As we had already sold our car in England, we needed to hire a car if we wanted to drive around on mainland Greece. So we hired a little Hyundai and drove around the Peloponnese Peninsula. Once we were out of the town and past where the locals lived the rubbish started to diminish. However we noticed lots of shrines on the side of the road and found out they were located where someone had been killed in a car crash. It then became apparent that the death rate was very high, there was a shrine evry 100 metres if not more. According to the lonely planet Greece has the highest death rate for car accidents in Europe. I'm sure it can't be worse than the Croatians. They drive as if they have a death wish.
The mountains inland were stunning; Very wild, extremely dry and very scary to drive along. Often there was no armco barrier and they were very high cliffs. The coastline was spectacular with turquoise sea and a rocky coastline. Lots of small villages with quaint houses and many churches.
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