Parga was our next port of call. It does not have much of a harbor, so we had to anchor the ship and take the tender into town. We got settled into the tender, took off and traveled a few hundred yards. The we immediately turned around a returned to the ship. This being our first time on a tender we were perplexed. It was not a problem, they just wanted to pick up some more folks. We wandered into town and kept a mainly uphill and leftwards direction until we reached the gate to the Citadel. While the other folks were driving three hours to visit a monastery we were able to reach our "antient" site in only a half hour.
Pulling into town int he early morning
The Citadel hill
Towering limestone cliffs off to the south
The town is small
With rocky island all around
The tender returning to pick us up
The portholes in the second level
They don't get cleaned often
All aboard
Watersports for those that stayed onboard
The tender is tiny
Redocking for more passengers
Pulling into town
Half town and half fortifications
A great defensive position
The gang is all here
A very beautiful place
Cat like dragon
More local flavors
Shrimp coctail?
Put a scooter up on the sign
Ant make a table out of a scooter
The parts are getting smaller and smaller
Psychedelic swift
Nice knockers
Another fortification
The side of a house
Venetian style houses have the stairs on the exterior of the house
The houses were very tidy
With some impressive restaurants
Nive tile work
We are at the tip
When these bougainvillea plants fill in this gate it will be a thing of beauty
An oddly shaped tree
Warning warning warning, you are on your own if you pass these gates
Such a beautiful view
Spikes on the gate
Arghhh I have been stuck
Dave fared much better
This is certainly an effective gate
An actual hole in the wall
Millipedes on the ceiling of the gateway
Folks on the trail
Cannon at the ready
Dave and Kristine
Our fine sunny day is beginning to cloud over
Only the hardiest of trees will grow up here
An example of an ineffective gate
The ramparts need some maintenance
Beware the uneven steps
The ship!
More fallen walls in the woods
Laura !
The beaches on the other side of town
Not sure id these are hotel rooms or caves for cave dwellers
Two ants grabbing what looks like a grape peel
Evergreen
A bird!
These fortifications were most elaborate
The arch is the strongest architectural element, except this one
Heading back
The gateway
Even more buildings up here
Escape is in sight
Looking back over the town
Smiles all around
This would be a great place to have a cup of tea
Sparrows making themselves at home
Vary pretty
A common chaffinch
The north side of the fortifications
Daredevil bird
A tiny church
This is what passes for a pickup truck in Parga
A peek inside the church
Nice wooden structures
Drop anchor
Off for a swim
The smaller fortification
The smaller boat
Here comes the rain
Back in the tender we go
The docking to the boat is in the following video
