The “Okano” crater lake at Zao San (Near Yamagata, Japan) lies still and displays its incredibly green colour - for a few seconds before it is again covered by mist.
Much less peaceful: the crater lake of Mount Aso on Kyushu (Japan), also shows an impressive greenish colour.
The archaeological site of Mystras is vast and one should devote at least several hours (better: a full day) to exploring it. Getting there involves a steep climb but the effort is rewarded by many beautiful views and, of course, the wonderful byzantinic architecture including a castle, several important churches, palaces, convents a museum and some normal houses. I especially enjoyed the scenic layout and the many overgrown paths, old stairs and dorrways. Like with many transcribed places names, quite a confusion exists concerning the spelling of the Greek place name ??????? in our alphabet: Mystras, Mystra, Mistra, Mistras. ...
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December 4th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
THis was really helpful in my report