{"id":11083,"date":"2019-04-18T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/?p=11083"},"modified":"2021-01-01T07:22:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T15:22:22","slug":"a-beautiful-lagoon-and-wild-camping-in-kissamos-crete-island-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/18\/a-beautiful-lagoon-and-wild-camping-in-kissamos-crete-island-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"A beautiful lagoon and wild camping in Kissamos, Crete Island, Greece."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>A 7-hour ride on the ferry got us to Crete just before midnight. We slept at the ferry dock so Luka could ride his new birthday scooter the next morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/57457131_350979755550499_532204663620020371_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/57457131_350979755550499_532204663620020371_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/57457131_350979755550499_532204663620020371_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/57457131_350979755550499_532204663620020371_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/57457131_350979755550499_532204663620020371_n-290x290.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a quick ride and some breakfast, we started our day with an adventure. Down a dirt road we go to the famous Balos Lagoon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"33810899668\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/33810899668_9818c8848e_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"47635608882\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/47635608882_e1a5bba421_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parked in a large lot at the end of the road and we are off on a hike down to the lagoon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"46772683035\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/46772683035_22f8f26b5c_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WOW!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"47635554822\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/47635554822_ae359fc3e2_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Not sure what\u2019s more impressive. The color of the water or that there\u2019s a smiling goat posing by himself at the overlook. Either way, us flip flop hikers are on the Greek island of Crete and damn is it beautiful here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"32744939667\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/32744939667_99b18af321_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"33810597788\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/33810597788_7243ab1c1d_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"32744970757\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/32744970757_d005b39ffc_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"47688052151\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/47688052151_822b868d44_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"47635146052\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/47635146052_f11bd22d1b_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"32744939347\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/32744939347_72899377d9_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crossing the water way to get to the other beach. Luka hitched a ride.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"40721804153\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/40721804153_cea3cf7e43_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"47635172942\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/47635172942_318a926725_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So worth it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"47635122352\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/47635122352_0ba2bd4efe_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Too much excitement lately. A nap sounds like a good idea.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"33811064298\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/33811064298_e81739d95b_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just a ways down the road, we find ourselves at a wild camping spot at Fallasarnas Beach in Kissmos, Crete.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"46772678355\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/46772678355_e325b80398_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luka requested Orange Chicken for his special birthday dinner. A day late but that doesn&#8217;t matter. Mmmm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"46772684045\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/46772684045_5fd2a22d3c_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The view out of our van&#8217;s door.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"46772543335\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/46772543335_26da1cd2d5_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"47688428651\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/47688428651_f0285889f6_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Playtime with their friend Bode.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"32745262577\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/32745262577_766f3763ce_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And beer time for the adults.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"32744977867\" alt=\"Crete Greece blog 1\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/32744977867_7c3e76a8bd_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I will insert Dan&#8217;s video of these stops when it&#8217;s done. My IG video got corrupted but there are few viewable clips in it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pzs5cK8ARJ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for following along on our family&#8217;s adventures around the world,<br \/>\nMarlene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 7-hour ride on the ferry got us to Crete just before midnight. We slept at the ferry dock so Luka could ride his new birthday scooter the next morning. After a quick ride and some breakfast, we started our day with an adventure. Down a dirt road we go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[215],"tags":[365,82,362,276,267,364,227,363,366,303,236,245],"class_list":["post-11083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","tag-balos-beach","tag-boondocking","tag-crete","tag-family-travel","tag-ferry","tag-goat","tag-greece","tag-island","tag-kissamos","tag-van-life-with-kids","tag-vanlife","tag-wild-camping"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/47635122352_0ba2bd4efe_c.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkBzA-2SL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}