Samaria Gorge

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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1250m high at start and 16 km long	Bob got up extra early to join us on the hike	Busloads of tourists tackle hike each day	Can't decide if close-up or distant photo is best
Cathy bought cold drinks for us at the end;Thanks!	Chasmophytes-plants growing out of rock	Crete's second most popular tourist attraction	Goats were everywhere on Crete
Gorge became national park in 1962	Gorge ends at Libyan Sea in cute town	Gorge hike was a highlight of our Greece trip	Gorge reminded us alot of Yosemite
Guys show amazing strength holding boulder	Hike took 4-7 hours;had 3 blisters	Hike was long and tough but no mishaps	I didn't see anyone heading that way
I loved the colors and feel of this photo	I was excited to spot a rare kri-kri goat	Iron Gates where gorge is only 3 meters wide	More than half of our group tackled challenge
Often billed as the longest gorge in Europe	Old bridge was oddity in dry river bed	Olive groves remain from residents moved in 1962	Public transit worked well as we took bus&ferry
River created gorge but not in the summertime	Ruins thousands of years old were scattered	Still amazed at all of the rock walls in Greece	The cold water provided temporary relief from heat
The end of the hike&a cold drink in sight!	The geology of the gorge fascinated us	The walls of the gorge started closing in on us	There were thousands of these rock creations
These pros stayed with me the whole way	This mother kri-kri found a safe spot in the rock	Town of Agia Roumeli is at end;caught ferry here	View from start was stunning
Walls rise up 300meters but only 3meters wide	We debated difference between canyon&gorge	We saw a total of 5 kri-kri during the hike	We stopped often to just enjoy the views

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