 263 stone steps from the riverbank to find an isolated site consisting of more than 150 terraces, plazas and stone paths that cascade down the mountain.
Stone steps are carved into the hillside and while it is the only way to experience the full gestalt of the city, it is still hard to imagine how invading Muslims could have spent six months attacking and pillaging the once thriving capital of 500, 000 people.
They range from grandfathers with traditional flowing sarongs hanging over their bare feet to teenagers clad in polo shirts and trainers, all climbing the 5, 000-odd stone steps that are illuminated by electric lights throughout the night, a glowing white line spiralling up the mountain and marking the way to the top.
Two stone urns flanked the front steps, leading up to a wide porch.
The most significant feature of Nevins's garden at Middlefield is the hornbeam room, entered as one moves up a flight of stone-and-grass steps toward a bench set on axis with what is the beating heart of any country house in summer, the well-used and much-loved screened porch.
Crying widows, fashioned from stone, suckle infants on the steps of tombs.
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What at first glance appears to be a jumble of boulders was probably a workshop where expert stonecutters practiced their trade. (One chunk of granite has been carved into almost-finished steps.) Another large stone, known as Serpent Rock, has snakes etched into its top surface.
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