DAY 163

Habibti.

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Wiktoria (Poland) in her tent.

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Ismahan (France) and Malika (France) reading a goodbye message from Jordi (Spain), who left the march and headed to Turkey.

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Civil March for Aleppo, Day 163.

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Denis (Germany) and Wiktoria (Poland) taking care about the logistics.

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Ismahan (France), ready to start marching.

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Habibti is almost ready to give us a lift to the starting point.

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Malika (France) inside Habibti, ready to go.

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Ismahan (France) inside Habibti, on the way to the starting point.

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The landscape in Greece near the Turkish border is usually like that - huge empty space, with lot of green.

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Looking for a shadow to have a 5 minutes break. At the time of crazy high tenperatures our 5 minutes breakes often were extended to 15 min.

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Closing by one of the many military bases placed near the border with Turkey. Still, despite Greece's staggering economic problems, the country has consistently maintained one of the highest defense expenditures as a percentage of GDP in all of Europe. Greece's military budget reflects a legacy of distrust towards every country it borders, most notably Turkey. Although both Turkey and Greece are members of NATO and are technically allies, the two states have been competing militarily since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus over four decades ago. These tensions cooled considerably but have begun warming again as the two states compete over possible oil and gas resources in the Mediterranean. /after businessinsider.fr

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Looking for a shelter during the hottest part of the day we took a short rest in a cafe. Cold frappe and wifi, simple things that made us happy.

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This region of Greece is full of classic pickups...

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...and nice architecture.

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Malika (France) enjoys riding the bike.

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Malika (France) taking a rest on the way to Fylakio.

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10 minutes break in the shadow of a tree.

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Finishing the break and heading to Fylakio.

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The Fylakio camp. The facility has been a mystery, humanitarian organisations were not allowed to entrance. The camp is run by the Greek military, many of those who are caught crossing by land from Turkey land here. The refugees are initially placed in a prison located next to the camp, usually for a period of three days to two weeks. No means of communication are allowed in the prison.

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CMFA closing to Fylakio. Waving flags was the only thing we could done. Previous visit of local police warned us that any try to be closer to the camp will cause legal consequences.

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CMFA circle in front of the Fylakio refugee camp. Critical look of Ismahan (France) at Anna's, the founder of the CMFA smiling face. Many people heavilly critised Anna for flippant approach and being light minded in risky situations.

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Leaving Filakio.

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Herman (Germany) having a noon rest in the shadow of a bus stop.

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Looking for the accomodation place.

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After whole day on the feet, we jumped in to the water with a huge pleasure.

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Anna (Poland) and Alex (Germany) enjoing the sunny afternoon.

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Ismahan (France) enjoys free time, writing a diary.

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A fire prepared by our host, luxury one, with a sofa and chair.

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Anna (Poland), founder of the march, devastated after some members of the group revealed the plans to go to Turkey , which was synonymous with leaving, an already culled group. CMFA was meant to be a project that gathers thousends of followers but even keeping a small group of individuals was a very demanding task.

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Our host, owner of the beautiful camping spot at the lake.

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Denis (Germany) was considering to leave the group at this point, tired of waiting for the reciding permission to enter Turkey. After long conversations Anna convinced him to stay with the march.

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Alex (Germany) comforts Anna (Poland), after the exhausting conversation.

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Malika (France), since the beginning dreamed of going through Turkey and meeting her Turkish friends.

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Accomodation spot and "Habibi" VW.

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Ismahan (France) was cinsidering leaving the march for a while and go to Turkey.

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