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Offline Davos

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« on: March 13, 2010, 08:59:54 AM »
Hi
Have many of you seen snakes when staying in Plakias. I have only ever seen the one. I wondering if any of you know where and when is the best time.

Hope your next trip to plakias is the best ever.

Davos.
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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2010, 09:25:34 AM »
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Hi
Have many of you seen snakes when staying in Plakias. I have only ever seen the one. I wondering if any of you know where and when is the best time.

Hope your next trip to plakias is the best ever.

Davos.

I've seen snakes on several occasions in Crete but none in Plakias.  There is a good article here:

http://www.cretegazette.com/archive/2005-11-snakes.php

which should reassure you if you are lucky enough to spot one.

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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2010, 11:33:41 PM »
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Hi
Have many of you seen snakes when staying in Plakias. I have only ever seen the one. I wondering if any of you know where and when is the best time.

Hope your next trip to plakias is the best ever.

Davos.

I've seen snakes on several occasions in Crete but none in Plakias.  There is a good article here:

http://www.cretegazette.com/archive/2005-11-snakes.php

which should reassure you if you are lucky enough to spot one.

Hi
Thanks for that, I am almost sure that it was a Dice snake that we saw. It was on the road going out of the back of Plakias leading up to Myrthios.

Take a look at this on You Tube  


Davos
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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2010, 02:01:09 PM »
While watching the snake I noticed a 7 min video of a car journey through Plakias. It brought back good memories; just over 6 months before I experience them again. The video looks to have been taken in fairly high season, judged by the number of cars and the wind.

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« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2010, 03:11:43 PM »
Mike,
I watched that too, And like you say it brings back the memories! It would be weird if you saw yourself on that video!

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« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2010, 08:24:54 PM »
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Mike,
I watched that too, And like you say it brings back the memories! It would be weird if you saw yourself on that video!

                 Barny.

Google streetview comes to Plakias......something we really want to see at last!
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« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2010, 11:25:00 PM »
Two years ago, I saw a snake on the road outside a taverna in Plakias (true).  There was also a very very small man near the snake. (Not so true)

The taverna staff, seeing the situation, very quickly cleared both away.

That night's menu included snake and pygmy pie !!!  
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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2010, 08:46:22 AM »
Oh Dear !!
I have a couple of snakes that keep my car window clean, I call them 'windscreen vipers' !

                                    Barny,  (bored)
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« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2010, 09:04:17 AM »


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« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2010, 12:44:13 PM »
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While watching the snake I noticed a 7 min video of a car journey through Plakias. It brought back good memories; just over 6 months before I experience them again. The video looks to have been taken in fairly high season, judged by the number of cars and the wind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L_noqz1bGQ&NR=1


Blimey, this lad got around during his stay:

http://www.bellalavita.it/html_pages/creta_2009_map.htm
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« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2010, 03:55:41 PM »
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George ???
I'm not going down any 'Snake' road Barny, that's much too risky!
I will gaurantee it'll end up with some risque comment about the male far enders!  

george...
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« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2010, 07:00:59 PM »
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I'm not going down any 'Snake' road Barny, that's much too risky!
I will gaurantee it'll end up with some risque comment about the male far enders!  

george...
What have i started, lol Keep the bad jokes comming.

Davos

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« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2010, 07:40:24 PM »
I noticed that there were a couple of snakes working on the new buildings in Plakias. Turns out that they were Boa Constuctors !

                      Barny (sorry)
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« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2010, 10:54:39 PM »
When last I was there I thought I spied a number of small navy cuboid storage containers, nope they were only Lesser Black Kraits
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« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2010, 08:43:07 AM »
Oh no ! Groan !!
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