Hiking Kini
2023年10月5日, ギリシャ ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
Local Greek 🚌 #2
Yesterday feels like a distant memory, arriving at Kini safely and timely! This walk is from Kini to Varvarousa, giving a glimpse of the Natura 2000 area that the SCE is trying toもっと詳しく
Ecotourism?
2023年10月6日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
My first visit to Apano Meria highlighted that human activity had been present in the area, but with more traditional ways of living...is development possible in todays society whilst protecting theもっと詳しく
Bathing Vari
2023年10月7日, ギリシャ ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
Local Greek 🚌 #4
😴 💤, research and the afternoon by the sea 🌊 ... I think I might settle here ... 😊
Bathing Poseidonia
2023年10月8日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Local Greek 🚎 #5
😴💤, research, and an afternoon at the beach ⛱️... I don't think I could ever get tired of seeing the sun shine on the sea 💙
Lovely ending to Week 5, except it makesもっと詳しく
Filming Apano Meria
2023年10月9日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
🛵 # 1
The SCE was contacted by a travel programme who asked to include a piece about Apano Meria. Totally unexpected that we would be asked to take part!
We all went to the nature reserve... Iもっと詳しく
High-Value, Low Volume?
2023年10月10日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Tourism Policy 🇧🇹
Bhutan utilises Gross National Happiness GNH, not solely GDP... I wondered how they applied this socio-economic philosophy to Tourism?
The research continues... with a 🍓もっと詳しく
Hiking Poseidonia
2023年10月11日, ギリシャ ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
Local Greek 🚌 #6
⏸️ reading and writing... ▶️ walking!
Arriving at the tip of the island, looking at the open 🌊, not another sole...😊
Walking Ano Syros
2023年10月12日, ギリシャ ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
⏸️ reading and writing and ▶️ walking the medieval settlement of Syros!
Ano Syros is inhabited by Catholic Greeks and Ioanna! It would be rude not to have a quick drink 💛
Manchester of Hermoupolis
2023年10月12日, ギリシャ ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Syros, historically an industrial town, had a network of textile 🏭
Unknown why, in August 1986, the workers were told the factory was closed. The doors were shut, and everything was left in situ.もっと詳しく
Industrial Diversification?
2023年10月13日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Why, when Ermoupolis has a rich industrial history, is development being framed largely around tourism without consideration to possible alternatives?
My research also led to this question 🤔もっと詳しく
Camping Tinos
2023年10月14日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Illegal Wild Camping 🏕 #1
Taking ⛴️ # 2 ... for an island hop to Tinos! Tent in hand, I boarded local 🚌 #7 to Panormos on the far side of the island to find a place to pitch up in a spotもっと詳しく
Lady of Tinos Pilgrimage
2023年10月14日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
A shrine to the Virgin Mary, becoming a destination of Christian pilgrimage to an Icon believed to be the source of miracles.
Pilgrims crawl on their knees for about 800 meters from the Port up toもっと詳しく
Walking Pryos
2023年10月15日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Pryos is one of the many small villages in Tinos. A quiet, Sunday morning was a lovely time to wander! 💙
Discovered it is a great spot for hiking 👣 trails... Next time
www.tinostrails.gr/
Marble Museum
2023年10月15日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Marble, a crystalline solid rock formed by the metamorphosis of limestone, is a formation of calcite and dolomite minerals. The presence of other minerals in differing amounts affects both physicalもっと詳しく
Human-Centred Development?
2023年10月16日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
🇧🇹 GNH principles applied result in Human-Centred development for conservation.
Development with no footprint, like a boat sailing through the ocean, yet an approach that keeps the boat inもっと詳しく
Syros Highest Peak
2023年10月17日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
After a full day of research, it was time for a walk, so I walked to the highest peak of Syros 👣 Typical Greece, aesthetics are secondary to the practical📍😆...
It was still a lovely walk!
Protesting War
2023年10月18日, ギリシャ ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
🇮🇱 🇵🇸
Conflicts have caused humanitarian crises for all peoples 💔
Syros organisations rallied locals to gather in solidarity with Palestine, with the latest conflict killing many. Ofもっと詳しく
Hiking Apano Meria
2023年10月19日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
🚕 # 1
A highlight hike, Kampos to Americano 💙
God Apollo, help the Greeks find their path again... 👣
Sailing Away
2023年10月20日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
⛴️ #3
ευχαριστώ απανω μερια σκε
I will definitely be back 💙
Bussing Istanbul
2023年10月21日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Night 🚍 #1
Arda Tur, I am in your hands for the next 16 hours for international travel 🇹🇷 ... here we go! 🚌💨💨
İstiklal Caddesi
2023年10月22日, トルコ ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Built initially during the late Ottoman era for Western embassy buildings, İstiklal Caddesi became a centre for international trade. Beginning in Taksim Square towards Galata Tower, today it is nowもっと詳しく
Whirling Dervishes
2023年10月22日, トルコ ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
A Sufi’s way of life is to love and be of service to people, deserting the ego and all illusion so that one can reach maturity and perfection, and finally reach Allah, the True, the Real. The Orderもっと詳しく
Ayasofya Mosque
2023年10月23日, トルコ ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Originally built in the 4th century as a Byzantine Catherdral, it was later converted into a Mosque during the Ottoman Empire. It was converted without destroying the interior Christian symbolsもっと詳しく
旅行者I loved it here - did you spot the twins of Cleopatra’s Needle nearby? Apparently they were part of the same temple area in Alexandria, but the full set got split up and there are a couple in Turkey.
Sultan Ahmet Mosque
2023年10月23日, トルコ ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Aka Blue Mosque 💙
Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are the three Abrahamic religions, all based on a belief in one God, guidance revealed to prophets, including Jesus, holy scripture, andもっと詳しく
Wandering Bazaars
2023年10月23日, トルコ ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Grand and Egyptian Bazaars 💛
...not before randomly de touring into a boutique for a leather fashion show... 😆... sneakily asked for the loo and exited quickly to find the Bazaars!
Turkishもっと詳しく