On our Samaria tour with Kristin Pedersen we encountered a handsome 4 yearold kri kri buck in Kefalovrisia. We especially noticed his beautifull horns! Thank yu Kristin for the nice pictures! Στη βόλτα μας στα Κεφαλοβρύσια συνταντήσαμε εναν ωραίο τράγο τεσσάρων χρονών. Ιδιαίτερη προσοχή δώσαμε στα όμορφα κέρατα.
In the shadow of the majestic pinetrees. Nothing like a guided tour of the Samaria Gorge by a true local.
Beekeeping lesson with Roussos with the Samaria Experience Roussos enjoyed having a beekeeping lesson in June with Kristin K Pedersen. It is a nice experience to share knowledge and love for the bees! Thank you so much for the nice fotos!
The bee colony from above. The location of the beehive is in the old village of Agia Roumeli, calmly situated between the mountains.
The bee colony
Roussos uses the smoker to calm the bees down. The smoke does not work as a sedative. Instead it signals to the bees that thereis fire somewhere so they are preoccupied with finding it instead of attacking.
Roussos can usually tell just from opening the beehive how the bees are doing. If they are healthy, active, how they are performing and if they need support.
Roussos is checking out the first honeycomb.
Bees buisily working along.
The queen bee. You can spot her from the colour on her back but a trained eye can find her from her bigger size and slightly different shape.
Roussos is checking out a new honeycomb.
The bees have started to build their wax hexagons on the new honeycomb.
The calm surrounding of Agia Roumeli.
And ofcourse…goats.
It was an autumn day and the Samaria Gorge was closed due to the rain in the previous days. We walked up from the turkish castle above Agia Roumeli. Five condors were cirkeling around in the sky. Then they started flying horizontically left and right breathtakingly close to us. I had never been so close to them before. It was an amazing experience.
Enjoying the view of the South coast of Crete.
Crystal clear and salty waters.
Hiking through the gorge one gets to experience the mellow and sweet side of the mountain. Rich shadow from the greenery, high peaks as a surrounding and fresh pine tree smell filling the air.
Spring river
At the exit of the Samaria Gorge the river, strong with Spring water, reaches Agia Roumeli.
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