In the previous part I commented on Sounio National Park as a mountain that look like a Swiss cheese due to the intense silver mining actovity which dates back to the prehistoric ages and stopped just a few decades ago.The next pictures kinda speak for themselves on that:
As you can see there's a weird and interesting combination of rock formations and human "editing" on these rocks. I find a passage that makes me feel between a rock and a hard place (pun potentially intended) which I decide to enter:
It leads me to these pile of stones and I step closer to see what is what as usually there's interesting bits left behind at places with leftovers of such activity:
Fortunately my guess wasn't entirely wrong, there seem to be some holes in the rock worth having a look at even though there's nothing worth mining in them anymore:
In the last picture you might have noticed something like a hose in front of that small cave. With a closer look I can confirm it's a firefighter's hose:
Even more interesting is to see that it has burns showing why it was left there and how intense was the firefighting at that moment:
The hollow rock is definitely at least as interesting though:
Time to climb back up this pile of stones to continue my walk:
Nice informative signs, readable by blind people who can also touch this piece on the left to feel the landscape. Good considerate job from the ministry of culture:
If I wanted a break this spot would be impossible to pass but I am so excited to "Carpe Diem" that I walk past it:
One more hollow rock,
and another one, fenced though:
Wish I had a mountain bike but can't complain walking under the sun as it's impossible to sweat in the heart of winter even during the warmest one so far:
There's points where this heaven offers dilemmas like this - left or right?
Regardless the choice the view stays fan-pine-tastic:
A little later I deviate a few meters as I see an ancient mineral laundry on my right:
What you see above is its ruined water tank. Impressive to see how back in the day they had come up with a water tight grout that they applied on the stone walls to prevent leaks. There's still bits of it standing after all these centuries! How impressive is that!
More ruins on the way:
However, this one a little later is more impressive - another water tank in very good condition, almost exactly how it used to be back in the day:
I can't wait to step down its stairway and see this piece of history from the inside:
I'm so impressed deep down inside this thing - have a look:
Remember I told you about that grout before, time to see it from closer:
There's still so much of it standing - impressive if nothing else. Time to step back up:
Wanna take a break at this point maybe?