Greek Odyssey Day 7: Skala-Poros-Melissani-Sami

Our second day in Kefalonia. We drove down to the South then back up the East coast of the island to visit Sami and the caves at Melissani. En route we stopped by several beaches - I don't remember all their names, but here are the pictures.

Sunny breakfast room at the Hotel Moukis where we stayed.

A bright start in Argostoli.

The beginning of our road trip.

Typical vegetation across the island.

The mountain peaks have wind turbines to generate electricity.

My old man of the sea.

A Greek taverna by the beach. Unfortunately, like most establishments in the tourist areas, it was closed during the off-season months.

We managed to fit in a visit to an archaeological site. This was supposed to have belonged to a wealthy merchant in ancient times, but the remaining floor was only about the size of my condo in Damansara Perdana.

Next stop:

Poros also had its share of archaeological findings, but the gates were locked so we couldn't get to see it in detail.

The highlight of the trip: the underground caves and lake of Melissani. The source of the water is actually the sea at Lassi, all the way across the island. Part of the roof fell during an earthquake in the 1950's, which created the beautiful sights here. We were lucky that two large tourist groups had arrived the same time as us, otherwise the ticket counter would have been unmanned.

The hole in the roof.

One for the album.

The coast of Melissani, where the lake water flows out. Across is the island of Ithaki, anciently known as Ithaca, home of Ulysses.

We then headed to Sami, another major town where most of the filming of 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' was done.

Three olive trees mimicking the three witches from Shakespeare's Scottish play.

Ruins, maybe?

Native inhabitants of Kefalonia.

We stopped at Sami for coffee. Hubby had the standard Caffe Latte while I tried an iced coffee concoction and pretended to appreciate a fashion magazine in the Greek language.

A tribute to the book and film inspired by this island.

Back in Argostoli. This time we managed to buy some souvenirs from the shops.