George D. has sent me some more photos of ongoing road improvements in Sfakia ( taken from the Mayor's facebook page) - the road in Frangokastello is being resurfaced now. When we finally get back to Sfakia, it will be interesting to see all the changes after two years absence! IMG_0089.JPG IMG_0088...

Sent to me from George Dalidakis: the last "souvenir" section of old road on the way down to Sfakia is finally being widened and asphalted.

Yes, a truly beautiful and gentle documentary of Sfakian life. So nice to see familiar faces and places, and we long to get back there!

The temperatures are still cold there, so they must be very hardy people!

Here are some more photos from Giannis Fasoulis, taken yesterday in Imbros and on the way back.

Here are some photos (from Askifou, Imbros, Aradena) that Giannis Fasoulis just sent me. He says it's 8C in Sfakia now but was freezing this morning.

Thanks so much for posting this! It was almost hypnotic watching the clouds form and dance over the mountains, and the sunlight play through them onto the plateau and slopes. Nice to have a flock of sheep make an appearance later, and a surprisingly clear sky at the end. Oh, to be there now!

Another answer from an informed friend: It's just a normal wave cut platform (see for example https://sites.google.com/site/erosinallandforms/products-services/coasts-of-erosion ) but it was then lifted out of the sea by the uplift of 365 AD so it makes it very prominent when you walk above it (from...

Here's a brief explanation of the striation from my brother-in-law, who is a retired geo-morphologist/geographer: Looks like thinly bedded limestone on its side (i.e. age sequence is youngest to oldest near to far or vice versa) and then some faulting – you can see a slight displacement of structure...

I am unable to access your photos - do you need to give permission in general for this site, or is it just me?

We received the sad news today that Giannis Braos, the owner of the Xenia Hotel and president of the ANENDYK ferry company, died suddenly today in Sfakia from a heart attack. The whole village is in shock.