... up and there were tons of 'asses' climbing the stairs. We managed to navigate our way down and found our boat. The first stop was NeaKameni, the islet (or mouth of the active volcano) in the middle of the caldera. We got to climb up to the crater and ...
... a good way to see these sights.
Ten minutes later we pulled into a small anchorage on the north side of NeaKameni, the largest new islet that was created by a significant eruption in 1570AD and enhanced by five smaller eruptions since then. ...
... exciting. Fortunately, the trek is worth it: NeaKameni (the "new burning one") is worth it.
After our visit to NeaKameni, we reboarded the Albatross and sailed around it to visit Palea Kameni (the "old burning one"), which formed centuries ago ...
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Volcanoes have played a major part of Santorini's history, so we we went on an island cruise to hike the NeaKameni volcano and swim in the hot springs. The volcano was pretty cool - it produced the biggest eruption on earth that ...
... car on our way back up.
From the Old Port, we embarked on a three-hour boat tour. The first stop was the volcanic island (NeaKameni). While the volcanoes are as lame as, oh I don't know, Zidane's last performance in the World Cup Finals, the view of ...
Kalameri! (good morning in Greek)
Today was a fun day exploring the volcano of Santorini (NeaKameni). Our journey began with us driving the 4-wheeler into Fira, taking the cable car down to the Old Port of Fira, and boarding a boat for a quick ride ...
Just off the island of Santorini and directly in our view sit 3 small islands that are home to an active volcano that erupted (technically) as recently as 1950 – it was a decent puff of smoke but not a catastrophic event. We walked along the ridge ...
... my first full day in Santorini we went on a full day tour. We took a sail boat around the island and hiked around NeaKameni (a volcano), swam in salt water hot springs, stopped for lunch at the capital of Santorini, Thirassia, and then went to Oia to ...
... scene, and 3 young Canadians who we plan to see again in Paros.
The town of Fira overlooks the caldera and the volcanic island of NeaKameni. Joel and I took a boat to hike to highest point of the volcano for some of the most beautiful views of ...
... bed for the day. Santorini is an island group made up of three islands- Thira (what everyone calls "Santorini"), Thirasia and NeaKameni. NeaKameni is the volcano, and Thira and Thirasia were seperated by a massive explosion 3600 years ago. Santorini ...