In the history of humans before engines and motors, which is pretty much all of civilization, everything had to be done by muscle, either human or animal, with the exception of a few locations where wind and water energy could be harnessed. On Crete, in the fertile lands of the Lasithi Plateau, windmills were built to power millstones for grinding grain, and to pump water into irrigation canals (which of course were dug by hand).
We saw the remnants of old windmills, stone structures built where the wind was strongest, and windmills in fields, most of them no longer working, replaced by motor-driven pumps when electric power became available.
Our travels take us to another beach, Elafonisi, famous for its pink sand beaches. It is very popular and we spent another afternoon in the sun. There is no pink sand however, except for a small patch we discovered at the far side of the lagoon.
Pictures of this part of Crete are in this album:
