Almost escaped from Horio!

We went up to the top of the village in an attempt to find our way to the viewpoint, and ways to walks to the West. We nearly made it, but only realised on our way back down the hill where we had gone wrong.

The views from the top were wonderful, if a bit breath-taking (literally). Today we're planning to do a less strenuous walk to Emborio and back to Yialos (maybe taking the bus back up the hill!). Having slogged to the top of the hill we felt we deserved a cooling beer in the Rainbow!



In the evening, we met up with Barbara, Richard, Tricia et al at their palatial accommodation before going for a meal at the Trata and watching the processions around the town from different churches of biers containing the body of Christ.




Easter is a really big deal here, with death bells tolling all day, fireworks and the occasional dynamite blast - last night saw that intensify around the processions, with dynamite in the harbour as a highlight! We can expect a lot more of that come midnight tonight when "Christ is risen" (Cristos anesti) and apparently the island goes crazy. Just imagine what would happen to you throwing sticks of dynamite around with gay abandon in the U.K.!

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