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| yyoon | profile | all galleries >> Greece >> Crete (6-14 Sept 2009) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Center of town (Platia Venizelou) |
 Morosini fountain |
 Looking from a different angle |
 Platia Eleftheria (Was waiting for the bus to Knossos) |
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 Pedestrian street with lots of cafe/bar/restaurant leading to my hotel |
 random shot |
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 strolling along one of the pedestrian-only streets |
 View of the natural history museum |
 A restaurant/bar with a great view |
 Nice place to have a drink... it looks very romantic at night with the lights and all |
 The main street just two blocks from my hotel |
 That quiet lane to my hotel |
 Seems like a popular hangout place for men in uniform.. |
 Venetian fortress |
 The harbor for fishermen... |
 Ferries that connects Heraklion with other islands and cities at the far left |
 Checking out the fortress and whatever that is beyond |
 Was very windy at this point... |
 Got worst here... I can't even steady myself to take a picture |
 Streets of Heraklion |
 The market street |
 The morning crowd |
 My spaghetti dinner.... can feed a family of 4 i think |
 Beginning of the tour at Knossos |
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 A big hole in the ground.... forgot what the tour guide said about it |
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 nice patch work |
 re-work of the paintings |
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 underground storage.. |
 Minoans' acrobatic sports.. looks deadly... wonder how many people survive the stunt |
 The guide explaining away each drawing |
 The hall in which the king attended religious matters |
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 The religious throne room... the big bowl carries water, something like the holy water in the church |
 the lower levels |
 the stairs that lead to the lower levels |
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 The queen's apartment .. I was told |
 Drains |
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 They are gigantic |
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 3D painting of a bull |
 The main road in ancient times that leads out of the palace |
 On my way to Sfakion |
 Random click-and-drive shot |
 Driving along the coast |
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 An empty beach.... |
 I like the umbrellas |
 Lunch break... sumptuous tsasiki... |
 empty beach on a nice sunny day... incredible! |
 on the road again |
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 Approaching a church |
 Going downhill |
 This is the south side of the island |
 Sfakion town and harbor on right |
 One of the two small beach areas in Sfakion |
 There are nice houses in town... |
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 My rental car... |
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 Sfakion from a different angle |
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 Here comes my ride to Samaria Gorge!! |
 That truck got on that ferry.... it took a while.. |
 Boarding the rest of the passengers |
 On the way... |
 Looking back at Sfakion |
 A stretch of sandy beach, accessible by boat only |
 Approaching Loutro |
 Every town looks pretty much the same.. |
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 Loutro harbor |
 here they come..... |
 and there they go... with their goods |
 on the way again... |
 Agia Roumeli from far |
 getting closer... |
 The way to Samaria gorge |
 looks like a fortress.... up there |
 standing at Agia Roumeli harbor.. and looking out on my left |
 the beach area |
 the main street.... full of restaurants |
 lunch break |
 my fresh-OJ-out-of-the-fruit... |
 my hike up the gorge |
 still 1km to go ... to reach the entrance |
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 Passed by a village |
 I didn't know goats like to stare... |
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 driving from sfakion to matala |
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 roadside memorial |
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 rest stop at a small village |
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 Stopped in Agia Galini for lunch |
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 The shore side cafe/bar/restaurant |
 Short stop to check out this archeological site |
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 Matala beach... and the caves in the cliff is an ancient Roman tomb |
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 had a drink in this bar/restaurant |
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 trying to find another beach closeby |
 the hike to get to red beach |
 nice view from the top |
 still some way to go... |
 more progress... |
 finally I see the sea...from here on it is all downhill |
 Wondering goat.... just above where I was on Red Beach |
 Me occupying a 3-bed studio |
 the 3rd bed separated by a wall |
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 on the move again .... to Sitia on the east side... a random rest stop |
 the church |
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 old windmill |
 Lunch break at the restaurant across from the beach |
 checking out the beaches |
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 back on the road |
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 ops... wrong way |
 Sitia harbor |
 palm trees along the coast |
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 interesting looking tree |
 on the way to Vai Beach |
 The bus stop at Vai beach |
 on the beach... unfortunately it rained all day.. the only reason this beach was empty this day |
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 the look out point |
 the other beach.... which one can simply swim over to it from Vai beach |
 Consequences from the rain |
 To Aradena Gorge |
 Aradena gorge |
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 it is possible to hike down... |
 wondering around ... |
 The gorge has dried up |
 walking on the bridge.. kinda unnerving |
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 wild... flower? |
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 don't know what that is |
 not a ruin but a house that belongs to someone... |
 now... back to Heraklion |
 another of those click-and-drive shots |
 stone quarry |
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 Am getting good at this click-and-drive... |
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 bye bye crete! |
 is that Santorini? |
 sun rise... |
 The circle looks quite perfect |
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