The Girls in Greece, June 2006

Just after the Wight Diamond MTB festival on the Isle of Wight, Karon took Cas to Athens, to stay for a week and explore some of the biblical and ancient sites.

Corinth Canal

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On our trip to Mycene, we stopped at the Corinthian Canal. Originally a dry canal, small ships were dragged through to cut their journey times by several days. Large ships would be unloaded, their cargo transported along the canal and then loaded onto another ship at the other side. This is part of the reason why Corinth was such a rich city.