First Crew Member Of Seized Greek Tankers In Iran Returns Home-sources
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Iran has agreed to release the crews of the Greek tankers it seized in May, the MT Prudent Warrior and VOLOS LARISSA TAXI Delta Poseidon, in response to the confiscation of oil by the United States from an Iranian-flagged tanker in Greece.
Blaming my inadequate footwear rather than lack of fitness, I struggle on — and soon the prospect of a lunch of Pelion sausage in peppers and aubergine and UBER VOLOS a Mythos beer has lubricated my joints. By this stage my blisters are less of a problem than the fact that my knees no longer seem to be functioning.
The crew member is the first to return home from a total of about 48 seafarers - Greeks, Filipinos and a Cypriot - who are expected to be gradually released and replaced in the coming days, a Greek official told Reuters.
But there are compensations later. The beaches of Agios Ioannis are beautifully clear, fronted by a succession of tavernas.
Chris, desperate to check the financial markets (his mobile phone is a constant feature on our walks), SKOPELOS ATHENS TAXI is delighted by the hotel wi-fi, while I provide a bit of visual contrast on the beach — a pallid interloper surrounded by bronzed Greeks.
Narnia is the theme of our first stop: the village of Chania, VOLOS ACHILLION TAXI near the top of Mount Pelion. The forest, descending from the terrace of the Hotel Manthos, spreads out like a green carpet to the sea, while swallows patrol the sky above.
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In between these two, VOLOS SERRES TAXI poor reading of the directions (again) causes us to accidentally climb a hill that must surely be known locally as the Greek Matterhorn. This early 19th-century building is full of telescopes, books and prints, while outside you can take tea or drinks in the hotel's own treehouse. Our night is spent in the wonderfully quirky Lost Unicorn Hotel in Tsagarada.
Despite the latter, VOLOS IGOUMENITSA TAXI a fatal combination of overconfidence (I am seized by the delusion that I am a born explorer) and poor Pelion taxi map-reading causes us to set off in the opposite direction to that in which we should be heading.
The travel company Macs Adventure has arranged our trip (yes, I really did just type ‘adventure holidays' into a search engine), which includes transferring our luggage between hotels and providing us with route notes for each day's walk.
After only one day of walking, my legs are covered in cuts and grazes. I was certain before we set out that a well-worn pair of Converse trainers would suffice as footwear, but am horrified to discover that they offer neither enough grip nor support.
