Interesting. When was the bridge built? We went in 2006, definitely by ferry.
We were there as part of a mountain bike trip. I was on commission to write about it for Outdoor Enthusiast, which was tricky as it was probably the most shambolic 'organised' trip I've been on. The leader was pretty amateurish; when someone picked up a minor injury he didn't take any responsibilty apart from handing a first-aid kit to my other half. And he left us for a day on Evia , seems to have assumed we'd take it as a rest day but we all wanted to ride, but with no route suggestions or useful maps it was a very improvised outing.
The next day was very windy so of course he took us over the mountain. Most of us walked down one exposed section as it felt unsafe. To underline how strong the wind was, coming back along the coast we were going in an out of some coves where we'd be pedalling hard downhill then freewheeling uphill.
But he did also take us to a mountain village (can't remember the name offhand) where they had a special whistling language for shepherds etc to communicate across the hillsides, and we had a bit of a demonstration.
I won't mention the guy's name but it was the same as a famous soul/RnB singer.
The bridge was built in 1993 (it says here) but you can get there by ferry too. Quite some trip. Reminds me of my first press trip, to Siberia of all places. It was meant to be showing us all the activity holidays you could do there - hiking, cycling, fishing, horse-riding etc. On our arrival they showed us a video of these activities. Is that it? we said, realising they hadn't arranged any of these activities for us. They brought us all the way from London to show us a video. We did manage to arrange one or two things. The fishermen nearly drowned. The hikers almost got hit by a train walking through a tunnel alongside Lake Baikal. The guide had assured us no trains were due that day, as we walked into the pitch-dark tunnel. Happy days.
The tunnel was pitch-black and few people had torches, as we weren't told about it. We were literally about one minute out of the tunnel, scrambling down the bank alongside it, when a train came thundering along from the opposite direction.
Interesting. When was the bridge built? We went in 2006, definitely by ferry.
We were there as part of a mountain bike trip. I was on commission to write about it for Outdoor Enthusiast, which was tricky as it was probably the most shambolic 'organised' trip I've been on. The leader was pretty amateurish; when someone picked up a minor injury he didn't take any responsibilty apart from handing a first-aid kit to my other half. And he left us for a day on Evia , seems to have assumed we'd take it as a rest day but we all wanted to ride, but with no route suggestions or useful maps it was a very improvised outing.
The next day was very windy so of course he took us over the mountain. Most of us walked down one exposed section as it felt unsafe. To underline how strong the wind was, coming back along the coast we were going in an out of some coves where we'd be pedalling hard downhill then freewheeling uphill.
But he did also take us to a mountain village (can't remember the name offhand) where they had a special whistling language for shepherds etc to communicate across the hillsides, and we had a bit of a demonstration.
I won't mention the guy's name but it was the same as a famous soul/RnB singer.
The bridge was built in 1993 (it says here) but you can get there by ferry too. Quite some trip. Reminds me of my first press trip, to Siberia of all places. It was meant to be showing us all the activity holidays you could do there - hiking, cycling, fishing, horse-riding etc. On our arrival they showed us a video of these activities. Is that it? we said, realising they hadn't arranged any of these activities for us. They brought us all the way from London to show us a video. We did manage to arrange one or two things. The fishermen nearly drowned. The hikers almost got hit by a train walking through a tunnel alongside Lake Baikal. The guide had assured us no trains were due that day, as we walked into the pitch-dark tunnel. Happy days.
'They brought us all the way from London to show us a video.'
Ha! Can't imagine, say, Swiss Tourism (best press trip I ever did was with them) doing that sort of thing.
I do remember walking along the railway track between Benidorm and Calpe once, but not through a tunnel.
Happy days indeed.
The tunnel was pitch-black and few people had torches, as we weren't told about it. We were literally about one minute out of the tunnel, scrambling down the bank alongside it, when a train came thundering along from the opposite direction.
Just emailed my husband after reading and seeing the photo of the archaeological site ‘We need to go here!’