Tag Archives: Emborios

From Symi to Kalymnos: from peace and quiet to tranquility

Posted on May 1, 2013 by BarryH

On my one full day on Symi I walked across the island to Agios Vasilios, a bay on the far side with a tiny monastery nestled into the cliffs.  It was always a favourite with my late wife and I … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: teetering on the brink, an inside curve, and the unexpected.

Posted on September 22, 2012 by BarryH

Friday.  Last day on Nisyros.  Difficult to believe that what has become so familiar will soon be a wistful memory.  The plan was to see as much of the island as I could in one long walk. The route would … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: stumbling into the past.

Posted on September 20, 2012 by BarryH

Strange how things turn out. Wednesday and I decided that rather than explore a couple of the new places I wanted to go I would instead finish my time on Nisyros with 3 days of fairly long walks with which … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: a blast.

Posted on September 19, 2012 by BarryH

Tuesday was a blast! One of the things I wanted to do before I leave Nisyros was to revisit the Parleta lava pinnacles towering above the caldera with the ancient fortress built into them.  I went there first time last … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: freed from the tyranny of targets

Posted on September 17, 2012 by BarryH

Sunday. It’s hard to believe that it’s my third Sunday on Nisyros and that I have been here for 3 weeks.  We have been here many times and last year I was here for a month in June.  But still … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: Autumn came and went again.

Posted on September 14, 2012 by BarryH

Unexpectedly amazing day on Wednesday, as already said.  And un-anticipated, though with hindsight not entirely unexpected change in the weather.  Since I arrived on Nisyros on 26 August there literally hasn’t been a cloud in the sky.  Wednesday and high … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: old ways, new routes

Posted on September 8, 2012 by BarryH

I feel a right long ramble coming on  here.  So if you read the blog, be warned. Many years ago when I started work as a town planner with Monmouthshire County Council (the proper Monmouthshire, not the present vestigial pretension. … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: looking down on the world.

Posted on September 5, 2012 by BarryH

Information on the history of mountaineering is easier to pin down than the motivations behind it.  The term ‘mountaineering’ implies a motivation of climbing mountains purely for the sake of getting to the top rather than for religious or practical … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: buses, bubbles and toe holds.

Posted on September 2, 2012 by BarryH

The public bus service on Nisyros isn’t what it used to be.  When we first stayed on the island in 2001 and for a few years after that there were 5 buses a day to the crater-rim villages and it … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: on the rocks and on the edge … again.

Posted on August 31, 2012 by BarryH

It’s difficult to think that it was less than a week ago, Thursday of last week, that I was rushing around at home trying to get things sorted before I came away.  This Thursday I was wandering footpaths, in some … Continue reading →

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