What Rik did on his holiday

Things I did on my holiday ...

I stayed in a very nice little self-catering apartment block run by Stacey and her mum Olga



I went househunting in Chania





I went on a chuff-chuff through a gorge and into the mountains ...





... where I saw a cretan lily



I went to the beach and explored some rockpools where I saw fishes and crabs



I visited the ancient ruins at Aptera overlooking Souda Bay ...





... and took lots of photos of flowers



I watched some swallows building their nest under the main highway



I went through the orange groves to Meskla (by chuff-chuff again: I like Cretan chuff-chuffs)



I climbed a mountain at Polyrhinia ...



... where I saw a cemetery and a goat ...





... and got lost in the mountains when trying to walk home



And I walked down Samaria Gorge - the longest gorge in Europe (descent time for a rather unfit Rik: 7 hours 20 minutes)





And now I'm back home - with thanks to all the people who helped make this holiday one of the best holidays I've ever had!