EASTERN CRETE

C H A P T E R 5
A deep, dark
hole marks the
entrance to the
large grotto of
Peristeria
situated
between Karydi
and Adravasti
square houses (most of which are no longer
inhabited) with doors and windows that bang
with every gust of the wind - the only master
in this ancient village. In the bare hills
surrounding Karydi the deep grotto of
Peristeria is to be found, opening its
immense
crater-like
mouth
amid the
thistles. At
this point
the
landscape
becomes
almost
lunar,
among
pointed rocks that take on the form of
animals or little stone monsters curled up
between the bushes: venturing on foot over
the uneven terrain, clambering over the
ridges of the hills and looking down towards
the dark precipices, the silence of this land
becomes almost unbearable.
The white
village of
Sitanos
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