Island Tour I

Rented a car for 2 days on Wednesday

to explore the rest of the island...

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Not the previous one

but this red jeep

First day is for the Southern part of Corfu

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First stop in Kanoni

to see the Monastery of the Virgin of Vlacherna

- set on the islet of Vlacherna,

linked to Corfu by a smal bridge

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Monastery shop inside

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The lagoon of Chalikopoulos

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The Corfu airport is just a couple of kilometers
from the Corfu Town
near Kanoni
- dramatically exciting!
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Second stop:

Korision Lake

- the fresh water lake is around 5km long

- surrounded by lush vegetation
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Said to b a fabulous haven for wildlife,

such as sandpipers & egrets

- easy to believe

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A massive stretch of water separated from the sea

by sand dunes and beaches

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Jeep was extremely practical in this sand!
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On the other side of the dunes

is a long sandy beach

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Surfers paradise

as the wind is rather strong here

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Lemon tree
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Continued driving to Kavos

which according to

Eyewitness Travel Top 10

Corfu & The Ionian islands

was a traditional villge

with scenic beauty
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Well, Kavos looks like this

and this

- full of British youngsters

trying to recover from hangout

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As didn't feel like having lunch in Kavos
drove to the next village, Potami in Lefkimmi
to find some place to eat
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Cheeky Face taverna in Potami
- looks a liitle bit suspicious,

but the Greek food was good!

- in Greece the outlook of a place

is not equivalent to the quality of food
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Port of Petriti
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Beautiful way from Petriti to Boukaris
- it can be made by foot as the traffic

is not heavy on this road

but this time made it by car
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Olive groves
- there're millions of olive trees in Corfu
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Glifada beach
- sea looks always so wonderful
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Kaiser's Thorne in Pelekas
- left the car down in the village

and walked up here
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View from the Kaiser's Thorne
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and to the other direction
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Looks pittoresque!
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Narrow alleys of Pelekas
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Roofs of Pelekas
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Herbs by a wall
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Fire somewhere!
- it's really dry so no wonder
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The sheep seem to be ok,
not worried or restless
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It do look frightening!