Crete - Lassithi Plateau, Psychro, Agios Georgios, Dikti, Selakano
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Psychro. On this donkey I could have ridden to the Diktaean Cave. 7.6.2007. |
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Lasithi Plateau. View from the path to the Diktaean Cave. 7.6.2007. |
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Diktaean Cave. Site of Zeus' birth. 7.6.2007. |
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Diktaean Cave. Dripstone. 7.6.2007. |
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Diktaean Cave. Even in Minoan times a cult site. 7.6.2007. |
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Lasithi Plateau. View from the entrance of the Diktaean Cave. 7.6.2007. |
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Residents of Psychro. 7.6.2007. |
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Lasithi Plateau. On foot to Agios Georgios. 7.6.2007. |
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Windmills which formerly powered water pumps. 7.6.2007. |
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Near Magoulas. 7.6.2007. |
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Church in Kaminaki. 7.6.2007. |
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Avrakondes. 7.6.2007. |
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Agios Georgios. 7.6.2007. |
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Roses in Avrakondes. 8.6.2007. |
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Shop in Avrakondes. 8.6.2007. |
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Lasithi Plateau. On my way to the Dikti mountain range. 8.6.2007. |
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Limnakaro Plateau and Mount Dikti. 8.6.2007. (A click on the picture shows it enlarged.) |
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View back to the Limnakaro Plateau. I chose a wrong path that brought me to exhausting ascents and descents and costed a few hours. 8.6.2007. |
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Panorama. View to the west and north. 8.6.2007. (A click on the picture shows it enlarged.) |
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Lassithi Plateau and Limnakaro Plateau. 8.6.2007. (A click on the picture shows it enlarged.) |
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Changing from the wrong to the right path. At first I had to go down. 8.6.2007. |
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The steepest part downwards, much steeper than it looks. I took my rucksack off and in both hands. Then facing the slope I slid down a bit, pulled the rucksack, slid down, etc. 8.6.2007. |
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I went a short way back in direction to the Limnakaro Plateau until I found the right path up. 8.6.2007. |
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A part of the detour (red dots). Mount Dikti was right behind the peaks. My path passed around it. 8.6.2007. (A click on the picture shows it enlarged.) |
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View back to the Lasithi Plateau from the right path. 8.6.2007. |
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Lasithi Plateau. From about 1700 meters. 8.6.2007. |
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Marker. Now the path was clearly marked. 8.6.2007. |
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Nearly on the peak of the path. I went up to 1900 meters. 8.6.2007. |
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View downwards from the place where I camped. The goats had chimed me into sleep. 9.6.2007. |
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Descent. Still quite high on about 1700 meters. 9.6.2007. |
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Descent in direction to Selakano. 9.6.2007. |
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Goatherds. 9.6.2007. |
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The path remained rocky. Only occasionally there were forested sections with softer underground. 9.6.2007. |
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View to the south. 9.6.2007. |
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A resting place where a he-goat approached me that spot me only when it was a few meters in front of me, and then suddenly took it heels. 9.6.2007. |
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Selakano. I asked for directions and was invited to a glass of juice. Also for the insects provisions had been made. 9.6.2007. |
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Selakano. In a cafe I bought a 1-euro-coke and got water, biscuits and tomatoes for free. The innkeeper on the right. 9.6.2007. |
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Landscape behind Selakano. 9.6.2007. |
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After Selakano. Four Albanians gave me a lift to Christos. 9.6.2007. |
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Road to Myrtos. From Christos I hitchhiked further on to Myrtos (at the Libyan Sea). 9.6.2007. |
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