Too narrow for modern freighters

As much as I enjoyed seeing the ruins of Epidaurus and Mycenae I was just as favorably impressed by the scale of this construction marvel. It must have required tons and tons of blasting to get through this thick rock. We were at least 80 feet up and it was solid rock all the way. The canal was designed for 19th Century ships and is now too narrow for modern freighters. Tour boats and personal pleasure craft can save themselves the 250 mile trip around the Peloponnesus by cutting through this man-made gorge.

Day Twelve (Wednesday)

July 5th 2006
This was about to be a very, very busy day. We were up rather early in order to leave on the bus at 8:00. Our breakfast wasn't as filling as our previous few in Greece. This morning it was back to cold cereal, a couple croissants and watery orange juice. Our first order of business was to drive back up the isolated Tolo road into the larger city of Nafplion. Even though Tolo is the seaside ... read more

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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more

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