Tuesday 23 June 2009

圣岛冒险记 – 爬红山、下红海 *Exploring Santorini – Akrotiri Red Beach (4 June 09)

为了跟随之前编排的行程,到达圣岛的第一天我们驾车到附近的 Akrotiri红海滩(Red Beach)走走、看看。没想到要走到沙滩之前得越过山石,还兴高采烈的想穿着拖鞋去踩海滩,结果得穿着日本拖爬山、踩红石、踩红土。

好久没好好运动了。虽然山不是很高,但因为没有铺好的小路,我们只能一步步地沿着山崖边爬上去。小华喜欢爬山,也不懂怎么样他的身手很敏捷,竟然爬得很快。对我而言爬高最多只是累,无所谓,但我反而感觉下山是件很恐怖的事情。一不小心踩到太多沙石,脚一遛,肯定像一大颗番薯滚下山!在这个时候我突然想到在National Geographic看过的山羊,能向它们这样上下山自如,有多好呀!

先说说Akrotiri。Akrotiri 是圣岛南部的最后一个小镇。和其他小镇比起来,Akrotiri宁静得多了。这里是全圣岛最重要的考古地点,也是最早期的人类居住的地方。这里还有一个遗留的历史古建筑物可以参观(Ancient Thera)。但很可惜去年因为有一个游客被坠物击死了,现在的Ancient Thera 正在维修中,很遗憾没机会去看一看。

Akrotiri红海滩的山丘是红色的,石头是红色和黑色的,连沙滩的沙也是一颗颗粗粗的红黑沙。这一些石沙都千年前火山爆发的浓浆影响后才转变成红色的。

I have made a mistake to wear flip-flop to Akrotiri Red Beach. I didn’t know I have to climb across a small hill before reaching the beach. It was a very tough and challenging! Adventurous indeed! I was very slow while walking down from the hill. So worry that I might roll down from the hill!

Let’s talk a bit about Akrotiri! Akrotiri stands at the most south of Santorini. Compare to the other towns, Akrotiri is a quiet and peaceful town. Akrotiri is also well known for its archeological site. Unfortunately we didn’t have chance to visit Ancient Thera (an archeological site) as it was under construction. Last year a tourist was killed there after being knocked down by a falling rock.

Everything at the beach is in red: red cliff, red rocks, red stones and sands (with combination of some black stones and sands too). The color was resulted from volcanic eruption which happened 3,600 years ago.












本来有一对全裸的老夫妇,后来看到我们手里握相机,躲到远远的另一角去了。听说夏天的时候很多人在这里脱光光。










































虽然天气很热,但海水只有十多度,超冷!
Although the weather was around 35-36 degree Celsius daily, the sea water was only 10-13 degree celsius, super cold!



冷!冷!冷!
It was freezingly cold!!



哇!要命咯!冷呀!本来想下去游泳的,结果最后只是浸一浸脚就走了!
Thought of swimming, but after finding out the water was chilling; we ended up walking along the beach.




的Baywatch模特儿。。。哈哈哈!
My Baywatch model… hahahaha!!
粗粗的红黑色沙。。。
小华留下的脚印。
Hubby’s footprint.

上车离开Akrotiri 红海滩咯!

4 comments:

  1. 好美。。。

    我喜欢最后第二张照片!!

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  2. 我也喜欢那一张照片!:)

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  3. 哈哈..
    我喜欢那张脚印的!
    很有feel喔!
    加油啦!
    我也想去趴趴走啦!
    哈哈...

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  4. ed.inc: 很开心你也喜欢!:)

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