Crete Greece
Greek Guns shot
Greek Guns and Anoyia Wherever you drive in Greece, there is evidence a gun has shot a few rounds off! Years ago, I heard of one wedding guest accidentally killed by a rogue bullet as the wedding festivities were in full swing! Gunshot into road signs is a popular pastime in Greece A lot of locals own a gun in Greece There are of course gun licenses available and you can always hear gunshot at any Greek wedding as part of the ceremony These Greek signs show the various sizes of buckshot and gun fire size of the holes these dangerous weapons create This sign showing the way to Tylisos has huge gaping gun shot wounds, which totally pierced the armour of the metal...
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The Wildlife Lake Irapetra The Lake at Irapetra situated on the huge Greek island of Crete southern Crete is a bit difficult to locate There were no signs pointing to this wildlife lake, which is split into two main lakes and on getting closer to the lakes, you will be able to spot this huge natural lake from the road leading down to it. The lake is huge as you can see from these photos! Plus I have given a link below to more photos of this lake in Irapetra. When we finally found the wildlife lake, it was teaming with birds and other natural water wildlife Howevers, the mud around the shores of the lake, were as dry as a bone Plus more photos of the well kept wildlife...
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Lake Kournas near Chania and Georgeopolis Crete Up until recently, Lake Kournas was the only remaining lake on the Greek Island of Crete. There is of course the well maintained wildlife lake at Irapetra on the southern coast of Greece. Alas, most natural springs and lakes were diverted years ago and are no longer existing, which makes a trip to the Lake Kournas with it’s eerie myth even more exciting. Photos from around the Minoan Villas and Minoan Villages on Crete, Gournia is very close to Agios Nikolaos with its many tourist attractions including the bottomless lake! inKretableCrete cats n goats o Crete! trekking off the beaten track Kreta walks! Lake Kournas...
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ANCIENT MINOAN TOWN OF GOURNIA CRETE! You can spot the Minoan town of Gournia as you travel south east of Aghios Nikolaos northern coast of Crete A fantastic example of Minoan ruins that was excavated by an American archaeologist between 1901 – 1904. An entire ancient town was discovered at what we now call Gournia Even though the original name of this Minoan town is unknown. Gournia has been dated to around the middle-late Minoan period of 1700-1400 BC or how about an archaeological digs site of great importance just a short hop over the Greek border! Above the fantastic archaeological find of Gournia the abandoned Minoan Vilage near Agios Nikolaos north east...
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These two very interesting signs pointing to Archaeological Sites were situated opposite each other along the mountain roads of Crete. Excitedly we decided that we would follow the sign that pointed to the archaeological site that was 3 kilometres along the track! We followed the signs as they led us down a very rough track through the olive groves. Further signs along the way confimed we were indeed on the right track this track finally ended up in an olive grove with no further to go. We got out of the car and carried on, on foot. Alas it was a wild goose chase! We never did find these archaeological sites and returned to the main track quite disappointed. This event...
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