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 Hersonissos,

Crete,

Greece

February 2008

Dear David,

I don’t know really what possessed me to even think doing this, but never having been further than Sitia to the east of Hersonissos, I decided that I would take a ride out to Kato Zakros on the eastern coast of Crete. I suppose I do have the advantage of being able to [tag]travel[tag] to any part of the island whenever I want without the tourist traffic during the summer months, so it was a good a time as any to go! And I suppose even gay accommodation owners are allowed out for the day sometimes.

 Leaving my house on a bright and sunny, but rather blustery, February morning, I headed for St. Nicholas, a trip that takes about 25 minutes along the main road. Summer time it takes a bit longer because Malia is a bit of a bottleneck, a problem soon to be solved when the next stage of the New National Road opens, which will bypass Malia. (My latest road map is being a little optimistic and showing this as already complete, inevitably this will lead to several lost tourists during the next couple of years!)

 Beyond St. Nicholas the road turns into a single-track affair, but it is still quite a fast road as it is still the main road to Ierapetra. There are fewer villages along this way, but as the road climbs and twists there are some marvellous views over Mirabello Bay, and, of course, that stunning blue sea! From the Ierapetra junction, at Pachia Ammos, the road goes inland and twists and turns, passing through few villages on its way to Sitia. Read the rest of this entry »

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