Day Six – Loutro

Today we spent the morning in Loutro collecting information for our human geography project. We spoke to tourists on the ferry going to Loutro and businesses and tourists in Loutro itself. We split the group into two groups of two to cover more ground, so we could get more work done! We managed to speak to a couple of businesses and several tourists. The area was fairly quiet but definitely had more youth than any of the other areas we have been to. coming off the boat when we arrived were 3 0-10 year olds and a total of 23 people disembarked. We managed to speak to a few English people, more than we have managed to find on other days!

In Loutro we noted that there were 2 phone boxes, 13 Tavernas which were mainly hotels, 1 supermarket and two shops. From the first to the last taverna we estimated that there was 800 meters between them. To rent one umbrella and two sunbeds for 7 Euros for one day and 4 Euros for half a day. We found that the people in the tavernas were not as friendly as in Chora Sfakion and they did not want to talk to us as much.

Katie and Laura had a spot of shopping in the most gorgeous clothes and accessory shop!! Laura bought a pretty bag and Katie got some sunglasses. We also enjoyed some ice cream! The last thing of the morning was the ferry back to Chora where we had lunch on the beach!

This afternoon we are catching up with all our work, as we have quite a lot to do before we leave tomorrow! We also want to finish the work before tonight as we have a group field photo at 6:30 and a group meal at 8! We can’t believe that the trip is nearly over!! It has gone so incredibly quickly but we have all had such a brilliant time and experience in Crete! It has been a time that none of us will forget for a long time to come!

Quote of the day: “Excuseeeee me” (Emma gets blanked) …… “Oh sod it I can’t be bothered”

Highlight of the day: Ice Cream and shopping in Loutro

Lowlight of the day: the prospect of undertaking the task of the Mannings N equation.

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