Naxos
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Steve & Chris
Thu 1 Oct 2009 15:27
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Thursday 1st October
2009
We set off
mid-morning after Steve had an early(ish) swim (is he a masochist?) 2
knots of wind so we motored the entire way to Naxos, arriving late
afternoon. There was no problem finding a space in the harbour so we were
soon tied up and settled for the night.
We planned to spend
a couple of days here as the Lonely Planet suggested the island was worth
exploring. We hired a car (25 euros a day - bargain!) and set off with a
map of the island. We visited a couple of sites that had 'Kouros' -
unfinished statues.
The second one is
over 15 metres long, and is still lying in the rock it was being carved out
of. It's thought that a fault appeared in the rock so they didn't bother
finishing it - imagine taking all that time to carve out a statue and then its
head or leg falls off! How annoying would that be?! An instant Venus
de Milo!!
We came across
this scene as we turned a bend in the road - the old and the
new!
The landscape is
quite arid, as might be expected.
The unfinished
temple from the castle on Naxos
Town
Winding narrow paths through Naxos Town