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Picture of Kim taken in the opposite direction.
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Marianne on the beach of Platanias.
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Marianne just outside our balcony at the hotel.
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A fortress from the Turkish period, taken on the way to Imbros Canyon.
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Same fortress closer up.
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Imbros Canyon: we were constantly looking for Kri-Kri; the local wild goat of the island; this is not it...
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Imbros Canyon: Marianne and Joan starting down into the canyon.
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Imbros Canyon: Marianne and Kim after a small departure from the main hike up to a little cave. From the floor of the cave it was very clear that goats often occupied the place.
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Imbros Canyon: Marianne and Kim trying to get down the steep slope again.
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Imbros Canyon: Joan and Marianne further along the path.
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Imbros Canyon: Marianne at one of the narrower passages.
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Imbros Canyon: Ditto.
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Imbros Canyon: Marianne and Kim where the water comes down really hard in the spring.
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Imbros Canyon: Joan and Marianne at the entry of the narrowest part.
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Imbros Canyon: Marianne having just exited the narrowest part.
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Imbros Canyon: a non-Kri-Kri goat at the middle part of the 4 hour hike.
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Imbros Canyon: not a Kri-Kri either.
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Imbros Canyon: not even close up...
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Imbros Canyon: Marianne and Kim continuing through the canyon.
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Imbros Canyon: Marianne and Kim under a natural bridge.
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Imbros Canyon: coming out of the canyon.
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Imbros Canyon: Marianne; finally having made it to the water.
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Imbros Canyon: not Kri-Kri either; this time it's sheep.
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One of many road side memorials.
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Paleochora: after Marianne practiced the pronunciation of the town name for an hour in the car, we decided to have lunch there before going snorkling (on the stretch towards Koundoura).
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One of the fanciest road side memorials.
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Marianne in front of a Lime tree.
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Knossos: Marianne on the Royal Road.
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Knossos: the bastion of the bull of the northern entrance.
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Knossos: the main part of the palace.
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Knossos: Kim in front of a little room with an alter.
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Knossos: Marianne and Kim relaxing.
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Knossos: part of the South Propulaea.
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Knossos: old jars fixed up with wires on the inside to stay together.
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Knossos: the throne.
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Knossos: an old staircase.
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Knossos: Marianne and Joan.
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Knossos: Marianne and Joan having lunch right outside the palace area.
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Kim and Marianne snorkling a little west of Rethymnon.
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Marianne and Joan freezing.
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Minoa Palace hotel: fancily cut watermelon.
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Minoa Palace hotel: and decorations.
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Chania peninsula: at the Katholikou monastery before starting a hike to old monastery ruins.
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Chania peninsula: some ruins, but not the right ones.
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Chania peninsula: Kim and Marianne after just having started.
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Chania peninsula: view of the ocean.
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Chania peninsula: Marianne outside an old hermit's cave.
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Chania peninsula: Joan and Marianne finally at the ruins.
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Chania peninsula: Marianne and Kim on a spectacular bridge.
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Chania peninsula: Joan and Marianne in front of ruins with trees growing inside.
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Chania peninsula: Kim trying to push one of the ruins over.
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Chania peninsula: a ruin with the old staircase on the cliff in the background.
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Chania peninsula: Marianne inside one of the ruins.
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Chania peninsula: fighting goats (not Kri-Kri, unfortunately).
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Chania peninsula: (non Kri-Kri) goats with amazing balance.
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Chania peninsula: hiking down from the monastery ruins to the ocean.
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Chania peninsula: Marianne at the natural harbor of the old monastery.
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Chania peninsula: Marianne and Joan having started the hike back up from the natural harbor.
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Chania peninsula: Marianne and Joan stopping for a moment.
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Chania peninsula: Marianne and Joan on the old staircase going up the cliffs.
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Chania peninsula: Marianne in a limestone cave close to the path.
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Chania peninsula: the Gouvernetou monastery between Chania and Katholikou.
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Kolimbari: rental car, Joan, and Marianne before snorkling a little northwest of Kolimari
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Kolimbari: Marianne and Kim looking at a find.
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Platanias: a little orchard covered with purple flowers.
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Platanias: Marianne in front of the Church of Ayios Georgios.
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Chania: Joan and Marianne in front of part of the city wall.
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Chania: Kim in one of the narrow streets in the old town.
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Chania: Greek-orthodoks church with a past as first Venetian (catholic) church and then Turkish mosque.
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Chania: there was an amazing number of fish in the harbor.
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Chania: view of the harbor.
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Chania: an old Turkish mosque on the harbor front.
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Chania: view of the old town from the old bastion.
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Chania: Marianne on top of the bastion.
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Chania: in the market.
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Chania: outside the market.
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Chania, public gardens: finally, we found a Kri-Kri!
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Chania, public gardens: and here's another one.
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Chania, public gardens: and yet another.
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A view of Kastelli (Kissamos); Joan had to see it...
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Minoa Palace hotel: early morning picture of Marianne at the pool area.
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Minoa Palace hotel: Marianne serves while Joan is ready to follow up!
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Upper Platanias: view of the harbor of Platanias.
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Upper Platanias: view from our lunch restaurant.
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Upper Platanias: Kim and Marianne in discussion before lunch.
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Upper Platanias: Kim and Marianne at the church we were hiking up to.
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Hotel beach: Marianne and Kim; our first (and last) swim at a sand beach.
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Platanias: Kim and Marianne enjoying the bumper cars.
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Platanias: Marianne bumping Kim!
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Platanias: last dinner on Crete.