We were hiking for three hours to get here. Three hours under the hot Mediterranean sun, going uphill on a steep and craggy mountain. One of the many that Crete has to offer! Some people would call it a torture.
We called it Sunday funday :)
A brake was in order though. Especially since we had two more hours of walking until we reach our destination. There is a ludicrous amount of chapels in the Greek countryside but when you are hiking they are always, always a good spot to rest!
After some snacks and a nice rest, we left behind the hospitable chapel and continued our route in the wildness of the mountain.
Google maps claim that the route from the parking lot next to the beach at Koutsouras that we all meet at seven o'clock in the morning, till the mountainous village "Orino" at 650 meters (around 2.130 feet) altitude that we arrived after noon, is 2,5 hours. I don't know if this is actually the average time for this hike but we did the double and I would say, we probably enjoyed it the double :)
If you notice the picture above you'll see the barriers of the mountain roadway. The first sign of civilisation that meant that we were close to the village and the end of our hike!
Crossing the village was quick. It is a small village anyway and we weren't in the mood for wandering in it's scenic streets, not that day. Our objective was very different. It had tables, chairs, food and drinks and a lovely reassuring sign over its door :)
"καφενείον" means "coffee shop" but in the villages it is also the tavern, the restaurant, the bar and anything else you might need.
And a wonderful resort for tired and hungry hikers :)
This happened on Sunday 13 May 2018 when I was still living, all year round, at Crete. You can read the first post that I wrote for that day here and see a few more pictures here.
The camera that I used is a Canon EOS 7D with an EF-S 15-85mm lens attached. I edited the photographs in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
All the pictures and the words are mine.
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