Monthly Archives: June 2012

Kardamili: another perspective

Posted on June 9, 2012 by BarryH

I knew that my legs were tired after the last three days walking.  It’s surprising how much it takes out of you walking the bed of a gorge.  The altitude rise is not very dramatic but you can’t get into … Continue reading →

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Kardamili: The Viros Gorge, knowing the limits

Posted on June 8, 2012 by BarryH

Two tasks for Thursday.  First was to find the monastery of Likaki, shown on the map to be,like Agios Sotiris, close to the bed of the Viros Gorge.  Second was to walk up the gorge beyond where I had been … Continue reading →

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Kardamili: A walk on the South Side

Posted on June 7, 2012 by BarryH

It seems a little pointless now to say: “Wednesday dawned cloudless and warm” , but it did.  After the uncertainties of the weather in Meteora, Metsovo, Ioannina, Parga and Paxos, the appearance of heavy cloud over the high Taigetus Mountains … Continue reading →

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Kardamili: up the Viros Gorge

Posted on June 6, 2012 by BarryH

Made my own breakfast Tuesday morning for the first time since I arrived in Greece early in May.  When I stayed on Symi and Tilos for extended periods in 2010 I was self catering and got into the habit of … Continue reading →

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Patras to …. Kardamili: full circle

Posted on June 5, 2012 by BarryH

I followed the Biblical principle and shook the dust off my sandals as I left Patras at 08.30 Monday morning on the KTEL bus for Kalamata.  I had decided long before I had my camera pinched that this was not … Continue reading →

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Patras: A town on the edge

Posted on June 3, 2012 by BarryH

Patras, more or less the same population as Cardiff, is one of the major transport interchanges in Greece and is necessary as a stop-over but I would not choose to come to here for a holiday.  Sunday, the day I … Continue reading →

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Corfu to Patras: 12 hours on the road and taxi driver wisdom

Posted on June 3, 2012 by BarryH

Saturday and it was once again a day for moving on.  This time to Patras on the Gulf of Corinth and a major transport hub in Greece, a stopping-off point for me en route to Kalamata, itself a staging point … Continue reading →

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Corfu: coast to coast, different prespectives

Posted on June 2, 2012 by BarryH

Again cloudless, warm start to the Friday. Wished the couple from Llanelli ‘Bore da’ at the WiFix taverna and had a another good chat with them before ambling back to the supermarket to buy water and had a long chat … Continue reading →

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Corfu: a Ryan Giggs Moment, lacerated flesh and some snapshots

Posted on June 1, 2012 by BarryH

Very short blog post for Thursday, to the relief of some I’m sure. Simply a few visual impressions of a day and another part of the island. Walk to the taverna where I sip espresso and have my morning WiFix … Continue reading →

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