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June 2004

June is getting too hot for the low lands but ideal for walks (and nights) in the White Mountains where most of the snow has melted and sheep and shepherds have returned..

 
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The chapel of St. Paul in Agios Pavlos
Evening light in the harbour of Chania
Ruins in Lissos near Sougia
Thistle
Paeonia clusii, an endemic peony growing in the mountains
Silene variegata, a rare high mountains endemic
Griffin vultures (gyps fulvus)
On the right, malotira, the Cretan mountain tea
In the White Mountains
The summit of Kastro seen from Mt. Trohari
Sunset on the summit of Pachnes
The view from the path Agios Ioannis to Potamos
Sheep in the high mountain desert
Mitato near Volikas
Inside a shepherd's hut (Pyrgos mitato%2C White Mountains%29
Making mizitra cheese in a mitato
Giorgos Kriaras making graviera cheese in his mitato
The making of traditional graviera cheeese, Pyrgos mitato
The mitato of Pyrgos with the ridge of Mt. Svourikti in the background

 

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