Day 21  Santorini

21. 7/6/19
The day got off to a slow start with a late breakfast. We then off for a walk to the neighbouring town of Fira which turned into a 20km walk in 30+ temperatures.



A section of the walk.

 We climbed a prominent rock outcrop called Skaros which actually had an element of rock climbing in it. Going up was easy but as usual descending was tricky and a fall would not have been pretty.
The views from every angle are breathtaking.





 Santorini is basically the rim of a volcano which exploded and you can see other nearby islands which once made up the rim of this huge crater. The resulting tsunami is what is thought to have extinguished the Minoan culture on the island of Crete. So one side of Santorini has precipitous cliffs and the other side is the gently sloping and fertile land which was once the slopes of the volcano.
We caught the bus back and gratefully fell into the swimming pool. Boy this overlanding is a tough gig.







Comments

  1. Audrey Larsen8 June 2019 at 02:30

    Beautiful place!

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  2. Rick8 June 2019 at 08:48

    Great Blog and Photos you two - keep it up. Good to see it's not all just sitting on the bike...

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  3. russellmarie9 June 2019 at 02:03

    Far out.If Robyn made you endure a 20 plus km walk in that heat and death defying clambering around rocky outcrops I'd suggest you plan a 6 or 7 hour slog on the Triumph as soon as to sort her out. My sister-in-law and husband have just enjoyed a couple of weeks in Sicily.They described their experiences there as a 'revelation'.

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  4. Mark9 June 2019 at 09:02

    She’s a hard taskmaster alright. I have just discovered the antidote. �� ���� Beer

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