9 April

2017-04-09 08-31-16 bf782179 What we looked like on the morning of our big hiking day 2017-04-09 08-30-19 ca6a3f95 kids at the start of the hike 2017-04-09 09-00-51 ce48372b cobbles along the beach DSCN3841 we will follow the sunrays over the ridge
DSCN3842 sand beach at canyon mouth 2017-04-09 09-22-15 dd1e7127 the Libyan Sea 2017-04-09 09-22-35 a9631d02 looking ahead DSCN3843 lovely path
DSCN3845 beneath pines DSCN3846 rocky coast with sun 2017-04-09 09-44-33 de04b37e looking back to Agia Roumeli 2017-04-09 09-44-05 3aaac315 sandy beach with an old church
DSCN3848 some sand got in Christine's shoes too DSCN3849 Then we went up DSCN3850 climbing about 600 m DSCN3853 evidence of fire
DSCN3856 higher and higher 2017-04-09 12-14-33 092fbf49 looking back at A. Roumeli DSCN3854 arough but still quite obviousroute DSCN3855 built for mules probably
DSCN3857 CP with A. Roumeli in the background DSCN3858 interior mountains come into view DSCN3860 nice wide path through the cliffs DSCN3861 close to the top
DSCN3862 cliffs DSCN3863 a veritable pedestrian superhighway DSCN3865 cresting DSCN3866 and onto the fields of stone on the plateau
DSCN3867 without a path it would have been very difficult DSCN3868 striking plants 2017-04-09 12-50-53 1530fc8f again 2017-04-09 12-51-05 3cf945c8 and again
2017-04-09 12-54-13 51845f8c we stopped for our lunch close to this tree DSCN3870 looking ahead to another gorge, the Aradena DSCN3871 beneath Pakhnes DSCN3872 Pakhnes and the village of Aradena
DSCN3874 water supply Cretan style DSCN3875 Pakhnes from above Anopolis DSCN3876 looking the other way down to Loutro 2017-04-09 17-49-29 40210ee2 Greg and the Libyan Sea
2017-04-09 17-49-51 b055c338 Loutro and the Libyan Sea 2017-04-09 18-00-03 c30f8ea3 chapel on top DSCN3877 chapel with Christine DSCN3879 inside the chapel - very Orthodox
DSCN3881 where we stayed in Anopolis DSCN3882 studying the map in front of our lodgings