Welcome to the Majorca and Worldwide Travel Forum
Welcome to the Majorca and Worldwide Travel Forum
Welcome to the Majorca and Worldwide Travel Forum
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

Welcome to the Majorca and Worldwide Travel Forum

Majorca Travel Forum / Majorca Help and Information Forum
 
HomeHome  SearchSearch  RegisterRegister  Log in  

Share | 
 

 Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1

View previous topic View next topic Go down 
Go to page : Previous  1, 2
AuthorMessage
Daryn
Admin
Daryn


Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 _
PostSubject: Re: Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1   Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Icon_minitimeWed Jul 09, 2014 5:09 pm

It all looks very tranquil and relaxing, not sure how long I would last there but I certainly wouldnt mind a short visit it looks lovely repped them all mate well done again. And well done on that epic walk thats the type of things I do when away go off the beaten track I could do that all day long with you

_________________
Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Ezgif_13
Back to top Go down
https://majorcaforum.forumotion.com
Mark
Majorca Mad
Mark


Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 _
PostSubject: Re: Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1   Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Icon_minitimeWed Jul 09, 2014 10:14 pm

Great stuff Del I liked the trek to Marble beach, but I'm intrigued, - could the trek have been done on the stony road by a quad bike? That would be a better way of exploring to me. A near 2 hour walk both ways is too long to be enjoyable for me. Reps all round anyway mate rules
Back to top Go down
delboy
Mad Destination Expert
delboy


Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 _
PostSubject: Re: Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1   Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Icon_minitimeWed Jul 09, 2014 11:06 pm

yes the quad would be the right thing but having seen a guy come off and talking about the brakes failing/or a problem, it just doesn't inspire me any confidence. That stony road is still hundreds of feet up in places and your a goner going over the edge lol
Back to top Go down
delboy
Mad Destination Expert
delboy


Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 _
PostSubject: Re: Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1   Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Icon_minitimeThu Jul 10, 2014 8:23 am

Wednesday Day 11

Mrs Db went on to the usual beach, whilst I set out to see what was behind Skala Potamia and was there a firebreak walk over that side also if I could get near the island with the church for a better photo shot,

so here I am at Potamia harbour

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 00615

nice tree in bloom walking up the hill

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 00712

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 00815

so I followed the main road up

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 01013

but couldn't find anything off of the main road

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 01112

now your talking love their Sauvignon Blanc perhaps another New Zealand wine fan lol

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 01214

nice views from next door over the bay

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 01413

even I can start to get views from this low down

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 01511

and the village of Potamia itself in the mountains at the back

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 01613

and as I start to climb Skala Potamia beach below

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 01815

there's the target island in the distance

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 02216

a bay down below, around Thassos it is said they have some of the clearest waters

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 02312

beyond this bay the peninsular was thick with trees and i couldn't see anymore of the island

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 02615

but I like being off the main road and found a track which I thought might be worth investigating

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 03113

I had no knowledge of where it would take me but it you look in the top corner of the photo, I was that close to the target but at that time, I was concentrating on where the pathway would go and didn't notice it lol

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 03213

the pathway lead down for a very long way and I became quite hopeful here spotting the sea

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 03314

I had walked down 100's of feet to find this nothing area

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 03517

apart from what appeared to be a goat's trail which had a wall to get down over, hoping I was not going to meet knasher the dog again, I got down it, well it's a long way to go down for nothing isn't it lol

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 03615

then over a second wall

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 03712

through a deep undergrowth of trees, where i marked each path with crossed stick to find my way back, well I didnt have any white pebbles on an island full of marble lol

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 03815

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 03914

and finally some light lol

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 04013

I had come out in this bay

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 04113

and it was still along way down and the church wasn't view, so this was probably the view that only I, the goats and the Greek equivalent of the SAS had ever seen, so back to the main road lol

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 04216

so miles up the road I find a resto, well it would be rude not to lol

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 05014

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 05114

and they had a view of the island but no church in view

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 04813

anyway, after looking a bit further up the road to see if I was missing anything else, it was time to go back down

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 05513

and find the nearest vantage point

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 06512

and like all the other tourist's, zoom in on it lol

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 06313

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 07212

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 07315

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 07713

not a great day for photo's, the heat seems to affect the camera focus

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 08213

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 08313

a lot of the long range ones are just not sharp

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 06713

on the way back to Mrs Db, I pass the only Atm in the whole of Skala Potamia, which I understand did run out at the latter end of our holiday

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 08713

and a walk into the Korina Hotel to have a look

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 09113

The Thomson's rep did say we could use the Marina Hotel's pool, as Thomson guests but nobody about to ask on the Korina pool

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 09313

so their pool area

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 09412

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 09412

obviously can't tell you what the rooms are like but the look from the outside

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 09613

They seem to have a tennis/ netball courts

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 09814

I followed their road to the coast which looks like this and taking photo's on the way

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 09913

and it took me 5 minutes

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 10311

one comes out to a pebbly beach

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 10413

but only 50 metres to the left the sand starts

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 10911

back at the beach Mrs Db and I fancied a gyros, chicken, onions and chips and sauce wrapped up in pitta bread, so we tried

The Preluded resto transformed from a cafe to a resto this year, "do you do Gyros", I asked the waiter. "Only pork one's", he replied. "OK two of those with two large Beers please".


Right lol, these weren't the gyros's we were looking for and we had to eat tonight

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 11010

and free melon for afters

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 11110

the afternoon was spent on the beach

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 11210

evening came and tonight we were eating at Finikas

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 11312

I had the Hawaii chicken

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 11511

loved it

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 11612

Mrs Db had pork and mushroom sauce

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 11711

followed by the free pudding to share

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 11812

and two free drinks for me lol

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 11912

and a litre of house red all for 24 €'s

and another day gone , holiday time is running away now









more to com saving photos
Back to top Go down
4thforum

4thforum


Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 _
PostSubject: Re: Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1   Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Icon_minitimeThu Jul 10, 2014 11:32 am

I know sometimes they have to "cheat" when restoring old buildings etc, but, at the very least, they could have "distressed" the new blocks going into that amphitheatre. Another well earned rep Del!
Back to top Go down
4thforum

4thforum


Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 _
PostSubject: Re: Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1   Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Icon_minitimeThu Jul 10, 2014 11:34 am

Btw, this thread is breaking all kinds of records for the time it takes to load!!
Back to top Go down
Daryn
Admin
Daryn


Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 _
PostSubject: Re: Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1   Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Icon_minitimeThu Jul 10, 2014 12:38 pm

Repped again mate  clap all that walking you must have come back skinny even after all this eating lol

_________________
Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Ezgif_13
Back to top Go down
https://majorcaforum.forumotion.com
delboy
Mad Destination Expert
delboy


Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 _
PostSubject: Re: Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1   Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Icon_minitimeThu Jul 10, 2014 12:45 pm

I don't think I lost anything Daryn, Mrs Db and I are now cutting down the food, I must admit I can't believe the walking I did from basically scratch. I got a theory that getting rid of the old carpet in the house has eased my breathing that has turned rather good walking up hills lol
Back to top Go down
delboy
Mad Destination Expert
delboy


Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 _
PostSubject: Re: Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1   Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Icon_minitimeThu Jul 10, 2014 1:40 pm

Thursday Day 12

rather a funny day really, as Mike and Sue told me there was a quicker way to the top of the ridge, so I thought I would try and find it.

but ended up, below a bungalow in the hills with nowhere to go

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 02217

I then when back down and followed another path

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 02713

which lead up to an olive tree farm with a drop of a hundred feet below

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 03412

there I met two farmer's, the older guy didn't speak any English but the younger one understood the word 'Panagria' and said I needed to go up, and pointed me to another path

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 03518

This is where I discovered the waterpumping station for the whole of Golden Beach lol

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 03616

which lead me down a path that the Roman's last used

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 03915

which eventually turned into an impassable jungle and I hadn't brought a machete, however, a new butterfly to photograph which had landed and kept opening it's wings and closing, like now you see me now you don't grrr

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 04313

and each time I photographed it, it was now you don't

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 04418

I had six goes at it before it flew away lol

Lunchtime it was in Playa D' Oro where we had become addicted to their cheese pies and a Greek salad to share

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 06116

The afternoon and it was back on the beach

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 06216

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 06615

Last year, if you remember Mrs Db was denied her Shirley Valentine chair at the Sotiris, when a huge storm ended it

just taking you back to last year on these two photo's

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 74211

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 74610

so back to this year, we actually managed to get the same table

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 07412

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 07512

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 07114

I had the chicken with Roquefort sauce

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 07614

Mrs Db had the Lamb Kleftico

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 07316

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 07714

wait a minute it's raining lol, grab the plates, I'll grab the wine

and it's all inside

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 07814

'DEJA VU', said the waiter when I mentioned it but it stopped rain to walk back to the apartment  Shocked 

Back to top Go down
theboss
Girl Power Member
theboss


Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 _
PostSubject: Re: Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1   Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Icon_minitimeThu Jul 10, 2014 6:37 pm

Brill blog DB I' ve added a few reps . . but difficult to do on my phone.
Really enjoying your ventures . . all in the name of MF!
I look forward to sering this on a bigger screen when I get home.
Back to top Go down
Sponsored content




Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 _
PostSubject: Re: Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1   Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1 - Page 2 Icon_minitime

Back to top Go down
 

Greece, Island of Thassos, 2014 Part 1

View previous topic View next topic Back to top 
Page 2 of 2Go to page : Previous  1, 2

Permissions in this forum:You cannot reply to topics in this forum
Welcome to the Majorca and Worldwide Travel Forum :: WORLDWIDE TRAVEL REVIEW SECTION NEW FOR 2011. EST 18/05/11 :: ENTER HERE :: GREECE includes Greek Islands :: RESORT REVIEW SECTION-
Jump to:  
Free forum | ©phpBB | Free forum support | Contact | Report an abuse | Forumotion.com