Greetings from Chora Sfakion

One week in Crete, but stunned with blue waves at Elafonissi beach near Paleochora on the Cretan southcoust and exhausted by the walk through Samaria Gorge I have not had enough time nor opportunity to write earlier. Many photos I have made though and they will be posted here later. Right now I am sitting high up om a mountainslope in an internetcafe owned by a nice russian lady. She says she has been having this internetcafe some years but originally she comes from a small place outside Moscow. I just wish my workingspace at home could have the same view as here. I have splendid outlook over the libyan sea, a crisp wind but still good connections. No glasswindows that separate me from the breeze, only the usual wooden construct of the taverns around here.

We just ate some pastries from a bakery in town and are planning to go to Rethymnion in the afternoon. Sebe is down at the pebble-beach contemplating the waves.

We flew in last saturday to Chania on the northcoast and spent three days there, most of the time in the old venetian part of the town. A very good place to start exploring Crete because it has good connections by bus to many other places and nice narrow streets. The beaches are ok also.

Paleochora is so far the best experience of this trip. The small town has two beaches, one the east and one the west and with a bit of walking (1 hour) two more less crowded. Paleochora is also the gathering point for everybody who plan to walk the 7-hours walk through the Samaria Gorge. My feet are aching and i feel muscles in my legs I did not know existed. Raised on the flatlands as I am, the trail downwards took its toll, but the scenery was really outstanding: The gorge itself, but also the small clearwater creek that flow through it, the pinetrees, the sun and the pink flowers...

Well I am happy sofar with the trip and I am very content to know that we have one week more to go. We have a loose plan to go to Retymnon, Heraklion and Knossos from here and then head for Santorini. I hope to find an other internetcafe for the next post.