In the previous part I left you as soon as I reached the top of that old mineral train bridge. The view was already impressive but the "can it get any better" just got an answer as soon as I managed to climb a little higher:
The sun of this kinda hazy morning didn't help to promote the beauty of this unique location but the elements worth commenting are more than enough: The ruins of the mineral past, the gorgeous pine forest, the sea and the island of Makronissos deep in the background are impossible to ignore, needless to mention the history behind each one of them.
Here's what's behind me by the way:
Let's have a closer look to those ruins. It's rather emotional to touch this neglected piece of the train infrastructure with just a bit of wood still standing there that dates back to the pre previous century:
Same goes for the rest of the buildings around:
Since this place is located inside Sounio National Park, I grab the chance to enlighten you what "Sounio brown" is in case Greece ever develops a competent car industry and we start naming the colour of our cars in such inspired way:
Of course the trees counterweight that hands down:
Peppered with some ruins the view gets more rich:
I wouldn't dare to engrave these stones but others don't share the same opinion:
Maybe this niche used to host a pole of wood?
Who knows. All I know is that I should start my way down little by little. I so love the view as I descent:
I can't remember when it was the last time I saw such a dead beauty - pity that it's too young to die though:
Still have way to go but in a place like this you wish it would never end, at least as long as you could have infinite energy:
It's already past 10 am but the moisture hasn't dried on the rocks - see those drops of water though it hasn't rained for days:
I'm still going down but the spirit goes up surrounded by this awesomeness:
Interesting to see how they supported this stone construction back in the day:
Those naturally well rounded bushes (no pun intended) catch my eye every single time I walk in the woods and we are full of them:
In no way I imply that the rest of the stuff around is not worth capturing:
Here is the other side of the bridge which due to the sun is the dark side of the whole thing:
Let's move a bit lower to see the rest of this construction:
As you can see in the picture below this is a later add on over the train rails to make this walkable:
There's a lovely long trail this way but I will leave it for another time as it doesn't match with my plans at the moment. Have a look so you get food for thought on what might be coming in my future posts:
For the moment I start walking back over this wonderful green carpet:
Remember the picture of that rock with the drops of water still on? Even now later this effect is just the same on this flower:
Isn't it adorable with all these pearl like drops on it?
What I have to climb back is not precisely adorable but hey, not pain no gain right?
As soon as I managed the previous thing I am able to enjoy these interesting rock formations with those exposed bush roots:
"Sweaty" rocks once again:
I hope this boy didn't cry so much for his lost toy:
At this point I am glad to offer you a few clips of all the above in this 4K video:
Ladies and gents, since this my last one for this year I wholeheartedly wish you enjoy a fantastic New Year's eve and hope 2023 will make the world more sane and constructive.