Aktaion Hotel Gythion

... for a look at the rocks below. Overgrown weedy paths filled with rubble from what used to be buildings, guide you from ruin to ruin. Crumbling buildings left untouched to crawl around if you dare brave the unstable rocks. Only the occasional sign board left standing and partially legible was there to give you information on what you were looking at.

This is the type of exploration I crave: no line-ups, no admission costs, no tourists ...

... in the sun and rubbing your legs, but a minimum of 6-8! All they do is relentlessly ‘mew’ and beg for food while you’re cooking!

One campground, the cats likes us soo much, that one of the males decided to ‘mark’ our tent as his. How sweet. We’ve been having a hard enough time not stinking after 5 months on the road. The addition of cat pee makes a lovely aroma.

Another ...

... recommended the other campsite down the road (been there, closed). Brian asked it we could stay anyways and he said there was no electricity and no water, but we could stay if we wanted. Yay! We were both just glad to find a place we could soundly rest tonight. After hearing stories of hefty fines and tent slashing for wild camping, we were not too excited about this option.

Usually we work on getting cleaned up, so I ...

Could someone please help me? I don’t seem to know how.

I thought I’d learned to ride a 2-wheeler when I was 5... I thought I’d gotten better at it these last few months… Today, that all seemed to change.

With all the new components, it was like I had a completely new bike! Where had my old friend gone? Brakes feel different, shifting is different, gear ratios are ...

... second finger’ (the three peninsulas along the south end of the Peloponnese). Great views of mountains 3-4 times larger than what we just went through. Made me stop and almost reconsider where we’re going and what we’re doing…Tomorrow will be quite challenging!

Finally we arrived at a center large enough to have a cycle shop. Brian was in heaven looking at new cranks, front forks ...

... koncu zebralismy sie i idac w strone plazy (wygladala na oddalona o jakies 2km), zalapalismy sie na pake pick-up`a. Najlepszy stop jak do tej pory. Szkoda, ze tak krotki. Wysiedlismy i Marcinowi wyrwalo sie: "Ale tu pieknie!" Naszym oczom ukazala sie zatoka z klifowym wybrzerzem, oswietlona zachodzacym sloncem. Poszlismy sie wykapac w cieplutkiej wodzie. Gdy sie sciemnilo, ulozylismy sie do snu w wysokiej ...

... play a concert;)), so we were told to meet them at 4pm in order to continue the ride with them. Meanwhile we went for a swim. I read in my guide book that at the island where we went, there had started the romance of Helen and Paris, and at the same time - the Troyan War. We spent 3 hours there, smimming in clear like a crystal and azure water and resting in a shade of trees. And then it was time to move forward, towards Diros Caves...

... and got to Monemvasia - albeit by taxi! We were stormbound in Plaka across the gulf for two nights, no hardship really as the name means 'beach' and we walked inland to the local town of Leonidio in search of lead crew spares. Quite an experience and very different from cosmopolitan PH - especially when a coffee and a beer in the town square comes to a grand total of E3!


We then moved on to Ierakas for two more peaceful nights ...

... at rowing an inflatable dinghy! Must take some lessons from the celebrity who was on my transfer last week!

Three more high season weeks left, Andy and I are teaching the improver group together next week which should be fun, and then I have a week as 'beach assistant' where I intend to do lots of tweaks, tinkers and improvements. As always we love to get letters and e-mails so keep in touch, and lots of love

... the only pedal-cyclist and regarded with a look of sympathy/madness. I discovered that although ferries charge for cars, trucks and motor-bikes there is no charge for bicycles. I can't quite work out why this is, but assume that it's either because you're too poor if you have a bike, or are mad... either way you get the concession but are lumped together with the motorcyclists.
I'd booked a cabin and went ...