Hiking down the Gorge

The Samaria Gorge is the deepest in Europe. We started high in the mountains and hiked to the sea, from 5000 feet to sea level. It was 16 miles of constant downhill hiking through the spectacular scenery, with fresh water springs every few kilometers to refill our water bottles , We brought gyros ( sandwiches ) made from tomatoe, feta cheese, basil  and local flat bread, and had lunch in a pine grove halfway down, the ground was covered with fragrant wild thyme.

 

The hike took 8 hours and wasn't easy. We walked thru an ancient village at the bottem that looked abandoned , but wasn't , roosters were crowing , and goats and sheep were fenced in corrals. Everybody had gardens but we saw few people. Life looked simple and slow.