**Santorini - Before the Ride - a photo on Flickriver

            So you might think that the donkeys of Santorini magically appear at the at the bottom of the hill where the Aegean sea splashes against the pier ... then again you probably know that every morning before dawn ...

They are led down alleyways and arches and cobblestones with someone, like Yiorgos, who leads his "sometimes cantankerous" flock of  four legged friends down to the piers.

This morning, the mules are the heroes and people, who may have waited a lifetime to get here, ... now get to ride these wonderful smelly beasts up the winding trails to the top of the first town of Fira.

Now in modern reality, there is another way to crest these hills by choosing the Gondola ... however it doesn't leave until it is full and then it's a race to the top ....So,  .... do you choose an ass ... or a gondola .... 

We ended up on an ATV that had a will of it's own ... but that's another story ! ;)  Santorini is an island adrift in Time and Space ... once you have been there, you always feel a part of the landscape.

Taken in: Greece / South Aegean / Thira / Megalohori (show map)

Taken on: September 13, 2009

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