Imbros Gorge

The famous gorge on Crete is Samaria Gorge. It was closed today due to heavy rainfall the night before. We hiked Imbros Gorge which, for some reason, dodged the rain. Also, Samaria is 20 km and Imbros is 8 km, much more manageable. You walk along a very uneven riverbed, so it's a long 8K.

On the way to the car, I took a shot of the fort featured yesterday:

To get to Imbros, we drove from the north coast across the width of Crete to the south coast, passing many villages.

This is Spili, where we bought local wine, honey, and lavender products.

We drove through a broad, rocky pass:

I was glad David was driving. Cars pass each other a lot here and it can be nervewracking.

The south coast is stunning.

We stopped at a taverna for lunch in a village that was mostly composed of ruins.

I like how the wall surrounding this church is built into the rock and how the olive tree on the left just shoots through the wall.

View from the taverna:

Heading into the gorge--I've included a photo of me after all:

Driftwood.

David enters a slot canyon. It twists and turns for quite some time. I cannot imagine the force of the water coming through here in the rainy season.

"Are your knees hurting yet?"

"I feel like my arches are falling."

Seriously, you have to control every step on the way down, so my thighs were quivering at the end. We hired a taxi to take us back up the mountain to our car. We drove back to Rethymnon in time for sunset. The fort:

Fishing boat:

I called this the Dread Pirate Roberts ship. It takes people on sunset cruises:

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