....this place is quite amazing, after crossing a causeway to a huge Gibraltar-style rock you walk through a very narrow dog-leg tunnel just big enough to squeeze a donkey through (will I ever write that again in my life?) then you pop out into the sun...and a hidden town of narrow cobbled streets with jumbled houses, shops and kafenions etc. Everything comes in & out by hand, wheelbarrow or donkey, even stuff for rebuilding houses! Eeek. This was great, M & L spent all day poking around the place whilst I just scampered around & sunbathed Avoiding the cats! - (Gata.) This time of year is great, its warm, between 20-26 deg and the wild flowers are all out, later in the year they all disappear.. The evening was spent in a taverna back over the causeway with Roy & Dorothy, the Aussies we met, and a good few ouzos were dealt with as the owner joined us, then a Scottish couple came over after hearing a bit of English.. Tues So the next part of our trip takes us South to Githio, another mystery tour of Greek buses, lots of changes across to Skala where there is no bus to Githio so we hunt for a taxi for the last 20kms or so. As we ask a taxi driver to take us & load the bags in another Greek squabble kicks off as the guy with the shabby vauxhall ten feet ahead accuses the guy in the shiny merc of pinching his trade! doesn't bother him though...as we lurch off (lots of bangs from underneath, shiny paint, knackered springs!) he swings off to his house, has a quick chat with his wife & picks a big branch of oranges (portikalia) for us from his garden!..We bomb along for a few miles & the driver realises that we arn't eating the oranges, pulls over & goes to the boot and whips out a knife.............then gives it to us with an old newspaper so we can cut up and eat this 10 minutes-from-the-tree treat. ..We've now arrived in Githio wwhere we'll explore for a couple of days and then head over to Crete. The weather has just taken a dramatic turn, a big thunderstorm and a toprrential downpour followed by a hailstorm like 10,000 tonnes of frozen peas dumped on the town. we hid up under a metal canopy at a Pharmakio, what a racket, theres a temperature dispalay out side & it dived from 17-12 deg in seconds, All OK now & forecast is for hot again tomorrow. OK, must go now, whiskers to clean, tail to straighten, you know how it is for a rat about town, ... Hey Wilma, you'd love it here, we made a 'Skilos' (dog) friend in Monemvasia - it was thoroughly mad & followed everyone chewing their shoes and chasing scooters! Kai/Myles, pass this site address on to Ian & Julia, I don't see why they shouldn't have the a**e bored off them by someone elses holiday blog too!