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Crete Day 1
A Travel Blog entry by arodd40 from Heraklion, Crete, Greece
... was able to snap one of my favorite fresco there. After the museum we headed back to port to investigate the grand Venetian structures that first greet you when you enter city. There were a ton of Venetian structures still standing in Heraklion, ...
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We've Been Ruined
A Travel Blog entry by noalarmclocks from Heraklion, Crete, Greece
... in Crete were spent in Iraklion. We toured the museum to see the treasures removed from all the archeological sites throughout Crete. The museum is undergoing a remodelling, so only the most important pieces were on display. Still, it took us three ...
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Matala
A Travel Blog entry by amanda_odwin from Crete, Greece
... ) around the area of Matala investigating. KMS travelled to date : Cycling : 173kms Boat: 300kms Bus: 80kms Car: 95kms Grand Total: 648kms Monday 26th June, 2007 Today was a chill day - heat wave is still happening, so ...
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Are we there yet?
A Travel Blog entry by callyblackie from Rethymno, Crete, Greece
... bus or train. Still, with all the one way streets, it took 15 minutes to get to the main road 5 minutes walk from the hotel. I couldn’t stomach anything. All I could manage while we waited in departures was some Power Aid. At least it was only a one ...
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Our Cretan Adventure
A Travel Blog entry by mpanzer from Chania, Crete, Greece
... turn white with fear within 5 minutes of getting on the motorway. Andrew actually called our time on the highway "Grand Theft Auto: Crete." With the major object of the game being to avoid the wayward goat that has wandered onto the ...
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Cooking my way through Greece !
A Travel Blog entry by amazingone from Rethymnon, Crete, Greece
... for a photograph with her family, donning her ‘apron’ which was appropriately embroidered with the word CRETE across the front. Her great grand daughter(Rafaela) was her ‘favourite’ and Rafael’s confirmed this without ...
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Imbros Gorge
A Travel Blog entry by hippler from Ímbros Gorge and the Southern Coast of Crete, Crete, Greece
We had wanted to see the Samaria gorge while in Crete. It's kind of like their grand canyon. But with the flash flood, it had closed for a few days. And it closes for the season in mid October. Instead of taking our chances on the last day in Crete, we ...
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Plakias
A Travel Blog entry by amanda_odwin from Plakias, Crete, Greece
... in order, for the last bit of road to Plakias. KMS travelled to date: Cycling : 135kms Boat: 300kms Bus: 80kms Grand Total: 515kms Thursday 20th June, 2007 Well today was a day that tried us both to our limits. We woke up ...
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A True Island Paradise!
A Travel Blog entry by sparsel from Chania, Crete, Greece
... I could see myself retiring here or at least taking a van around and living on the island for a couple of months. Crete is like a Mediterranean Hawaii but larger. I also think it would be a perfect place for those who like trekking. ...
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Once More Into The Valley of Death
A Travel Blog entry by kevscott11385 from Luxor, Nile River Valley, Egypt
... . As too was the case of The Old Winter Palace Hotel, a wonderful throw back to colonial architecture and a spitting image of the Grand Hotel in Brighton. From here it was just a short walk past the tank on the street corner and back to my hotel. ...
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My Greek Experience
A Travel Blog entry by sandystark from Athens, Attica, Greece
... street guys and within minutes we discovered we have mutual friends. I spent the afternoon with them at the luxurious Hotel Grand Bretagne. It is surprisingly easy to meet people. On the ferry from Folegandros, I noticed I was ...
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Grecian stuff
A Travel Blog entry by markandnoma2009 from Athens, Attica, Greece
... of 1896 and the current stadium was constructed on the site of the original stadium, which was built almost 2,300 years ago. - Agora - a grand, ruined Roman building that was funded by Roman emperors - the Temple of Zeus - built around 1,500 years ago for ...
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Utterly Ruined in Athens
A Travel Blog entry by jamesu from Athens, Attica, Greece
... hotel on the quaint and peaceful Agia Irini square. With a spring in our step we joined the grand promenade, a spectacular three km pedestrian precinct connecting the city's most significant archaeological sites. Lined with trendy ...
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Les aventures de Marie-Clothilde et Jean-Baptiste
A Travel Blog entry by fouls from Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
... pas de chemin mais celui qu'on a pris pour venir n'était pas bien tracé donc ça ne changera pas grand chose. Toujours friand de petites aventures, j'acquiesse joyeusement... Grosse erreur !!! Je mettrai cette erreur d'appréciation sur le compte ...
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The Beginning of the End
A Travel Blog entry by sparsel from Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
... The flight to Athens was very short—one hour at the most—and it offered up great views of the neighboring islands and of Crete itself. We tries to spot Santorini but we were unable to; perhaps we did not fly near it at all or maybe it ...
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Reunion - fantastic mountains, waterfalls
A Travel Blog entry by diannemurray from St Denis, Reunion
... cone. First views of the first, smaller Bory crater from the west side weren't all that impressive, compared with Kathala on Grand Comore, but further around, in Dolomieu, the main crater, we could see into the active inner cones, from quite close, ...
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Museum and guards- Latins & Dukes
A Travel Blog entry by chaletaria from Athens, Attica, Greece
... cult of bull-leaping which is evident in mush of their wall decoration & pottery). Prince Theseus decided to go, arrived on Crete, where the king’s daughter, Ariadne, immediately fell in love with him. Giving him a piece of thread to unroll he ...
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Istanbul, Aegean Cruise, & Athens
A Travel Blog entry by c.i.222 from Istanbul, Turkey
... This journey started in Istanbul and ended in Athens. The port stops were Troy, Kusadasi, Delos, Mykonos, Santorini, Crete, Rhodes, and Piraeus (Athens). ISTANBUL: . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Un singe en hiver
A Travel Blog entry by worldkerros from Chengdu, China
... a Chengdu (42h de train, 3000 km) avec Rico (pour Federico), un allemand de 54 ans, veteran des annees hippies afghanes, grand voyageur en Thailande et au Nepal, fin connaisseur de chocolat et barde de voyages au long cours. En comparant notre itineraire, ...
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