{"id":10301,"date":"2013-05-01T21:02:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T20:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=10301"},"modified":"2018-12-18T15:33:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T15:33:16","slug":"a-hangover-from-hell-brings-us-to-the-edge-of-the-mesa-mani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/a-hangover-from-hell-brings-us-to-the-edge-of-the-mesa-mani\/","title":{"rendered":"A hangover from hell brings us to the edge of the Mesa Mani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave the motorhome is surrounded by the sea as he sits on the quayside that juts out into the clear blue sea at Kotronas on the east coast of the Mani (N36.61839 E22.49446). Parked up in front of him are Mike and Jacqui who we met at Porto Kayio yesterday. Well, strictly speaking we met Mike at the car park at the end of the Mani, as we waited for the day to cool off enough for us to walk out to the lighthouse at Cape Tenaro, on our return from the lighthouse we joined them and their motorhome in Porto Kayio for the night. Hopefully that goes some way towards explaining Jay&#8217;s blog post from yesterday &#8211; it was written at 1am when he could barely make out the screen let alone the keyboard &#8211; beers, wine and a bottle of Ouzo had been devoured with our new friends.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10313\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02950-1024x377.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10313\" class=\"wp-image-10313 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02950-1024x377-1024x377.jpg\" alt=\"Not a bad place to work off a hangover\" width=\"620\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02950-1024x377.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02950-1024x377-300x110.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not a bad place to work off a hangover<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After such a night Jay uttered to me this morning &#8216;I&#8217;m partied out, I think we should stay here today&#8217; followed by &#8216;I think won&#8217;t drink any more beers for a month&#8217;. However, we were all running low on water and the water in Porto Kayio was from a well, so they wouldn&#8217;t be keen on topping up a couple of 100l tanks. A lie in, a full English breakfast (Dave style), a paddle, a few hours sitting on the beach and an ice cream and by 2.30pm we were OK to go. We swapped phone numbers with Mike and Jacqui and set off, having arranged to meet them at the next stop up the east coast.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10314\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02953-1024x459.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10314\" class=\"wp-image-10314 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02953-1024x459-1024x459.jpg\" alt=\"Porto Kayio\" width=\"620\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02953-1024x459.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02953-1024x459-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Porto Kayio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We wound our way up the steep lane that leads down to Porto Kayio and by more luck than judgement (as our map only has one road on it for around here) I spotted a sign on the road for Layia &#8211; the direction we needed to go. The hill got progressively steeper as Dave was ushered into &#8217;emergency&#8217; first gear. Crawling to the top we were rewarded with a view back down over the end of the Mani; the Messenian Gulf on the right and the Laconian Gulf on the left of the narrow, undulating mass of land.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10309\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02955-1024x382.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10309\" class=\"wp-image-10309 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02955-1024x382-1024x382.jpg\" alt=\"Good job I spotted this or we'd have taken hours to get to Kotronas\" width=\"620\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02955-1024x382.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02955-1024x382-300x112.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Good job I spotted this or we&#8217;d have taken hours to get to Kotronas<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10311\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02958-1024x435.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10311\" class=\"wp-image-10311 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02958-1024x435-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"The end of the Mani and the two Gulfs\" width=\"620\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02958-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02958-1024x435-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02958-1024x435-620x264.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The end of the Mani and the two Gulfs<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Layia interested me, the multi-towered village perfectly exemplifies the feudal ways of the Mani in years gone by. Four families lived here, each in their own independent settlement, each with its own church. You could clearly see where each of the settlements were and the space between them despite them all being the same village. As we drove through &#8211; hangovers and hot sunshine don&#8217;t make for sightseeing &#8211; I searched for the tallest tower, our guidebook says the locals claim it was built overnight by four hundred from one clan hoping to gain an advantage at sunrise, I can only assume their neighbours had hearing problems!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10308\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02974-1024x392.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10308\" class=\"wp-image-10308 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02974-1024x392-1024x392.jpg\" alt=\"Layia tower houses\" width=\"620\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02974-1024x392.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02974-1024x392-300x115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Layia tower houses<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10312\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03001-1024x746.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10312\" class=\"wp-image-10312 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03001-1024x746-1024x746.jpg\" alt=\"The scenery was so stunning Charlie wanted a better view\" width=\"620\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03001-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03001-1024x746-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The scenery was so stunning Charlie wanted a better view<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The road hugged the steep hillsides, cutting into them and narrowing as it edged its way through the tiny villages. The green folds of earth dropped away into the blue sea on our right, while tower and stone houses dotted over the hills blended as if they have been camouflaged. The scenery was beautiful, a fitting farewell to the Mesa Mani.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10306\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02998-1024x654.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10306\" class=\"wp-image-10306 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02998-1024x654-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow villages \" width=\"620\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02998-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02998-1024x654-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Narrow villages<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10302\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02985-1024x531.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10302\" class=\"wp-image-10302 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02985-1024x531-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"Mile after mile of views like this - a great drive\" width=\"620\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02985-1024x531.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC02985-1024x531-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mile after mile of views like this &#8211; a great drive<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reaching Kotronas we pulled in and filled up with water from one of the communal taps (a red top indicates that it&#8217;s drinking water &#8211; always handy to know). A man wandered past and said it was OK to fill up down on the quayside, the water tasted good there, we hoped what we&#8217;d just put in our tanks would be OK too! He then went on to tell us that it was OK to sleep there too &#8211; in fact a motorhome was already in place on the end of the quay. I always sleep so much better when a random stranger, who I&#8217;ll probably never see again, says it&#8217;s OK to sleep somewhere!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10310\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03012-1024x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10310\" class=\"wp-image-10310 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03012-1024x400-1024x400.jpg\" alt=\"Kotronas - Dave is out there on the jetty\" width=\"620\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03012-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03012-1024x400-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kotronas &#8211; Dave is out there on the jetty<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jacqui and Mike pulled in as we were just topping up our water bottles and led the way down onto the quayside. Once in place Jay and I wandered up into the town and sought out a mini market &#8211; we were in need of a few supplies. Mike had suggested a BBQ which gave Jay a chance to practise his Greek. Phrase book in hand he was undeterred that the locals didn&#8217;t understand what he was saying and acquired us a nice big lump of lamb for \u20ac4.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10304\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03014-1024x898.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10304\" class=\"wp-image-10304 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03014-1024x898-1024x898.jpg\" alt=\"Little church for little people only\" width=\"620\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03014-1024x898.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03014-1024x898-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little church for little people only<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10307\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03019-1024x628.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10307\" class=\"wp-image-10307 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03019-1024x628-1024x628.jpg\" alt=\"Jay's been and checked on fish availability - tomorrow morning is the work on the boats\" width=\"620\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03019-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03019-1024x628-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay&#8217;s been and checked on fish availability &#8211; tomorrow morning is the word on the boats<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jacqui, Mike and I sat in the shade of the vans while Jay went for a snorkel, then the BBQ was lit. A feast was consumed and as the sun set the lights lit up like stars on the hills around us. We&#8217;re all a bit partied out, so we called it a night just after 9pm without a drop of alcohol being touched.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10305\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03016-1024x702.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10305\" class=\"wp-image-10305 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03016-1024x702-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"Little BBQ or big sausages - BIG SAUSAGES!\" width=\"620\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03016-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03016-1024x702-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little BBQ or big sausages &#8211; BIG SAUSAGES!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10303\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03015-986x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10303\" class=\"wp-image-10303\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03015-986x1024-986x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jacqui and Mike cook up a storm for tea\" width=\"400\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03015-986x1024.jpg 986w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSC03015-986x1024-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacqui and Mike cook up a storm for tea<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ju x<\/p>\n<p>PS -I&#8217;ve just seen on the news about the general strike in Greece today, everything was the same here today as it was yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave the motorhome is surrounded by the sea as he sits on the quayside that juts out into the clear blue sea at Kotronas on the east coast of the Mani (N36.61839 E22.49446). 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