A loop from Agios Ioannis 2016:04:07
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The flowers here are still superb, but the open mountainside is now fenced off with high gates as well!
Take the track from Agios Ioannis towards Kanevos.
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The road from Plakias runs through this gorge
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Heading up through Kanevos towards the coll
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The village laundry
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A few years ago this was rough grazing, now under cultivation
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Another view of the gorge
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We are heading up this track and are then going turn left when we get to the uncultivated land.
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These fences made with reinforcement mesh are almost impossible to cross - look for one that is designed to be opened as a gate
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Wild Cretan cyclamen
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Iris
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Yellow orchid
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Monks cowl
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Bee orchids
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Pitcher plants
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Skirting the top edge of the cultivated land
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A group of local men collecting this for supper, and gave us some for our own supper.
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Another wired gate
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An obstacle! A padlocked gate. Climbing skills needed to get back onto the road on the other side. I get the impression they don't want visitors here.
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There are still meadows full of orchids
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