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| Our walks in Crete |
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| We arrived at Hania - the old Venetian port |
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| Dawn at Hania |
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| Mosque… or Church? |
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| Hamman (Turkish baths) - Hania |
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| One of many chapels along the coast |
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| Hrisokalitissa Monastery |
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| Beginning of the Crete coastal path, near Elafonissos |
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| E4 on the south coast of Crete |
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| Blue sea, blue sky, white chapel |
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| Roman rock (milestone) rotting on the beach |
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| Necropolis at Lissos - Roman |
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| Chapel constructed with recycled stuff, Lissos |
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| Weird flower - only grows in the gorges |
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| Roman baths, Lissos |
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| South coast of Crete |
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| Lissos Gorge |
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| All up on the Agia Irini Gorge |
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| Agia Irini Gorge, more up |
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| You could drive from Agia Irini to Ormalos at the start of the Samaria Gorge, but ... |
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| ... why would you when there is a beautiful old stone path across the mountains |
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| Goats feeding beside a roadside chapel |
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| Inside the chapel |
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| Levka Ori - the White Mountains |
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| The path descends into the Samaria Gorge |
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| Stepping stones to cross the stream |
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| Cairn city |
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| Chapel in the Gorge |
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| The old Samaria village, abandoned after the Gorge was declared a National Park |
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| Park ranger chatting with rescuer on donkey - if the Samaria Gorge gets too much, a donkey can take you back |
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| Samaria Gorge, and this isn't the really narrow bit! |
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| Bridge across the stream in Samaria Gorge |
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| Samaria Gorge Portes - this is the really narrow bit - 3 metres wide 300 metres high |
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| Samaria Gorge Chapel |
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| Agia Roumeli Byzantine church |
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| Agia Roumeli beach front town |
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| Agios Pavlos (St Paul's) - a remote Byzantine chapel on the beach |
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| Looking back along the E4 |
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| Venetian castle above Loutro |
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| Loutro - only access by ferry boat or walking |
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| Frangokastello |
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| The old donkey path on the Killikratiano Gorge leading into the mountains from Frangokastello |
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| Killikratis church |
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| Agiroupolis village |
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| Agiroupolis church |
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| Rethimno water front |
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| Rethimno mosque |
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| Light house at Rethimno |
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| Rethimno castle |
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| Rethimno old quarter |
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| Mili Gorge, near Rethimno - a series of disused water mills ground the wheat |
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| Water channel in Mili Gorge |
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| Descending into the Imbros Gorge |
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| Imbors Gorge |
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| Path in the Imbros Gorge |
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| The Imbros Gorge gets narrower ... |
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| ... and narrower |
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| More Imbros Gorge |
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| Komitades |
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| Byzantine Church outside Hora Sfakion |
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| Hora Sfakion |
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| View of Loutro from the hotel window |
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| Spot the path on the cliff face? |
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| Path to Askyfou |
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| Private war museum at Askyfou |
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| Askyfou church |
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| Lush valley - Askyfou |
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| Crossing the stream near Asomatos |
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| Down the gorge to Preveli Beach (palm beach) |
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| The new Preveli monastery |
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| The old Preveli monastery |
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| Windy beach - Plakais |
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| Valley of the dead - Zakros to Kato Zakros - Minoans buried their dead in the cliff caves |
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| Fishing boats - Kato Zakros |
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| This is the end of the E4 trail in eastern Crete - Kato Zakros |
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| Ruins of Minoan city at Kato Zakros |
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| Green grocers - Horta, wild greens |
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| Mosque at Ierapetra |
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| Venetian fort at Ierapetra |
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| Top of a Byzantine church at Episkopi |
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| Krista |
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| Krista Gorge - much pink oleander |
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| Krista Gorge - strange rock formations |
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| Lasithi Plateau - canals and windmills courtesy of the Venetians |
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| Windmills, still in use, dot the Lasithi Plateau |
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| Surrounded by mountains |
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| More old windmills on the edge of the plateau |
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| VERY steep descent, 600 meters, down the Rossi Gorge |
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| Jelly legs at the bottom |
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| Venetian harbour at Iraklion |
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| Something at Iraklion |
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| Iraklion skyline |
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| Knossos mural - ancient Minoan city |
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| Another mural at the Knossos site |
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| Knossos throne room |
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| Minoan pots at Knossos |