Soooo, Samaria Gorge...... phew. We got up to catch the bus there at 6 a.m., took an hour of switchbacks up the mountain to where we would start our descent of about 800m into the gorge. It was down hill for about an hour before there was a level part, before more downhill. We kept up quite a steady pace, although the show offs were rushing past us, there were plenty behind us. In total, there were 580 went through that day. The scenery was totally spectacular, there wont be words to do it justice, so I'm going to add lots of photos to this blog. We arrived at the ancient village of Samaria at about 11.30..... almost half way. The gorge is named after a nun, Maria. Before she became one, there was a young
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