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Crete, Greece

Crete pictures, May (8, 10, 12, 13, 14) 2010

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May 8 2010 - checking in

The pictures were taken with a Canon EOS 450D + Canon EF-S 17-85mm IS USM F 4-5.6

 
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1. Pre-camp on Vigra airport 2. Checking into the hotel 3. Platanias main street 4. Out to dinner 5. Platanias, seen from the restaurant 6. Our hotel 7. Theodhoropoula island 8. Platanias - after dark 9. The hotel swimming pool

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May 9 2010 - Kousakas, Vouloumenou, Mt. Ida and Agathias

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May 10 2010 - Geroskinos and Kuvara

 
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Geroskinos

0A. Sightseeing tracks 0B. Geroskinos tracks 1. Gramvousa peninsula and Geroskinos 2. Below Geroskinos 3. The trailhead 4. The route up 5. The Gramvousa dirt road 6. Geroskinos main top 7. Along the fence 8. Poor fellow 9. Imeri island 10. Balos beach 11. Aghria island 12. Rodopos peninsula 13. Lefka Ori peaks 14. On the ridge 15. View up the ridge 16. Podikonisi 17. Up the ridge 18. Up the ridge 19. The north top ahead 20. View down 21. End of the road 22. The crux - zoomed in 23. Anne arriving on the north top 24. Shore view 25. The north top 26. Balos beach 27. Above Balos beach 28. Lots to see - everywhere 29. A goat - looking for us 30. View up the ridge 31. Viewpoint 32. Cool viewpoint 33. A flat tire episode

Kuvara

0C. Kuvara tracks 34. On the way up Kuvara 35. A pretty flower 36. Yet another fence 37. Valley view 38. Towards the top 39. Balance session 40. More flowers 41. Anne on Kuvara 42. Me on Kuvara 43. The original plan 44. Chania/Hania 45. Kuvara view 46. Wide-angle view from Kuvara 47. Rodopos 48. Kolibari 49. Return to the car 50. Rodopos 51. In Rodopos 52. In Rodopos 53. Looking back on Kuvara

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May 11 2010 - Páchnes

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May 12 2010 - Kastri and Profitis Iliás

 
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Falassarna beach & Kastri

0. Sightseeing tracks 1. Falassarna beach 2. The coastal rock Kastri 3. A tavern at Falassarna 4. Lunch at the local tavern 5. Obtaining regional information 6. Our route up Kastri 7. A local cat - hungry but not thirsty 8. A cool coastal rock 9. I still have nightmares... 10. VERY SHARP ROCK! 11. On the way up Kastri 12. Lots of small caves 13. Gramvousa peaks 14. Sheep - goat heaven 15. Looking for a route up 16. Still looking for a route up 17. Found a route! 18. Anne follows 19. Very cool terrain 20. Red flowers 21. View from Kastri 22. Falassarna beach 23. Photographer in action 24. Back to the roots 25. You can run, but you cannot hide 26. The need for shade 27. Kastri 28. Nature at work 29. Falassarna beach 30. Kastri 31. Nice stones. Now my property. 32. Wallpaper. Free download... 33. Kastri 34. Gramvousa peaks

Profitis Iliás

35. Back on the winding road 36. A typical winding road 37. Yet another village 38. A cemetary 39. Better stay in the bushes 40. Passing a cool peak 41. Passing more peaks 42. On the way to Iliás 43. Antenna on top 44. Chapel on top 45. Elafonisos island 46. Summit marker 47. The chapel 48. Summit view 49. A fairly obvious route 50. Butterly or moth? 51. Looking back on Iliás 52. Kefali 53. Looking back on Iliás 54. Lunch in Kefali 55. An interesting road 56. Unusual surroundings for a traffic light 57. Yet another gorge

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May 13 2010 - Yrtakina

 
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To the Samaria Gorge trailhead

0A. Sightseeing tracks 0B. Sightseeing tracks 0C. Yrtakina tracks 1. Orange country 2. Lefka Ori 3. Mountain village 4. Locals 5. Thank God for trees 6. Samaria gorge trailhead 7. Trailhead info 8. Trailhead view 9. View up the mountain 10. Map of the local area 11. Pachnes 12. View towards the gorge

Sougia

13. On the way to Sougia 14. The Sougia beach 15. Lunch 16. Feel lucky? 17. Sougia 18. Sougia beach 19. Koutsogerako

To Yrtakina

20. The trailhead 21. Looks steep 22. Nice colors 23. On the way 24. Chapel near the trailhead 25. Hmmm 26. You just cannot fall into this 27. The route upwards 28. The scrambling begins 29. Sharp rock 30. A bit of climbing 31. Almost up 32. This is not the top 33. To the high point 34. Fun terrain 35. Fun terrain 36. On the windy summit 37. View from the summit 38. Where we came up

Wide-angle view from Yrtakina

39. Wide-angle view from Yrtakina

Descent

40. Cool plant 41. Well? 42. Getting the overview 43. Is there a way down? 44. Fences to be crossed 45. Rugged 46. Amongst big boulder 47. A cool forest 48. Inside the small forest 49. Inside the small forest 50. Inside the small forest 51. Inside the small forest 52. Out of the forest 53. Back on the road 54. Looking back on Yrtakina

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May 14 2010 - Zourva

 
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Drapanos & Almyrida beach

0A. Sightseeing tracks 1. Drapanos 2. Almyrida beach 3. Drapanos trailhead 4. Akrotiri peninsula 5. The mountain by the airport 6. Never made it up Drapanos 7. Targeting Zourva instead 8. Almyrida beach 9. Looks fun 10. Anne on a snorkelig trip 11. A wind surfer 12. The wind surfer and Anne 13. Almyrida beach 14. Anne returns 15. Next time, I will go too

Zourva

0B. Zourva tracks 16. Big fight in progress 17. Lefka Ori - the white mountains 18. On the way to Zourva 19. A chapel and a heap of tires 20. Passing the chapel 21. Goat scare 22. Wide-angle view from Zourva 23. Akrotiri peninsula 24. Drapanos - Grr... 25. On Zourva summit 26. Antenna town further west 27. Lizards everywhere 28. Chania/Hania 29. Chania/Hania

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