Situation 2006 Photo by J.B van der Lecq. Thanks for your permission. See his site in dutch but with an English summary Athosvrienden.

Situation 2007 Photo by J.B. van der Lecq

Situation may 2007 photo by wv.
There is no road so there is no way that a car can come here, only a mule track to get the building materials to this place near Kerasia at ca. 700 meters.
It is true all the monasteries are build this way but this is 2008!
hv