Our bags are packed and we head out (false start but we suggested correction to George when we met up at the port later in the day)
Ios Chora
Blue sky
Lupine
Ios
The plain and Skarkos, the ancient city (ruins and now an arch site) in the center
Statice in bloom
Lupin are getting thick here!
It must be gorgeous a few weeks earlier when this is all in bloom
Nice trail conditions
Foreground, middle ground, background
Oregano is also abundant
and Rock Rose
Rock rose overgrowing the trail
Finally, we reach a palace with verdant grounds
Shows what's possible when trees are planted (Greg's vision of carbon sequestering credits goes wild!)
Not a local plant
What kind of carriage goes up these steps?
An oasis
Now the gravel road back to Chora
