Pubblicato Blog of "Three Men in a Boat" September 15th with the title "An island to live in the sea":
Waiting for the feast of the boat, we like the idea of \u200b\u200bsending a final post closing ... maybe someone can come the desire to venture into a new journey in kayak! Having
still three days left, having completed the circumnavigation during the thirty days provided and kept having to make the last "terragni, we disposed of the clothes worn and sea travelers and tourists to the land: pick up the car from the parking lot the port, which has since become a regular stand at the entrance with lots of bar and daily fee, we go for a stroll on the interior of the island with the intention to visit its famous archaeological sites and discover its rustic and popular canteen.
Let's always the beach to sleep and continue to set up your tent and inflate the mattress for us because the journey is not yet completely finished and we have no desire to abandon the habits adopted for a whole month in a kayak.
After seeing the excavations at Malia and Gournia and have walked among the ruins of temples, lodgings and Minoan Knossos and Phaistos reach us disappointed in the first eye-catching covers on pots and reinforced concrete columns, according to many Spaces are forbidden to visit because it was unsafe and criticized the reconstruction of the buildings can undo any magic ... you no longer feel to tread the same ground that more than 4000 years ago saw the birth of one of the most elegant and sophisticated civilizations in history, but rather to enter a fake backdrop rebuilt only to attract tourists ...
soon convince us that you have chosen the best way to visit Crete , kayaking, sea because the island is much more beautiful!
We told you about the turtles, of griffins and goats?
Only the sea could enjoy a natural show so appealing.
Griffons, which are perhaps eagles or perhaps mythical bird (we will study the return!), They hover on the rocky cliffs, barren and uninhabited, which is on the north coast on the west; have attracted our attention with their light flight, continuous and circular, never beat the feathered wings followed the updrafts and stretched his neck white down looking for potential prey. The first time you are, another ten units have their silhouetted figures high in the sky, distant but powerful and a little scary ... there must be many wild rabbits in Crete, such as those we found in great numbers on the only island of ' Cretan archipelago on which we've been during the circumnavigation, Imeri Gramvoussa, and in the evening filled the beach of their long ears and hairy. Even
and lambs must be for them the easy prey, but this is no time of births and rugged cliffs overlooking the sea we have seen grazing peacefully only large specimens with long hair and dark: sheep and goats climb along feasible paths only out of their sockets, and often come down to the water to lick the salt that remains on the rocks . Once we were surprised by a big buck that came out of a cave just above our kayaks and proudly announces his presence by ringing the bell around the neck ... in the evening we had often to follow their evolution along the steeper slopes the mountains and sometimes we have been concerned to see them fall into the sea, so they seemed suspended in space.
If we have not met with the Dolphins, who also attend the Cretan water, We were lucky enough to weave our way with that of sea turtles: the whole northern coast is dotted with sandy nests, made visible by the volunteers with three foot iron fences and low in straw to protect the nest from predators and umbrellas to facilitate the race to the sea of \u200b\u200bsmall, even on the beach we found a nest of Nikos, well signposted and protected, but the most incredible meeting took place in the south coast, and Loutro Agios Markos, where the high and rocky coast, almost devoid of sandy beaches, it is not practiced by the turtles.
The first was the terminus of the waters between the rocks while we were having lunch under the hot African one day of calm, the last before the arrival of the Meltemi, and it seemed curious to know when we would leave by "his" beach, and the second is passed between our two kayaks, flying just below the water surface as if it were all alone at sea and has not taken us for a long time, giving us time to follow it, to filming and took some pictures ...
E 'was a very exciting encounter that has once more confirmed the richness of the sea and the greek beauty of a kayak trip!
Posted the 15th of September on the "Three Men on the boat" blog:
Waiting for the radio party, we like to send a last closing post... perhaps someone can feel the desire to try a sea kayak adventure trip!
Still having three days free, we passed from the sea travellers to the land tourists: withdrawn the car from the harbour parking, in the meantime became a regular parking with a bar at the entry and a daily tax, we wonder to visit the island, its famous archaeological sites and its rustic and popular kantinas. We first visited Malia and Gournia sites to walk between ruins of rural residences and minoic temples. Festo and Cnosso disappointed us: in the first one they put reinforced concrete up to amphoras and columns, in the second many spaces are interdicted. Above all the criticized reconstruction of the minoic palace annuls the magical atmosphere: you can't feel to walk on the same ground of more than 4000 years ago, when and where was born one of the most elegant and refined civilizations of the ancient world, but you just feel to enter in a false scenography entirely reconstructed to attract tourists.
We immediately convince us to have chosen the best way to visit Crete, by kayak: the island from the sea is really more beautiful! We'd like to speak about turtle, griffons and goats?
Only travelling from the sea, we could enjoy such a seductive natural show.
The griffons, perhaps eagles or mythological birds (we will study at home!), circled on the rocky and uninhabited promontories, both on the northern and western coast; they attracted our attention with their light, continuous and circular flights, without never beating their wings, following the ascensional tides and stretching out the white neck to the search possible preys. First time six, another ten griffons imprinted their figures on the sky.
Rabbits, lambs and kidskins must be easy preys for griffons.
Sheep and goats climb along unpracticable paths and they often go down up to the water to lick the salt remained on the rocks. Once a tiime, we were amazed from a big he-goat, emerged from a cave straight above our kayaks, announcing its presence with a continuos tinkle of the suspended cowbell on its neck.
We have not met the dolphins, but we were lucky enaugh to crossbreed some big sea turtles: the northern sandy coast is disseminated of turtle nests, made visible by the volunteers with iron protection to facilitate the run toward the sea of the baby turtles; the most unbelievable meeting happened in the southern coast, in Loutro and Agios Markos, where the tall and rocky coast, almost entirely deprived of sandy beaches, it is not very practiced from the sea turtle.
The first one appeared on the water among the rocks while we were taking lunch, under the warm African sun, Seemed it and curious to Understand When We Would Have Gone "ITS" beach, passed the second Among Our two kayaks, flying on the surface like it Was Completely alone into the sea, giving us the time to follow and to film com.
All Those meetings Confirmed excited us more time oz the wealth and beauty of the Greek sea and the adventurous spirit of a sea kayak trip!
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