On 8 April a group of us from Finike Marina visited The Chimaera and the ruins of an ancient Byzantine-Genoese fortification on the slopes of Mt Olympos near Cirali village. The Chimaera, a series of eternal flames arising out of the cracks on the bare hillside, has fascinated folk for hundreds of years and is shrouded in mystery, myths and legends. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellerophon
This was a delightful outing led by Terry (Common Sense) even though it involved a 30 minute steep climb up a pebbly path! Most of us had fun " playing with the fires" to make sure the flames would kept burning eternally and the legends alive. Some of us wished we had taken marshmallows with us!
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| Tom in Geologist Mode! |
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| Carol contemplative mode! |
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Our group resting after the long walk up. Fran in posing mode! |
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Tom in Historian Mode! Tom checking out the colours from ancient times that remain on the ruins.
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