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lisa17x
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Old Skala
hiya, i'm going to Skala in May for the second time and i'm hoping to do abit more exploring as last time it was my first holiday away with
a friend and i was only 17 so we were abit unsure of the place and didn't look around much.
Now that i know how friendly everyone is and easy it is to get from place to place i was wondering if anyone could tell me how to get to Old
Skala??
I have heard it mentioned alot and would love to visit there when i go back. We don't drive so it'll have to be by taxi or even better,
walking.
Also if anyone knows of any interesting places not too far away that we could reach by taxi, bus or walking then it'd be a great help!! :o) want
to see as much as poss!!
thanks alot, luv lisa! xx :D
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Lisa,
to get to Old Skala, just walk up the steep main street and keep going!!!!
You will come to the football pitch at the top of the village, just keep following the track which winds up and up!
Angie Cunningham
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lisa17x
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oh ryte, sounds easy enough! thanx alot! xx
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Old Skala
There is a good website called http://www.kefaloniaisland.com that tells you all about old Skala and how to find it.
If you click on Resorts and Villages under the useful Information section and then go to Skala, it tells you about Skala and then about old Skala. It
is very interesting and there are some good pictures.
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Hi Lisa
Roger walked to the Old Village when we were there last August (well most of the way). He asked one of the locals how to get there and he kindly gave
him a lift part of the way in his old battered car and put him on the right path. Make sure you take a drink with you especially if it is very hot as
it was when Roger went.
Not long for your holiday now - enjoy yourself.
Jan
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So, walking both slowly and briskly, how long do you think it would take to walk upto old Skala?
Also would it be at all possible to take a car up there or part of the way at least?
Jerry
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Old Skala
Roger reckons it takes at least 1 hour to walk up to the Old Village and that you could drive up there in a 4 x 4. In a car you would have to take it
slowly. Allow yourself at least an hour to look around. It was last August when we were there and very hot and I myself did not go - but hoping to
this year.
Jan
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Thanks for that. We go in August and its a definite for us but from the sounds of it i could do with a pack horse to carry all the water we'll
need. Looking forward to it mind.
Thanks Jan
Jerry
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Hi Jerry
We go 26th August for two weeks so hoping I make it this time. Roger took off while I was in the pool cooling off as it was a very hot day.
Jan
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We go 14th august for 2 weeks. Works well as we're going to the festivals at Marcopaulo and Ag.Gerassimos also.
My only worries about old Skala are a 14year old and a 12 year old who may moan about the walk so taking the car up so far may be the answer i
think.
Jerry
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Might be a good idea especially if they don't like walking and it will be hot in August.
We have just been out to celebrate our sons 21st and he has moaned just walking down the road from the pub (lol).
Hope you enjoy it anyway.
Jan
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LOL
Kids.......who'd have them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jerry
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To have a look around skala and get a real flavour for the old village, get a self-guided trail for skal from friends of kefalonia. the trail takes
about an hour and gives you a real feel for the place. you can download a digital version from their site
http://kefalonia.foi.org.uk
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lisa17x
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got lost!!
hiya, i got back end of may and we tried to go to old skala! unfortunately we didnt realise just how far it was and were too hot and bothered afta
about 45 mins of walkin up hill that we stopped and walked back to the town! i really wanted to see it aswel.
still, we're going back in october for another 2 weeks so we'll get our friends we met there in may (that are also goin bak the same time)
to drive us up. lol lazy or what? we wernt even sure if we were on the right road last time either. just tended to walk down the first roads we came
to. haha :D
betta luck next time!!!
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Bear,
I would say realisticly its a 4 hour round trip, only walking. Take more than one drink and pace yourself. Once there you will appreciate the
climb.
I started at 7 in the morning - a good time - as it wasn't so hot. Back by 12 to throw myself in the pool and vow never to do it again!
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Thanks for that Jed...a tiring day in prospect by the sounds of it.
Jerry
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Ols Skala
For those that haven't made it up to Old Skala yet, this is a fairly new shrine at the top...... Now that should spur you lot on to get up there
now!!!
There is also a beautiful grave yard that you can go and look in and plenty of other things that are worth the visit.
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I'll be there in 2 weeks.
From what i can gather i can take the car to a fork where i can park so that'll make it easier to walk.
I'll get loads of photos. Does it get very busy up there? Will i actually be able to park?
Jerry
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When I went up in May it was very quiet. We took our scooter up to the fork and there was quite a bit of room up there to park, most people don't
drive up they just walk so it should be ok.
We only came across another couple of people, but I have never been in August.
It's definately worth going up there, there is so much to see, I have a lot of pictures but that was the only one we took on the camaera
phone.
Be careful as there are now a few bee hives up there too..
The views are spectacular, I can't wait to go back in September.
Enjoy your self Jerry!
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Thanks Hollie.
Really excited now.
Jerry
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Hollie
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Jerry - Can't keep track with everyone on here... Isn't this your first visit?
Where are you staying?
Hollie
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Yes it is Hollie.
Staying at the Porto Skala Hotel.
All booked independently. Saved £1000 on brochure price.
Jerry
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Hollie
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Cor that's good Jerry!!
Well I can't believe it's your first time to Kef and you have so many posts when I have been about 12 times!! That's not fair!!
It's excellent that you have done so much research on the place before you go!
You will definately have a brilliant time.
Hollie
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hollie
For those that haven't made it up to Old Skala yet, this is a fairly new shrine at the top...... |
That's no shrine Hollie - that's my house!!! :D
No seriously folks, you can see my plot in the background on the right.
Jerry make sure your batteries are charged! Last time I went up there (May) I did a series of shots for a panorama and ran out of juice before I could
do the defintive shot of my plot. Grrr!
By the way everyone I have the publishing rights to the book Jerry is going to write when he gets back.
Jerry's Kefalonian Odyssey. Everything will be covered in this combined guide and personal diary!!!
£10 to me now to reserve a signed copy.
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Argh , i always do Hollie. Saves us loads of time and makes a holiday so much more interesting and memorable. Always hire a car and tour the whole
island so that we never need go back a second time, in order to see other parts of the world.
Great site this. Anything i couldn't get from the internet i asked on here and pretty much always got the answer, hence so many posts.
Yes, the price is fantastic...only difference is no coach transfer...we're having Greekstones deliver to the airport, but then the coach hire
would be added onto the brochure price anyway.
The downside to all this ofcobottom which i've just realised is from last year to this if, god forbid , a hotel burnt down, how would you stand
with getting your money back? whereas ofcobottom a travel agent would simply move hotels.
Anyway, really really excited.
Jerry
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Helen - Jerry says I can have the first one free of charge LOL
Jan
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LOL Helen.
Class.
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LOL
I'll sign them all, and yours can be the first Jan..lol
Jerry
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Argh , i always do Hollie. Saves us loads of time and makes a holiday so much more interesting and memorable. Always hire a car and tour the whole
island so that we never need go back a second time, in order to see other parts of the world.
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.... I have a funny feeling that you might be going back here!!! ;)
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get in line!
OY!!!
Jerry and Jan
This book was MY idea so it's ME who gets the first signed copy. Get right back there in the line Jan. Just cos you've got more posts than
me . . .
And yes Jerry i bet you will go back.
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Battle of the Book!
Being both a printer and publisher I would like to confirm my interest in your tome, Jerry.
Don't listen to Helen, she'll do you on the royalties. Don't you all know how she could afford such a magnificent plot?
Jed.w
August 14th about 3pm - the cold ones on the bar.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hollie
Cor that's good Jerry!!
Well I can't believe it's your first time to Kef and you have so many posts when I have been about 12 times!! That's not fair!!
stayed in Porto Skala hotel in July very nice but beware of there money system enjoy!!
It's excellent that you have done so much research on the place before you go!
You will definately have a brilliant time.
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old Skala
I was determined to visit old Skala.Ypu can buy a walking route map at the kiosk in Skala.It is a good guide.WE took the car as far as we could then
it got rocky,it was really too hot to continue on foot so my husband decided to abort the visit.It warns you of snakes,some harmless some not
so,(poisonous) so beware.Will definatly visit next time maybe when its cooler.we did ,however see the 2 watwe tanks they mention in the guide lol.have
a wonderful time. you WILL.blank chris
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LOL
I'm worried now. I hope i don't disappoint everyone with my ' Jerry's Kefalonian Diary'..lol
Ok Helen you keep a copy but it's only fair we let Jan have the first distributed one..lol
Jed.....i have to say the lure of Mythos is a major attraction to publishing rights ( if a little too early in the day ) but if Helen offers me free
stopovers at her villa (with Mythos) then that'll be hard to turn down...goon fight over me you two....LOL
Chris..how long ago were you up there? How far could you reach in the car? Hollie mentioned a fork in the road that you could get to to park...did you
rech here or further?
SNAKES.....I HATE SNAKES..OHH NOOOO
How real is the possibility of seeing these. We're going to Marcopaulo for the festival (Jan wants to go) and i go cold at the very thought of
it. This is the lad who froze solid in the living room watching Raiders Of The Lost Arc when he opened the tomb so the thought of them on the Old
Skala trail is very daunting.
I'll still go but not relaxed...I HATE SNAKES.
Jerry
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Jerry I have been up there a few times now and the only things I have seen up there are goats, bees and sheppards!! I have never seen a snake!! I am
the biggest wimp ever and would run a mile if I came across one.
I think you will be safe!!
My dad did see one in the garden of our apartment though but it dissappeared pretty rapidly!!
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Hollie..i've gone cold at hearing of the one in the garden....lol
It's the only thing which really makes me afraid.
I would never stop going abroad because of it but i hope i never encounter one.
Thanks
Jerry
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I hate them too and spiders!!!
But I wasn't worried at all about them, as long as you don't go wading through fields of long grass etc then you will be ok.
I should think the snakes are just as afraid of us and would rather keep out of our way.
The snake my dad saw was a really long one and was like a whitish sort of colour I think..... Whoops perhaps I shouldn't have told you that!! LOL
You'll be alright, seriously... No one can be more of a wimp then me!!! :D
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Where snakes are concerned Hollie, trust me, i AM more of a wimp than you. You know these places that have them on the seafront and take photos of you
with them around the shoulders......well i have to cross over the road to go past them.
All started as a kid in London Zoo...enquisitive little me pressed up against the glass watching the snakes in the reptile house when all of a
sudden...i remember it as a cobra but not positive whether it was or not took off launching itself at me, bouncing off the glass infront of my nose.
My dad pulled me off the ceiling and i think i cried. From that day on i freeze when they're on the telly and wake up in the night with
nightmares of the things.
And no, you shouldn't have told me that....lol
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Jerry you poor thing, you were obviously very tramatised.
I can understand why you hate them now, and I believe that you are probably more of a wimp then me!! lol!!
Don't worry you'll be alright!!
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Thanks Hollie...lol.
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