Crete in Bloom

Welcome to Richard and Julia Stibbs’s “Crete in Bloom” site.

These pictures were taken on a week's visit to Western Crete from April 9th-16th 2002 on a “Crete in Bloom” holiday based at Megali Horafia organised by Pure Crete and led by Clive Dawes and Dr Stephen Waters.
Click on site names for flower pictures (please inform Richard Stibbs about the inevitable errors).
Photographs by Richard and Julia Stibbs (Olympus C3040 digital [RJS in notes] and Minolta APS [JSS in notes]) with some courtesy of Dr Stephen Waters [SW in notes].
Plant identification by Richard Stibbs with invaluable help from Colin Hill and Philip Oswald.
The images are reduced resolution for faster loading. The original high resolution images are available from Richard Stibbs.

Image Map of Crete Link to Imbros site Link to Festos site Link to Fourfouras site Link to Spili site Link site Armeni site Link to Georgioupoli site Link to Aptera site Link to Megali Horafia Link to Fournes site Link to Omalos site Link to Kellergi site Link to Kellergi site Link to Omalos site Link to Imbros site Link to Festos site Link to Fournes site Link to Fourfouras site Link to Spili site Link site Armeni site Link to Georgioupoli site Link to Aptera site Link to Megali Horafia

Click here for a Quicktime movie of the week

Very large - 57.4M - so only click if you are running this from a CD or have patience

Some interesting links

Tourist pictures of the week

© Pictures: Richard Stibbs Downing College Cambridge 2002
© Text: Clive Dawes Kings College London and Dr Stephen Waters University of Hertfordshire 2002
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Last updated: May 2002