Cyclades Day II: Mykonos

I explored Mykonos town and the archaeological museum yesterday, so today was a chance to explore the interior. Again, looking at the map, Mykonos' main attractions were beaches, - but there was a monastery and a castle marked near the one inland settlement, Ano Mera - and a few chats at the kafeneion revealed archaia on the north coast. I was in no hurry, so how about a bus?

Er...

hmm... perhaps not. As the crow flies, it looked about 6km to Ano Mera, so rather than hire a car, off I walked. and, sure enough, down on Panormos bay, there was what looked like the remains of an archaeological site, - and perhaps even a shipshed in the distance.

'prehistoric settlement', Panormos bay

Afterwards, I rolled on to the Castle, which was right by a monastery (appropriately enough in a spot named Palaeokastro ['old castle']) not on my map...

Palaeokastro

and found the other monastery, before cutting back cross-country, with the entire island to myself. Except, that is, for a few animals, some of whom were rather more phlegmatic at my appearance than others.

Ready...

Go!

As I nod off to sleep after a good six hours' hiking, I hear a clap of thunder, and the woosh of a rainstorm. Great...