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A Day at an Exhibition

Δημοσιεύθηκε: 26 Μαρτίου, 2017 | Συντάκτης: | Filed under: choses vécues, exploring, hiking, holidays, ikaria, photography, pleasure, stories, travel, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |14 Σχόλια

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Dear readers💗
As things are at my work I sometimes have to stay for hours at nerve-racking standbys. To relax tension the trick is always to turn my mind to Ikaria and then to look for something interesting to blog about my island. In most cases things don’t fall in as I wish. Inspiration is a bird in flight, but sometimes there are exceptions.😋
Parea on Ikaria south coastLast week during one of those standbys I mentionned above, and while I was surfing fruitlessly in Flickr, I looked for new stuff from friends and a wonderful new set of 29 pictures from Ikaria appeared in front of my eyes: «A Day at an Exhibition» – «Hard hiking, wild swimming and admiring rocks scuptured by nature in Cape Papas, Ikaria». What a brilliant title, description and of course, visual content!
These pictures were taken by my friend Angelos, amateur photographer and leading member of the Ikarian hiking club, on a day of March while he and his friends were trying to find a trail through «a jungle of rocks sculptured by nature» (sic) to connect the remote village of Karkinagri with the even remoter westernmost tip of Ikaria and the historical, spectacular lighthouse which stands on it.
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As you could see in this great map above, the trail was found! Therefore, I think we should expect to see more shots from this colorful and naturally artistic, wild coast of Ikaria very soon. But for the time being, these are the best I have seen. I am letting you enjoy them! Move your mouse over the thumbnails to read a few words written by the author about each picture. They are very expressive and enlightening!
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Posing to demonstrate size and proportions of a stone house. In general this is a place as if from neolithic times. Several hollow rocks in this area have served as human shelters through the ages.

All pictures © Mountain Climbing & Hiking Club of Ikaria

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. . .Like 7 years ago, the task of the day was to discover a practicable hiking route across a jungle of naturally sculpted rocks and connect Cape Papas to the village of Karkinagri. The team was great so this time we succeeded! View of the lighthouse from the new hiking trail
. . .Opening out to the vastness of the horizon Colors, reflections, shapes, make the most alive landscape I have ever seen. Hard to adjust the camera and take good pictures though...
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. . .3 pictures to demonstrate how hard it was sometimes for us to go round just one of these rocks! A bit of wild swimming
. . .3 pictures to demonstrate how hard it was sometimes for us to go round just one of these rocks! If only we had more time to explore, pose and play with these rocks... But the task of the day was to discover a trail which we did! Let the rocks wait for another day.
 
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'The Scream' by Edvard Munch. It was her idea and that cavity was perfect so we couldn't resist!
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. . .The first one who found the trail is already swimming! Fair prize for good scouting. We are making our way slowly down to the little cove while the scout is sunbathing. The hardest part of the hike is over and the route across that jungle of rocks to connect Cape Papas and the village of Karkinagri is more or less fixed.
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. . .Having done most of the job with the new trail, it was time to try and take one or two good shots of this beautiful wild cove. Naturally sculptured shapes of sandstone make the scenery behind the little wild cove of the previous pictures. The trail runs across these amazing clusters of rocks.
 
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Having done most of the job with the new trail, it was time to try and take one or two good shots of this beautiful wild cove.
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. . .This round little pool in the rock filled with sea water could be seen from far above. We were very happy to have found a trail that runs through so many natural wonders! Many sea monster shapes sculptured in this rock.
. . .Among the rocks we found this unidentified orchid for Eleni to add to her collection Some of us take time to examine every detail of the sculptured landscape, while the photographer is struggling with the sparkling rocks, the changing light and the saturated color of everything. How happy we were to have found a trail that runs through so many natural wonders!
. . .Relaxing on the rocks 1 Relaxing on the rocks 2
. . .Shot taken as were leaving. I like it. Inside this scenery maybe the secret is not to aim at anything special but leave everything to chance. But as I said ... the task of the day was not photography but to discover a trail between a village and a lighthouse. This time we succeeded! The southwesternmost end of Ikaria is generally called
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After taking so many pictures of this unearthly scenery I felt a bit alienated. For a change I took a shot of the warm wet face of one of us. Picture taken somewhere between the lighthouse of Papas and Karkinagri.
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. . .Two of us caught at rest. It's not as thick jungle of sculptured rocks as before but we still had a long way to go untill we reached Karkinagri. It is an exhibition and that's only one of the millions of exhibits! Area highly recommended to photographers, now that the trail is more or less fixed.

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. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ . .A place as if from neolithic times. Several hollow rocks in this area have served as human shelters through the ages. The new trail runs right through this historic neighborhood and of course we are very happy about it!.
No more nudity. Back in our bikinis, Far away in Mavri, Karkinagri, Ikaria 2013 
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.Besides everything, the photographer kindly cited under each picture two articles from my blog and one article from the blog of my friend Nana, as he thought them related to the material. These articles are:
Côte de Naufragés Sauvés
Wild coves & beaches in southern Ikaria
Thank you very much, Angelos and
the other friends from OPS Ikarias!💗
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. . . . .Eleni Ikanou
Sunday, March 26, 2017
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14 Σχόλια on “A Day at an Exhibition”

  1. Ο/Η egotoagrimi λέει:
    26 Μαρτίου, 2017 στο 6:00 μμ
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    About the pictures my credits and comments are under the pictures in their source on Flickr. Here I can only speak the best about your ideal presentation. As for that «naturally artistic» wild coast, I think it will stay like this for long.

    In geological map everybody can see that there have been many landslides, and exactly because of these landslides it seems technically impossible to make any new roads or extend the existing ones along the steep rocky slopes. Hard hiking is and will be the only way to access The Exhibition and I love it this way! Are we allowed to drive through museums? No we are not.

    In museums we walk

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  2. Ο/Η Ορειβατικός Πεζοπορικός Σύλλογος Ικαρίας λέει:
    26 Μαρτίου, 2017 στο 6:20 μμ
    Thank you very much, Eleni!
    Just a note for your readers: the trail we ‘ve found across «the exhibition» is nor cleaned or marked yet. We only have a more or less clear idea of the route but to fix it properly we will probably need a bit of help from the locals.
    new trail

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  3. Ο/Η Θεοδώριχος λέει:
    26 Μαρτίου, 2017 στο 6:36 μμ
    Never been there! Looks like a paradise for wild landscape and… bodyscape photographers!

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    Woman in the Dunes

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  4. Ο/Η girl of the last chance λέει:
    27 Μαρτίου, 2017 στο 11:10 πμ

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  5. Ο/Η angelosk λέει:
    27 Μαρτίου, 2017 στο 12:25 μμ
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    Eleni

      Your post surprised me last night! You have moved me and you have made me feel proud! I shared your article on facebook and the friends who took part in both the exploration and the shooting, saw it and they felt proud too.
      I agree with all the comments above. Indeed the place is shouting for special photographic attention. We were busy in finding our way and fixing the trail so we took only very few pictures. They should be seen as samples. To take serious action inside this landscape someone we had to stay for longer hours, perhaps for days. We will go there again and I would personally support and guide any friend who is willing to get involved in the EXHIBITION.
      Thank you again for appreciating my work with the camera in that difficult, challenging scenery. Since 2005 you cast a blessing shadow are all over that place, you know that!
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    Angelos

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  6. Ο/Η Έκθεση βραχομορφών και φυσικών θαυμάτων | Nana to agrimi's Blog λέει:
    30 Μαρτίου, 2017 στο 4:19 μμ
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    […] της Ελένης να δείτε το ωραίο φωτο-ποστ που λέγεται: «A Day at an Exhibition» που πάει να πει «Μια Μέρα σε μια Έκθεση». Τι έκθεση; Μια […]

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  7. Ο/Η Hiking routes by OPS Ikarias in Google maps | Nana to agrimi's Blog λέει:
    2 Απριλίου, 2017 στο 6:24 μμ

    […] 7) «Karkinagri – Kavo Papas» Hiking along one of Ikaria’s wildest coasts (Pictures: «A Day at an Exhibition») […]

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  8. Ο/Η Love Ikaria λέει:
    4 Απριλίου, 2017 στο 3:48 μμ
    😲 😳 😵

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  9. Ο/Η Si Claridge λέει:
    22 Δεκεμβρίου, 2017 στο 7:31 μμ
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    Really great post and photos

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  10. Ο/Η Seven Power Spots in Ikaria | Eleni's Blog in Ikaria λέει:
    4 Δεκεμβρίου, 2018 στο 5:02 μμ

    […] About the trail, check the OPS Ikarias map: «Karkinagri – Kavo Papas» and the amazing photos included in my article: «A Day at an Exhibition» […]

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  11. Ο/Η Sabishī λέει:
    25 Ιουλίου, 2020 στο 10:36 πμ
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    You have taken me to a place that I cannot visit, and for that I thank you! Beautiful photos and words!

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  12. Ο/Η Έκθεση βραχομορφών και φυσικών θαυμάτων | Nana to agrimi's Blog λέει:
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