12/21/12
“It’s the end of the world” NOT. We survived the end of the world and live to see another day! Decided to head the other direction on Crete and see how far we could drive on the National Road.
sheep in the curve in the road!
This road is very curvy and up and down following the N coast most of the way. I would also echo that the drivers on Crete are the 2nd worst drivers in the world. The worst I have ever experienced were in Puerto Rico! The speed limits are suggestions only and there are NO, Zip, NONE, No rules when it comes to parking.
We drove past Heraklion, the largest city on Crete, and continued W towards Agios Nikolaos. We didn’t spend any time there but headed to one of the smaller communities outside of it to visit Lato, an ancient Greek ruins.
We took some curvy roads up to Lato and came to the front gate, where we almost screamed because we thought it was closed, as there was not another car there. However, there was a lady that was happy to take our entry fee and talk to us about Lato. We were the only visitors all day! We had the place to ourselves, other than a bunch of sheep.
the view towards the south
such amazingly old ruins
our only company at Lato, Sheep!
everyone was smaller in those days!
Lato was built in the 5th and 4th century BC. It was strategically built high on the hills with a view of the ocean. In 200 BCE Lato was destroyed. 
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