Ζάκυνθος 2006
Becci's holiday to the Greek island of Zakynthos (also known as Zante).
Ζάκυνθος
Turtle island cruise
Κεφαλονιά
The boat. Duuh.
Σκινάρι (Skinari) harbour.
An island near Σκινάρι. At some point it must have been inhabited, as it is covered in ruins, as you can see.
The island and harbour.
Σκινάρι point.
Σκινάρι Blue Caves.
After a long boat ride, the first ridge of Κεφαλονιά (Kefalonia) looms into view.
Κεφαλονιά hills.
Κεφαλονιά coast.
And harbour.
Down the stairs into Σπήλαιο Δρογκαράτης (Drogarati's Cave).
The path through Δρογκαράτης.
Puny Earthlings look like ants from here.
A bed of nails.
The show cave is basically this one chamber, with the path weaving around it. Supposedly it holds some record about being big, and it is often used as a concert hall.
The nearby Μελισσάνη (Melissani) cave is known as the nymph cave - meaning the nature entities, not the other kind.
The enormous natural entrance to the cave.
The entrance drops directly into a chamber. Supposedly it was originally found by a shepherdess called Μελισσάνη, who found it by falling into it.
Without any way to get out (tourists use an artificial entrance), even if she survived the fall into the shallow pool, she would have had no way out, so she died there. Nice story. Yeah.
On one side is a large side passage where the boats take us.
The end of the side passage.
Looking back into the chamber.
Then crossing the pool again to the way out - the small passage on the left.
The harbour where we had lunch.
This boat turned up, but the car park had run out of spaces, so they were forced to go to the next one down the street.
Μύρτος (Mirtos). Supposedly this beach is ranked fifth in the World, because of its blinding white sand, blue sea, and good view. But considering that zig zag is miles of parked cars on the road, complete with hundreds of visitors, it does not look so inviting.
Flying over the Alps on the way to Ελλάδα (you might know it as Greece).
Are we nearly there yet?
Ζάκύνθου in Ζάκυνθος.
A horse and trap ride. Well, we are on holiday after all.
Is that a leaning tower? Or just my camera?
Built like a brick shithouse. In Greece, the drainage system uses very small pipes, so toilet paper cannot be put in the toilet. It has to be put in a rubbish bin beside the toilet. And it stinks. They never tell you that in the brochures.
These trees are abundant on the island. These are in Αργάσι (Argasi), where we were staying.
Asda get everywhere.
Gecko. Prolific.
Fire on the hillside by Αργάσι.
Before and after. At the water park near Ζάκύνθου.
Σκοπός (Skopos).
More Σκοπός.
A beautiful clifftop setting.
Sailing on an empty sea.
Take a bite.
Ζάκυνθος coast.
Ζάκυνθος coast.
Ζάκυνθος coast.
Like a low scale nightclub, this is on its own island with a causeway to reach it.
A turtle diving under the boat.
Closeup.
Finally I managed to capture this turtle on camera after many attempts.
A male leatherback turtle, at least 1 metre long.
Holy clifftops, Batman. Trees growing on the cliff.
Towards the Blue Caves.
Double arched Blue Caves. With swimmer.
A tall white cliff with boats for scale.
Canoeing into the caves (can you see him?). The disolved chalk in the water makes it blue, which in turn lights up the caves to make them look blue.
Two-tone water, lighting up the rock.
Blue tunnel.
Peekaboo, I see you.
Black hole.
Fuchsia hole.
The boat. Duuh.
Σκινάρι (Skinari) harbour.
An island near Σκινάρι. At some point it must have been inhabited, as it is covered in ruins, as you can see.
The island and harbour.
Σκινάρι point.
Σκινάρι Blue Caves.
After a long boat ride, the first ridge of Κεφαλονιά (Kefalonia) looms into view.
Κεφαλονιά hills.
Κεφαλονιά coast.
And harbour.
Down the stairs into Σπήλαιο Δρογκαράτης (Drogarati's Cave).
The path through Δρογκαράτης.
Puny Earthlings look like ants from here.
A bed of nails.
The show cave is basically this one chamber, with the path weaving around it. Supposedly it holds some record about being big, and it is often used as a concert hall.
The nearby Μελισσάνη (Melissani) cave is known as the nymph cave - meaning the nature entities, not the other kind.
The enormous natural entrance to the cave.
The entrance drops directly into a chamber. Supposedly it was originally found by a shepherdess called Μελισσάνη, who found it by falling into it.
Without any way to get out (tourists use an artificial entrance), even if she survived the fall into the shallow pool, she would have had no way out, so she died there. Nice story. Yeah.
On one side is a large side passage where the boats take us.
The end of the side passage.
Looking back into the chamber.
Then crossing the pool again to the way out - the small passage on the left.
The harbour where we had lunch.
This boat turned up, but the car park had run out of spaces, so they were forced to go to the next one down the street.
Μύρτος (Mirtos). Supposedly this beach is ranked fifth in the World, because of its blinding white sand, blue sea, and good view. But considering that zig zag is miles of parked cars on the road, complete with hundreds of visitors, it does not look so inviting.