Athens Day 3
After breakfast, we were taken to the Corinth Canal. Lovely views on the way..
The Corinth Canal is a canal that connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from the Greek mainland, thus effectively making the former an island. The builders dug the canal through the Isthmus at sea level;
no locks are employed. It is 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) in length and only
21.3 metres (70 ft) wide at its base, making it unpassable for most
modern ships. It now has little economic importance.
Pictures of the canal were taken from that bridge.
There's bungy jumping too..
Did anyone in your tour group go for the bungy jump?
ReplyDeleteNo, we didn't as it's not in the package.
DeleteThanks for the info. The bridge looks so high up. Did you look down when you were standing on the bridge?
ReplyDeleteOh ya, I did. I'm not afraid of height..
DeleteLovely views!!! =]
ReplyDeleteIndeed the views is lovely...
ReplyDeleteIf for me, i dare not look down from the canal, height fright...
ReplyDeleteThe view of Corinth Canal is so nice.
ReplyDeletethe Corinth Canal looks nice.. little economic importance?? hmmm, do you consider tourism some important economic value?? haha~~
ReplyDeletethe first and second photo of the Corinth Canal looks magnificent from that angle.. but the third one, errr, i have to say it just looks like a normal big "longkang" over here.. haha!!
ReplyDeletehmmm, i wonder if anyone of you tried the bunjee jump?? i would like to try there is possible.. afterall with water beneath is somehow "safer" than mountains and valleys..
ReplyDeletenone of us tried as we were ushered to another town..
Deleteoh..bungee jumP??? I think before I bungee, I would have fainted already... hahaha...
ReplyDeleteThe Corinth Canal looks spectacular. But not enough to make me go bungee jumping. haha....
ReplyDeletethe canal is so narrow. Too bad modern ship cant pass.
ReplyDeletebungy jumping....??? arghhhh....i am too chicken to try that LOL
Deleteahem ahem...did you try?
Deletethat's a creepy place,
ReplyDeletecreepy in a way it was a dangerous place to be hahaha
it was too deep, it was cool tho
bungee jumping one thing i never tried
ReplyDeleteand i don't thing i'd have enough courage to do so haha
You jumped?
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try bungee jumping one day. :)
the video was fun to watch but yet
ReplyDeletethinking that was me instead of him gives me
chills
anyways the water seems really clear huh
ReplyDeleteand that canal seems a mountain cut in to two
have a great day and happy bloggin wenn
ReplyDeletetake the best of care always and god bless you
Corinth Canal, I think I saw it before in some movies? Hehe..
ReplyDeleteBungy jump, I'd love to do it!!
Interesting! They way they dug the deep canal was so amazing!
ReplyDeleteI think Wenn would never go bungee jump and risk her neck! LOL
ReplyDeletethe Corinth Canal looks splendidly beautiful but you can count me out on the bungee jump.
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