The friendly monk Filemon explained us in detail how to walk the very old path to Pantocratoros. In this picture of Eliou, taken from Pantocratoros, you can see through which kind af landscape the path goes:

Somtimes it looks as if you walk through a tunnel of bushes and trees:

and then suddenly you pass a fairytail like brook

and near the strea you can find the ruins of an old watermill:

with remnants of the furniture and the old mill stone inside:

and outside the building ruined balconies:

and after that soon you will arrive in cultivated grounds and the buildings of Pantocratoros lie in front of you.

with a bridge crossing the brook:

and behind the bridge the harbor:

I’ll finish with a black and white picture of the laundry of a monk (?) hanging between two buildings near the sea:

Wim: 10/8 (republished in English 29-10-14)