Natural pools and Swimming holes in Ikaria ☺️
Δημοσιεύθηκε: 11 Ιουλίου, 2023 Filed under: choses vécues, exploring, hiking, ikaria, pleasure, Uncategorized | Tags: adventure, aegean, angels' pools, blog review, enviro-lore, explorers, freedom, Google maps, Greece, hiking trails, χάρτης, Ικαρία, αγγελολιβάδες, μονοπάτια, map, nakedness, natural pools, vathres, waters, wild swimming 10 Σχόλια.Hello readers! ☺️
This is actually a long promised reblog of a popular article written by my dear friend Nana in June 2016. However, while the photos are on topic, the article itself is more abstract than you would expect judging from a title like «Swimming Holes in Ikaria». Because Nana, after some brainstorming on things that she eventually didn’t write about, decides to talk about wild swimming but only about the theory behind the activity. Everybody yells «Come on, give us the spots!» but no, Nana feels that people should first, before and above everything, understand the concept!
Well, that’s my friend! That’s why I love her! ❤️
So she goes and finds a famous book on the culture of wild swimming in natural settings worldwide and she translates in Greek several passages. I think it’s worth to visit her article and read them.
But hey! That wasn’t the reason I am rebloging! The reason is that seven years after that post, that is six days ago, a friend appeared with an amazing detailed map of all known and unknown natural pools and swimming holes of Ikaria!
Isn’t that wonderful! ❤️ ☺️
Now I’m shutting my big mouth and saying no more. I’ll just embed the map and copy below its introductory note. If you are not familiar with Google maps, you should know that there are descriptions, directions and photos inside each pin and that map contains about forty! Worth checking them out – even out of curiocity, just to admire the size of the work!
Inspired and motivated by an old aritcle in Greek by my friend Nana I have added some pins on the map of Ikaria on Google to indicate the best natural river pools of the island for enjoying nature, swimming or just chilling. Don’t take this map too seriously. It’s only a trivial attempt. 😉
🔴 Beware: not all of these locations are easily accessible and it’s not always certain that there will be water there as late as midsummer.
🔴 Don’t hold me responsible for any injuries while searching for these locations. We are talking about a very rough terrain and calculating distances and times while wandering inside these ravines can be very tricky.
🔴 Don’t get involved into these adventures alone and without a reliable smartphone with good connection and GPS facility.
🔴 I also suggest you carry a map of the island. I recommend the new hiking map of ANAVASSI Editions available also in digital form.
🔴 English edition: https://anavasi.gr/Ikaria-map-eng
🔴 Greek edition: https://anavasi.gr/Ikaria-chartis-gr
🚯 DO NOT LITTER
🧴 DO NOT POLLUTE
⛺ DO NOT OCCUPY
🔥 DO NOT LIGHT FIRE
In case of emergency:
Fire Station and Rescue Team in Agios Kirikos: TEL 2275022784
Fire Station and Rescue Team in Rahes: TEL 2275041045
Thanks ‘Love Ikaria’!
That’s all from me this summer!
Be active, be safe and enjoy!.
Eleni Ik.
Γύρισα από τη Λέσβο πολύ κουρασμένη όπως και τις προηγούμενες φορές και ευτυχώς εδώ τα βρήκα όλα ήρεμα και πολύ αγροτικά. Παρόλα αυτά είμαι ακόμα ταραγμένη γι’ αυτό σκεφτόμουν π.χ. να γράψω για θέματα αρχαία και αλλόκοτα όπως ας πούμε τα ΑΝΕΜΟΤΑΦΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΙΚΑΡΙΑΣ που ήταν ένα μαγικό εθιμικό που έθαβαν τους ανέμους που έκαναν ζημιές και που γι’ αυτό το εθιμικό βρήκα εδώ ένα καταπληκτικό καρτούν.
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I so much hope that my map will be helpful esp. to young people who are looking for adventures and cool places in nature where they can be on their own away from the hustle of consumerism and mass tourism…
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«Πολιτική φαντασία, αντίσταση και σχέσεις
εξουσίας στις Ικαριακές κοινότητες»,
Χρύσα Μωϋσίδου, Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας 2015,
Διδακτορική Διατριβή, σελίδα 41
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WOW!!!
Never thought of that in these terms! So this map is kind of a socioethnological document!
I wonder what the fairies think about it?..
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And I do think that they respect these places lately. It’s not like some years before…
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So sorry the map wasn’t posted earlier. See, in 2016 there was some hesitation about doing something like that when Nana brought up the matter of the Ikarian natural pools in her blog. That was forgotten, and then only a week ago a friend decided to suprise us! We had some good rains earlier in spring so these places were very nice although now we are going through a terrible draught and heatwave.
Are you going to write about your visit in your blog?
You used to climb rocks, didn’t you?
Have you seen these guys?
Ikaria Jamming from Kyriakos Rossidis on Vimeo.
Nice to hear from you again!
Sending my love! ❤
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Sadly only time for 10 days on Ikaria mid June so it was just a highlights tour mixing hiking and swimming with some mountain biking and rock climbing. And a panagiri in Droutsoulas, and a visit with Angelos. We squeezed in as much as we could hope for given all the circumstances and their age.
Writing… I may do that at some point. But just editing photos is often something I struggle to find time for.
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