The Search For Lato> Travels

Today I decided to visit Ancient Lato,some Dorian ruins in the hills of Crete near Agios Nikolaos. No public transportation goes there so my bus driver dropped me on the side of the road near a monastery and pointed West and told me to walk for about 4KM and ask locals for directions along the way. It was actually kind of warm out, the first time so far on my vacation. I walked on clover covered ground through cragly old olive groves for a half an hour. The route to Lato was not obvious at all and the locals were pointing me in all different directions. I ended up getting off the path and I could hear dogs barking in the distance. I steadied myself and put on my leather gloves, ready to fight off some wild canines. My 5 wins, 1 loss, and 3 draws in animal combat is pretty decent and given the loss was to a kangaroo I have nothing to be ashamed about. I guess the dogs sensed my confidence and kept their distance.
So after a while of wandering around I came upon a main road, and after a while down that road I came to a fork. Fortunately I saw a roadsign for Lato. Unfortunately it was lying on the ground, not being particularly useful as far as signs go. I took one fork, and walked the wrong way for a while, crossed a ravine to get to the other fork and after a while, in the distance I spotted the entrance to Lato. Unfortunately today is a national holiday and Lato was closed. I should have known. I had gone to far to be turned around by what amounted to a pretty small fence. I jumped the fence and then and an additional fence, all the while staying low to the ground as to avoid detection. It was then that I heard the bells. Security goats! Damned! They blocked my path and I knew if they saw me they would start running and their bells would get me unwanted attention. I thought maybe I could sneak up on them and break their necks before they had a chance to run, but there were like 50 of them, so that probably would not have worked. They saw me and of course started running and making a lot of noise. What counts is I kept my head on a swivel. Luckily, nobody was around so I was free to explore Lato. There were mostly foundations of building, but it was the setting that made it worth it. The acropolis had some great views, which I'll post later. Satisfied, I left Lato and began walking back to the nearest town, 5 KM away. Some teenagers on motorcycles drove by and a minute later circled back and offered me a ride into to town. We drove to Krista where I caught a bus back to Agios Nikolaos. The ante for fun on this vacation has been ever so slightly upped.