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July 22, 2008
The bus left at 10.50 and went along the east coast to Gennadi before turning inland and heading for the west cost and our first port of call Monolithos.We pass an upturned rental car on the road and the guide talked of the high proportion of road fatalities among the locals. So much for the healthy food and Mediterranean lifestyle. There are a lot of roadside chapels on the island.
Next she started telling us of the dangers of fires and the damage they have caused in the past. Cheery sooul! Ironically we spot the smoke from one in the mountains a few minutes later.
Monolithos chapel is 700 metres up a BIG rock with breathtaking views of the Aegean Sea. It's barely possible to tell where the sea meets the sky. It's another sweaty march uphill. We're soon back on the road to Prasonisi, where the Aegean meets the Mediterranean. Last time I was here, ten years ago, you had to wade over and it was over waist height. This time a sandbank leads to the green mound of Prasonisi. After yet another clamber we find a load of rock balancing examples all over the place. Weird. We have a quick paddle in the Med to cool off, but there are windsurfers everywhere so we dry off and stop at the Lighthouse Taverna. More Mythos and...
Greek salad
Tuna salad
Frappe coffee with ice cream
Then it's back to the bus for the journey home discovering that the fire we spotted on the way has grown considerably and a large cloud is forming over the mountains. We can't work out what part of the island it is on but we appear to be getting nearer to it as we travel along the east coast.
By the time we get to Pefkos there are six planes scooping water out of the bay to drop on it. The smoke and steam is rising higher and starting to drift over the island in the winds above the mountains. it looks like a huge cloud apart from the darker plumes lower down which start to take on a red hue as the sun goes down. As ash starts to fall a pervading smell of burning pine drifts overhead. Come sunset it all looks a tad apocalyptic.
We pop back down to the Lee Taverna to watch the planes as they get their last few trips in before it is too dark to do any more. there wasn't the fantastic sunset that I expected. The sun looks muted behind the smoke. In fact it all looks a bit Oriental! As it's getting late we eat at the nearby Greek House Taverna for convenience. And it's great.
Haloumi with bacon and mushroom in a mango sauce
Meatballs
Spinach Risotto
Carafe of local red
Greek coffee & Metaxa
On the way home even the moon has an eerie red glow to it.
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