You're right it was the Bay of Pigs end that was confusing. Walking round to that bay is normally ankle deep,so could the deeper water be due to a Spring tide effect? From a previous posting I think I gathered you got a taxi from Sfakia. Which day of the week and did you have long to wait?
Stuart
Stuart,
I assume you are joking about the Spring tide effect - there is no visible tide in the Libyan sea or the Aegean, let alone spring tides. It has more to do with the effect that the sea has on the beaches during the winter. Sometimes some beach is washed away and sometimes more is deposited. Red Beach near Matala is susceptible to this - I have seen pictures taken this year and there isn't much beach left. The worst one I have seen is Roukounas beach on the island of Anafi - whereas one year you could walk on the sand through some rocks from one beach to the next, the year after about 100 yards of beach had been swept away and you had to wade in water knee deep over a very stony bottom.
I did take a taxi from Chora Sfakion to Plakias. It was on a Thursday. There were no taxis around but I found a supermarket that has a taxi booking service. He couldn't find a local taxi, so he ordered one from Plakias and I had to wait about an hour. It was 50 euro. I was planning to take Zak's phone number with me, but forgot (Zak runs a taxi service in Plakias).
Greecemad
Thanks Greecemad for info re Taxi.
Re sea levels, just wondering if they fluctuated during the year. From what you say The Bay of Pigs affected by storm damage. Will be able to check it out in 8 weeks.
One other question.
Was the cash machine working in Sougia. When we arrived last year it had been put out of action until 2007.
Stuart
