Photos by Nicktsik : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

EXCUSE ME BUT DID YOU DROP THE PHOTO ON THE MAP WHILE FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 50000 METERS?

Beautiful. Well done

Wow!! Mickey Mouse Ears, now I havent heard that sine I was a child, stationed there with my dad. 1977-79

Hello Everyone! I did my time at Club Med right before closure, Jun 1991 to May 1993. My name at the time Was Lynda Green, now Lynda Lynch and I was a Personnel Technician. I agree with URN2E351 (clever use of AFSC there!), it was the best assignment and I really hated closing the base down. I think we had a military population of about 800 plus family members and not only did you know the spouses and children, you knew their dogs, cats (OMG all the cats!), rabbits etc. And everyone looked out for each other. I do plan on making a return trip as a tourist one day. I'll try to scan and post some of my pics too. I would love to hear from anyone that has a good story to tell! Email is lalynch333@aol.com.

edw se auto to meros exei polu psari paidia gia tous psarontoufekades,gia 15 metra kai kato

Please correct the psiloritis summit altitude!! The correct is 2456m not 2454. Thank you

This is the church of Saint Fokas (not Fokianos)

καλησπέρα Nicktsik.

67 kilometers south of chania

Grambusa (Gramvousa) is an islet very close to the NW coast of Crete (not many maps show it) in a strategic position for the control of the channel between Crete and Antikithira (Cerigotto). The Venetians fortified it to have an early alert of possible corsair raids and to provide a temporary haven to convoys in case of attack or storm. The rock can only be accessed from one side the other three being high cliffs. Grambusa was selected in 1669 by Francesco Morosini as one of the three fortresses to be retained by Venice after the loss of Crete to support the merchant navy on the route from the Ionian Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean. The fortifications were strengthened, but this did not help in 1715 when the Turks launched their attack against Venice. Both Venetians and Turks had a Levantine approach to warfare and treachery was part of it: the commander and the garrison of Grambusa were bribed and the fortress fell into the Sultan's hands. For the Turks Grambusa did not have great importance and eventually the fortress ended up by being occupied by pirates who for a century attacked from Grambusa the ships moving between the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea. The bay opposite Grambusa (very difficult to reach by land) has a nice lagoon with green waters. If not for the total absence of trees one could imagine being in Bora Bora.