Memories

[Greecemad]

The following link should take you to some photographs of Plakias/Damnoni. Any suggestions as to which year they were taken?

Greecemad's Webpage

[ostraco]

What's the prize for the one who gets it right?

My guess is 1982

[Barny]

seems so long ago!  i reckon 1984,  wish i had a few more of the old pics!

[Greecemad]

There isn't a prize, it's just a bit of fun.

You are both wrong, but thanks for the attempts. I'll announce the correct answer when we've had some more attempts at it.

The time of year was late April/early May so whether there were umbrellas on Damnoni later in the season, I don't know.

Greecemad.

[Yvonne]

My guess is 1987, although I remember Amoudi without sunbeds in 1992.
Yvonne

[Greecemad]

I've added some more photos now, not that these will help you with identifying the year.

Most of the rest are either not very good, are unknown bits of countryside or are groups of people I met, and I'm sure it's acceptable to publish them.

I would have thought that the partially built sea wall would give some of you a clue, but I suppose with it being Greece it could have been like that for several years - there was no actual work going on whilst I was there.

Greecemad.

[compage]

It is 1990 and I claim the prize!

[Greecemad]

Congratulations to Compage, who is correct - it was 1990. All the other attempts were much too early.
Did you work that out from the photographs or from my previous postings?

Greecemad.

[compage]

I was there in '91 and have some pictures that show the front in a similar state to that in your picture.  But the clincher was the fact that your earlier posts show you as having been in Plakias in 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2002.  After that it was easy!

[Yvonne]

John, could I hear nah nah na nah nah?!!!
Yvonne

[compage]

As if I would! (bottom lip dragging on the floor).

[hopper]

Looks like the good ol days anyway, as everything looks at our age.

[Rocky501]

[span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\']CONGRATULATIONS[/span]

and sounding applaus from the audience to
Detective Sherlock Compage


Rocky  

[compage]

 [span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\']Yippee! [/span]

[Karen T]

Wow - those pictures bring back memories.  No HapiMag! What a difference it has made to Damnoni bay!  I remember struggling back across that rough terrain from Taverna Akti one night in the pitch dark after a meal with the rambling group (SunMed) and trying to negotiate a rickety little bridge across the stream.  Did I say bridge?  It was more like a plank of wood thrown carelessly across joining the path on each side.  Those were the days!

Mind you, even now HapiMag is there, you still have a blind scramble up the side of the complex to get back to the track above on account of how HapiMag's owners don't like non-residents walking through their patch and so keep the little gate at the top locked!

Taverna Akti has changed almost beyond recognition - does anyone remember when the three brothers used to be on hand there and there were a few rooms to rent?  And the old boy (the father) used to have a little allotment across the road and you'd see him pottering among his vegetables.  The lads, Giorgo and Manolis spend their time now down at Kri Kri and I haven't seen Thanasis in years though I'm told he is still in town.  One thing's not changed though - the food at Akti is still fantastic!  

Karen