Lefka Ori (The White Mountains)
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Part II
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From Omalos I continued my drive towards west through the pass between the Tourli and the Mavri Kimite summits to Sougia. From Sougia I went by ship to Agia Roumeli, Loutro and Sfakia, where I made a side trip into the mountains at Anopoli, Aradena and Agios Ioannis.
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a couple of days' break I went back to Chania via Imbros and the Askyfou
Plateau. From Ammoudari (one of
the villages in Askyfou) I drove to the smaller Tavri Plateau, which has
also got a refuge for hikers, to round off my trip with a look at the
impressing summit of Kastro.
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The
west side of Lefka Ori under the steep rocks to the right is the Agia Irini Gorge |
From
the plateau between Sougia and Lissos |
Towards
Sougia from Palaiochora |
Agia
Roumeli the exit of the Samaria Gorge |
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One
of the many caves of the south coast ... |
… and the parched slopes | The
Aradena Gorge - again the Trocharis summit in the background |
Sfakia |
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Morning
light at Sfakia (Sweet Water Bay) |
The road towards Anopoli | Flowering thyme | Sheepfold in the Anopoli Plateau |
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winding road from Sfakia towards Chania |
The
Askyfou Plateau - north of Imbros |
Kastro
(2218 m) - from the Tavri Plateau |
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