Crete Island, Greece

After 5 days in Athens, we flew to Island of Crete, Greece which is located south of Greece. It was very nice and relaxing place not too busy as Athens! We spend most of our time on the beaches and went on a LONG hike on our last day there! This island is different from Hydra and I prefer Hydra over Crete! However, it was good experience since we rent a car and was able to see more than we expected!

This was a interesting plane, we were able to load on both front and back! It seem to load people faster, not sure if make any difference or not! I won't be surprise if I see this happen in the States!

Hello Crete!

Our tiny European rental car! It was shift gear, could drive it but I let Andy drive the entire time.

Name of village where we stayed at.

View from our hotel

View of our hotel pool, we spend our first night on pool-side after walking around see what they have to offer!

We spend our second day here at Mavros Molos Beach.

That night we took a joy ride west of our village

Evening shot of Mavros Molos Beach.

We had a nice dinner off the beach

We went to Falassarna Beach for the day

We went to Chania, one of Crete's Main city. We just drove around, shopped, and had dinner.

This is interesting item we will see everywhere in Crete. This is called Shrine, next to the roads are memorials for people killed in a car accident, at the same spot where the accident happened. The family of the deceased construct and maintain them. They contain a photo of the deceased, some religious objects and a lit candle or lamp.

There were many churches like this everywhere in Athens, Hydra, and Crete.

Day before we left Greece, we hiked the Samaria Gorge which is known for it is the longest gorge in Europe, with a length of 18 kilometres and toughest hike I've ever been on! It took us about 5-6 hours to finish the hike. This was one of my FAVORITE activity I've done in Greece and will never forget this extraordinary experience!!!

This morning view takes my breath away!

The beginning of our hike

Zillions of Carins!

even more of them!!

There were spring water stops where we can refill our water bottles and bathroom.

Yup we had to hike through this!

Ahh finally we made to the Libyan Sea!!!!

The beach wasn't that great, there weren't sand it was all HOT pebbles! However, I took a dip in the water to cool off and give my feet a nice treatment cuz had 4 BAD blisters!

We took the ferry back to our Charter bus back to our hotel.

We were 2 hours "flight" from Alexandria, Egypt!

What a ride, this driver did an Excellent job!!!!

What a last beautiful night we had in Greece!

Whoot I now can finally check off Greece on my map! Thank to Andy for joining me on this trip. Also Thank the Lord for this wonderful opportunity to see what Greece has to offer and see more of his creations!

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Next destination: Amsterdam, Netherlands!
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