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Comment on Samaria Gorge by marechal francoise

marechal francoise — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:07:33 +0000

j ai fait les gorges de samaria dans les annéé 70 et 80 (trois fois)
peu de monde pas d eau sur le parcours sauf au village a mi chemine
nous avons dormis a omalos a la belle etoile super soirée. après nous sommes partis le matin. la marche a été dure car certains passages etaient pas très bien balisé, nous avons laissé des messages sur le livre laissé a disposition dans une maison du village
arrivée a roumelie petit village typique avec quelques tavernes pour se restaurer,
quelque bateaux pour attendre les touriste pour les ramener dans différentes villes cotières, nous avons piqués une tete dans la mer car les derniers km très dure en plein soleil après
nous avons passé la nuit a roumelis chez l’habitant, cela été très courant de dormir sur les terrasesnous avons fait la marches avec nos enfant 6 et 9 ans sans problèmes,
nous avons de superbes photos de samaria des années 70 et 80
pas de ferry a roumeli que des petits bateau quand a omalos très peu de car de touristes
je pense que maintenant je ne suis plus partante poue se periple car trop de monde
F Marechal

Comment on Snorkeling in Crete by admin

admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:35:52 +0000

The underwater cameras are brilliant fun, I take my lap top on holiday and download the new pics and video every day. The Moray eel on the photo above was from Lindos main beach but around the corner to the left, it was’nt so big so I was’nt too worried. I wouln’t advise putting your fingers too close or provoking them. The underwater camera is a great companion to the digital slr as I give it to the wife to take pictures with on land, keeping her interested in taking photos and also acting as a backup camera.

Comment on Snorkeling in Crete by Guz

Guz — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:49:04 +0000

Hi thank you for providing these wonderful photos… I am deffinately going to invest in a good under water camera after looking at what you have achieved… Ive just returned home from a two week snorkling hoilday in Lindos and saw a moray eel on the main beach by the jetty… I automatically became unsettled at the very site of a moray eel and got out of the water… I am aware they have a reputation for attacking divers… have you had any problems with them… or do you think it is wise to stay well out of their way.

All tye best

Guz

Comment on Snorkeling in Crete by Sue

Sue — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:29:48 +0000

Just thought you would like to know that we visited the site you mentioned and had a fabulous day yesterday snorkling over and around the wreck. So, many thanks for the information.

Added to that had the lucky break to meet an Australian guy who was involved in the dig at the ancient site and was writing a paper on the wreck. He was surprised that we knew about it. He has researched it and the story goes: apparently it was an British landing craft from the 2nd world involved in the evacuation of Crete. It was moored there to evacuate the British and Australian forces stranded there. unfortunatley, it was spotted by a Germnan bomber plane. The plane came down and bombed but missed on the first attempt and was shot at by the the crew, it then returned and made a direct hit. There is no record of any deaths but we don’t really know. However, the plane was shot down on Falasarna beach and the pilot ejected. When the Germans arrived on the beach they shot the Australian soldiers responsible for shooting down the plane. The forces were never evacuated and were taken to a prison camp on the island where they stayed until the surrender. These details were from an old man who was a boy at the time and saw the whole thing.

Great to know the history eh.