Worrying Development

[Barny]

Why is the messaging system not working?

[John R]

Why is the messaging system not working?

I don't think it is available any more - for technical reasons concerning this forum product. Hence some discussion and trials some little while back re a new forum venue. Paul is in Plakias right now (I join him there tomorrow - hurray) and he will no doubt be able to confirm when he gets back - or if he sees this on his slumbers while there.

John R

[John R]

Hi dimitri
To the majority of people on this site Plakias still is paradise, and we'll be returning year after year. You don't think a little bit of building work way outside town is going to put the genuine Plakiasites off do you?
Horrible? There won't be many people on this site who'll agree with you!

george...

Totally agreed. We return there tomorrow without a single worry about any of these things. Worthy of discussion not not particularly worrying.

John R

[Barny]

Thanks for the info'  You have a good time, wish I was there too!

                                        Barny.

[Ploppy]

Why is the messaging system not working?

Barny, Invision have disabled it as a security measure and to force people to upgrade to a newer version. However if we did that we would lose some functionality. There is some discussion in a poll/thread in the Forum/Website group.

John, get ready for the wind  Blowing a gale today, sand exfoliation is good for the skin though.

[dimitri]

mm interesting pics,reminds me of why i never go back,must be horrible there now.
but thats progress i guess.
i like to remember damnoni when only a small track led to it and no hotels existed anywhere there or in plakia,what an end to one of the most charming and pretty places in crete.when i first looked down on plakia from mirthios after a motorcycle ride it seemed like paradise.

Hi dimitri
To the majority of people on this site Plakias still is paradise, and we'll be returning year after year. You don't think a little bit of building work way outside town is going to put the genuine Plakiasites off do you?
Horrible? There won't be many people on this site who'll agree with you!

george...

when i lived in mirthios you saw hardly a soul from the end of the season till easter.in winter the beach was mine alone,the hills were empty save for the odd sheep herd.no devolpment existed on a larger than rent room scale.the only voices you heard were greek,maybe a lone traveller who stayed a night or two in the mirthios youth hostel,but that was it.there was a dirt track into plakia and no more than a small taverna and a couple of rent rooms.the owner of the taverna and his brother a local fisherman built the little hotel down by the sunshine pub and it all began to take off.
i guess compared to magaluff it is quiet,but i prefer to remember her as she was in her youth,beutifull,warm,full of promise and with looks to die for.ahhhhhhhhh.

[mellowmel]

mm interesting pics,reminds me of why i never go back,must be horrible there now.
but thats progress i guess.
i like to remember damnoni when only a small track led to it and no hotels existed anywhere there or in plakia,what an end to one of the most charming and pretty places in crete.when i first looked down on plakia from mirthios after a motorcycle ride it seemed like paradise.

Hi dimitri
To the majority of people on this site Plakias still is paradise, and we'll be returning year after year. You don't think a little bit of building work way outside town is going to put the genuine Plakiasites off do you?
Horrible? There won't be many people on this site who'll agree with you!

george...

when i lived in mirthios you saw hardly a soul from the end of the season till easter.in winter the beach was mine alone,the hills were empty save for the odd sheep herd.no devolpment existed on a larger than rent room scale.the only voices you heard were greek,maybe a lone traveller who stayed a night or two in the mirthios youth hostel,but that was it.there was a dirt track into plakia and no more than a small taverna and a couple of rent rooms.the owner of the taverna and his brother a local fisherman built the little hotel down by the sunshine pub and it all began to take off.
i guess compared to magaluff it is quiet,but i prefer to remember her as she was in her youth,beutifull,warm,full of promise and with looks to die for.ahhhhhhhhh.

STREWTH !

[John R]

John, get ready for the wind  Blowing a gale today, sand exfoliation is good for the skin though.

Wind - what wind I say. Never windy in Plakias - surely not. My 10 day forecast says all ok till Sept 29th when there are scattered showers. Surely that is more reliable than info from someone who is actually there !!

See you soon (If I can see you for dust).

John R

[Ploppy]

Surely that is more reliable than info from someone who is actually there !!

See you soon (If I can see you for dust).

John R

Scattered snow showers today but at least the wind has dropped a little, force 8 instead of 9.

(one part of that sentence isn't wholly accurate)

[Chas]

Surely that is more reliable than info from someone who is actually there !!

See you soon (If I can see you for dust).

John R

Scattered snow showers today but at least the wind has dropped a little, force 8 instead of 9.

(one part of that sentence isn't wholly accurate)

That'd be the wind actually going down from 10 to 9 ?

[jann]

any updates on this topic?  ie, building developments  

Jann

[travellingran]

any updates on this topic?  ie, building developments  

Jann

I returned last week having spent three sublime weeks in paradise. Looking around I felt that although some of the ongoing construction appears to be continuing , albeit slowly, the building sites that most bothered me were the many on both side of the main road into Plakias. From the church upwards and the little road from the church to Antonis' on the  beach road. Such very pretty meadows all disappearing. Ho Hum.
I feel the financial situation may be slowing some new builds down but still more are being started and left unfinished. That is more or less par for the course I feel.

The slower the better !.

Heather.

[Mike G]

The slower the better!

Heather.

Hello Heather,

Many, including me, will agree with these sentiments. I still think the large development on the way to the far end is the one to worry about as it has the potential to change the character of the place. It sounds like some folk haven't realised there is a Europe-wide recession going on.

Re. your 3 weeks, did you manage to persuade Olympic to allow you to go for an extra week or did you book independently?

Mike

[Greecemad]

The slower the better!

Heather.

Hello Heather,

Many, including me, will agree with these sentiments. I still think the large development on the way to the far end is the one to worry about as it has the potential to change the character of the place. It sounds like some folk haven't realised there is a Europe-wide recession going on.

Re. your 3 weeks, did you manage to persuade Olympic to allow you to go for an extra week or did you book independently?

Mike

Hi all,

Not been on the board for months. Are there are any recent pics of the devlopment anywhere?

greecemad

[travellingran]

The slower the better!

Heather.

Hello Heather,

Many, including me, will agree with these sentiments. I still think the large development on the way to the far end is the one to worry about as it has the potential to change the character of the place. It sounds like some folk haven't realised there is a Europe-wide recession going on.

Re. your 3 weeks, did you manage to persuade Olympic to allow you to go for an extra week or did you book independently?

Mike

Hello Mike,

I have only just noticed your posting. I do apologise for replying so late in the day.

Re; my three weeks in Plakias this year. Olympic would not book more than 2 weeks at all. The old adage that I am only a single traveller and " not worth it to the accommodation owner " was wheeled out. So this year I did indeed book independently. I booked a flight in August 2009. Easyjet (grrrrrr) but only £123 for the 3 weeks so I booked that. I had asked Rowena and Carl previously if I may rent their apartment so this is exactly what I did.

Okay - cost a bit more than a package but the benefits wholly outweighed the advantages. I had 3 sublime weeks at R and C's apartment  so it truly was worth it. No messing around with ghastly transfers or being allocated the worst room .  Not easyjet next time though. I am not fast enough on my feet to cope with the sprinting involved ! .

Wholly recommend you try it if poss., I am converted !!.

Roll on next May.

Heather.