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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 |