Sat 19.Nov.2022
Rhodes, Greece
Imagery - October 2022
If you keep on making your way toward Rhodes, it is only a matter of time.
Here I am in Rhodes.
Tonight we start at that mother lode of wiggle water pictures, Mandraki Harbor.
How a fish sees a self-proclaimed enemy.
October is still cruise ship season. Sometimes three at once. I think somebody may have been
feeding them.
Goodness knows the ships feed plenty of the local people. I am told that this season has
been better even than people hoped for, allowing some recovery from the tourist disaster that
was covid.
The ridge behind town - called Monte Smith(!) - is home to the ancient acropolis,
spectacular views of the Aegean and Turkey, and the low-profile little Chapel of St Nikolas.
Only a sign marks the path from the highway down to the small dell.
I didn't see other humans, but empty cat dishes and a dozen or so well-nourished felines
suggest that this place is cared for.
On the outskirts of Kremasti village, a fully functional highway bridge carries
traffic to Rhodes airport - finally! In the 13 years I have been coming here, the bus always
crossed that creek by a detour. This year I heard a story. A company gets the contract to
build the bridge; the company takes the money and, after a decent interval, declares bankruptcy.
Company gets money, nobody gets bridge. Da capo and repeat.
Kremasti finally has its bridge. Perhaps the Acropolis will someday complete the Temple
of Apollo.
San Francisco Gate
Coming in.
Coming out.
Five hundred years ago this year, Suleiman the Magnificent entered the city of Rhodes through
this gate, after a long and bloody siege.
The losers moved on and became the Knights Of Malta.
I expected that the five hundredth anniversary
of such a landmark event would generate a lot of commemoration. Nada - not a word!
Go figure!