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Eriphilly Apartments and pool.
Our apartment was on the first floor, behind the trees. Under these, were...
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Garden Flower.
A photo of a garden flower at Eriphilly, Molyvos.
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Eriphilly Flower
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Mouth Watering
One of our favourite types of Greek shops, the bakers!!
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Colourful Display
All colours of these slippers for sale in Petra.
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Eftalou Thermal Bath.
That's me taking advantage of the thermal spring seeping out under...
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Wild Flowers of Lesvos.
Such colourful landscapes created from hundreds of wild flowers.
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Daisy Filled Meadow
This meadow was white over with daisies.
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Flowers at Molyvos Castle
These flowers created a yellow carpet up by the castle at Molyvos. Lovely...
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Panorama Views.
The view from Panorama Taverna close to Molyvos Castle.
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Molyvos Harbour Area.
Looking down to the harbour area at Molyvos on a dull day.
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Mlvos Beach.
This was a dull day and a strange occurrance in the sea. I'm not sure...
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Distant Sigri Views.
Taken from the road down to Sgri in the west.
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Close Up of Sigri From Afar.
Such a shame it was a hazy day.
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New Builds At Sigri.
Yes, Sigri is expanding a little!
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Colourful Flower.
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Fancy Hiring This?
What a wonderful vehicle this was at Sigri. Notice the horn, a hanging...
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Sigri, All Closed Up.
Sigri is a lovely place but be warned, in May, there isn't much open at...
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Wild Flower At Sigri Castle.
This flower is used in a lot of dried decorations and is cultivated in...
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Sigri and Beach
Just as we got here for a swift dip, it started to rain!Still, it didn't...
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Gavathas.
I just loved this blue and white house at the small seaside village of...
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Rocky Coast At Gavathas.
Although Gavathas has a long, sandy beach, beyond the harbour is a very rocky...
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Quiet Gavathas.
Gavathas in May was absolutely deserted and there was nowhere for a drink or...
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Peculiar Rock.
With the island being volcanic, you'll find strange rock...
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Molyvos Castle.
Taken on a rather stormy morning.
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Molyvos Harbour
Taken from Molyvos Castle.
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Molyvos.
This old factory is now a rather swish hotel. Taken from Molyvos Castle.
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Walking Down To Molyvos Harbour.
This was on a fairly quiet morning.
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Molyvos harbour Ouzerie.
Much photographed and admired picture postcard Molyvos.
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Molyvos Harbour.
Still waters in the harbour.
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molyvos harbour and Castle.
We sat and watched a couple of old Greek men attempting to do something with...
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Molyvos Harbour.
Taken on a dull morning in May. I can't imagine what it looks like...
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Molyvos Harbour and Castle.
Very picturesque indeed.
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Molyvos Cat.
Gyros Corner cat. A very friendly, handsome chappy.
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Molyvos.
Typical Agora scene in Molyvos.
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View of Petra's Church On the Rock.
This was taken from the small village of Petri, above Petra.
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Petri Architecture.
Petri village is beautiful, full of attractive, well maintained houses, both...
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Limani.
We had found paradise. A beuatiful spot.
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Limani Cat.
Nice moustache. Remind you of anyone?
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Blues of Greece
Relaxing in the "comfortable" furniture at Limani.
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Limani Cat 2
Another fine specimen of a Lesvos cat.
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Limani
Colourful boats in Limani harbour.
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Sea poppy
This beautiful flower was prolific on Vatera beach.
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Skala Sykaminias.
Boats in the harbour at Skala Sykaminias.
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Skala Sykaminias Menu.
Choose your lunch.
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Skala Sykaminias.
The white building is where we rented a room in 1989.It doesn't appear to...
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Skala Sykaminias.
Beautiful fishing village.
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Skala Sykaminias.
Local boats in Skala Sykaminias harbour.
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Lesvos Speciality.
The renowned stuffed and deep fried courgette flowers.
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Polichnitou.
Stately Lesvian Architecture.
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Vatera Beach.
The magnificently long beach at Vatera.
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No dachshunds Paddling!
Just thought this sign was amusing!!
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Skala Polichnitou
The typical Lesvian harbour of Skala Polichnitou.
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Skala Polichnitou.
A very traditional place.
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Short Cut.
Took a dirt track along the coast, cutting a considerable chunk of main road...
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Alonia Taverna, Molyvos.
One of our favourite eateries.
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Petra Roofs.
A view of Petra from the church on the rock steps.
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Petra.
View of Petra.
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Chair Repair Man.
This was at Aghia Paraskevi. We had great fun watching this man unload all of...
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Mum And Babies Doing Well.....
Couldn't resist these little sweeties!
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Terrapins.
It was so exciting to find terrapins in the wild. In the end, we saw many of...
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View of Molyvos
The best view of Molyvos, from a view point on the main road.
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Anaxos.
An army of sun brollies at the ready.
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Anaxos Beach.
A sun-brolly free part of the beach.
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View From Anaxos Beach.
I liked this compilation with the town of Molyvos in the background.
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Molyvos Reservoir.
I'm not sure how long this reservoir has existed but we discoverde it by...
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Early Evening Light Over Mol;yvos Coast.
There are many places to eat in Molyvos that have these sort of views....
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Molyvos Restaurants.
Working upwards, Betty's, Gyros Corner and To Balkoni.
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Our Friend At Gyros Corner.
This was such a handsome boy and ever so friendly. As you can see,...
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Not To Be Missed.
If you like gyros, don't miss Gyros Corner. The bench type seats...
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Melinda.
A delightful place with a shingley beach and two or three authentic tavernas...
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Melinda
The view at Melinda beach,looking westwards.
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Plomari.
Looking towards the small square in Plomari with the 200 odd year old maple...
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A Bit Of Business in Plomari.
Our cafe hostess paying for her gas supply. Nice delivery vehicle.
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Typical Plomari Street.
Many of Plomari's streets appeared to be concrete river beds. As...
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Plomari Architecture.
Not sure what this building was but it caught my eye.
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Plomari Butcher.
Our favourite shops are butchers (being big meat eaters) and we called in at...
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Molyvos.
There are so many good photo opportunities in Molyvos, you can become...
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Landscape Scene From Molyvos Castle.
Took this close to the castle, to show how rural the area is and also had to...
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Molyvos Coast.
Another of the sea at Molyvos, taken on a very still, hot morning.
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Molyvos Cat.
Thought this was rather nice, a handsome cat amongst the flowers and...
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Olive Press Hotel.
Once a factory, this place has been renovated and turned into one of...
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Bird Watcher
My fine friend here was busy keeping an eye on the birds in the nearby...
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Tsonia Beach.
A lovely sandy beach not far from Skala Sykaminias.We never actually went...
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Tsonia Harbour.
I went swimming here, the deserted end of Tsonia beach. The only problem was,...
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Evening View.
Taken from To Xani restaurant in Molyvos.
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Skala Kalloni.
Just had a brief stop here for refreshment.Forgot to look for the resident...
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Agra.
The road wound steeply all the way through this town, narrowing down...
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Ambush Gap?
Just outside Agra there is a narrow bit of road with no view of oncoming...
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Tavari Harbour.
Way down south, Tavari is a lovely little spot with a small harbour,...
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Tavari Beach.
Nice beach and a few tavernas open. Definitely a "summer" resort, the...
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Podaras Beach.
A gorgeous beach close to Tavari, no tavernas but strangely, toilets and...
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Diverse Landscapes of Lesvos
Volcanic rocks tower over extremely arable land.
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Farm Fields and Volcanoes.
Much of the land on Lesvos is excellent for crop growing, being rich...
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Our Friend Again.
Here he is once more, another evening, same place!
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And a Mate.
Concentrating......
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Betty's At Night.
Taken from Gyros Corner. We never actually ate at Betty's, it...
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Typical Lesvian Landscape.
Not too sure where this is, might be Polichnitos.
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Coast at Petra.
Looking towards Petra and Glaronisi Isle.
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Petra.
Taken from up near Petri.
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Petra Plain.
Gorgeous views from the roads above Petra.
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Lunch Stop At Petri.
Enjoyed an excellent lunch here of prawn saganaki washed down with local wine.
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Eftalou Rock Formation.
Behind the rock is mainland Turkey.
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Eftalou.
One of the beaches at Eftalou, looking towards the bath house.
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More Rock Formations.
Just loved this landscape with the domestic scene of the freshly cut field in...
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Sunbathing Terrapins.
Look carefully on the tree trunk and you'll see four terrapins.The river...
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Terrapins.
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Terrapin.
Such beuatifully odd little things....
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Terrapins.
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Terrapin.
Last one......
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Stork's Nest.
Noticed this nest at Polichnitos. As well as the stork being resident,...
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Thermal Spring River.
Close to Polichnitos are the thermal springs, the hottest on the island. This...
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Steaming Thermal Spring.
One of the springs.
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Hot River.
Looking towards the old bath house at Polichnitos.
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Another Red Hot Spring.
Do not be tempted to touch the water. For the baths,the temperature is...
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Tunnel at The Springs.
Nick, being an engineer, couldn't work out why this tunnel had been...
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The Original Bath House at Polichnitos.
There appeared to be three bathing houses, two defunct and a newer one in...
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Another Strange Formation.
This appeared to be a type of volcanic plug close to the thermal springs at...
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A Spectacular Church.
There was a name on this church near the Lisvorio spring but I have forgotten...
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Rustic Taverna.
This was a marvellous little taverna close to the Lisvorio thermal springs....
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Skamnioudi.
Another of Lesvos's little beach/harbour villages.
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Skamnioudi Harbour.
A very nice little place, close to Lisvorio, with a couple of tavernas...
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Gulf Of Kalloni.
A tiny beach on the Kalloni Gulf.
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Blue Sea in The Gulf Of Kalloni,.
I think this is the Rizonas River entering the Gulf Of Kalloni.
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Posh Place By The Sea.
This is part of the airport cafebar. Avoid this place if you can, very...
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