On towards the old town at Sparta. Only 15km. After 6km
we came to a land slide and had to head back. Another longer and
more torturous route 22km and slow going but we did manage to make
it.
The wattle made us feel at home!
Walked
around and had a look at the buildings which are still reasonably in
good nick as they only abandoned it in 1936 after a new town was
built and the last person left in the 1950’s. The churches and
monastery are still in use.
Drove
up to the fort but by the time we had lunch it was just before 3pm and it
was closing.
Back down the hill and low and behold two big trucks
parked for the night. We stopped and chatted for a while. Have not
met many travelers.
A
quick shop and with our chatting now only have 1.5 hours of daylight
to get across to the East coast. A great road we came down out of
the hills and followed a valley out to the ocean. Struggled to find a
camp near the sea, so took a white road up and ended up finding, in the dark, a lovely camp overlooking
Pragmateftis and the sea.
135km
135km