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walk down the Samaria gorge
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1,300
meters up, 18 km from the end of the trail, ready to go |
Descending
the “Xyloskalo”, the wooden steps |
And the steps are getting steeper |
A
rare glimpse of an “Agrimi”, the Kri Kri, Crete’s
unique wild goat |
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Big,
tall mountains to the east |
Even
taller mountains to the west |
Trail
path through huge boulders in the river bed |
First stop at Agios Nikolaos,
600 meters down but still a long way to go |
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More
boulders along the almost dry river bed |
A
drink stop at a crystal clear, cold spring |
It
still looks a long way to go |
More boulders, is there any
end to them? |
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Reached
Samaria, the old and now abandoned hamlet, half way point
of the trail |
The
gorge now is getting narrower |
...and
narrower |
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narrower |
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At
last, the “Sideroportes”, the Iron Gates, narrowest
point about 3 meters wide, with cliffs 600 meters high
on either side |
Track
is opening up now |
End
of the trail, looking back |
Agia
Roumeli, 18 km later, the destination for a cool swim |
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