The following text and photos were post by Tina Tavridou on her Facebook profile. We reproduce it here with her permission, since we think that people on the island is what matter the most. Looking forward to meet them all again in August and September!
“Spend three days on an island of 20 inhabitants and you get to meet them all. This album is a way to introduce the people of Antikythera to my friends in Greece and around the world and make their voices heard. Until next time!”
Myron
Fishing, livestock, musician
Wish: “It would be nice if we had visitors all year round. We are human in January and February, too!”
Myron (one more)
Restaurant owner, livestock
Wish: “That they think of us, that there is a doctor on the island, that they remember that there are people living on Antikythera, most of them over 50 years old.”
Antonis
Fisherman from Kissamos, Crete, comes to Antikythera 40-50 times a year
Wish: “That there always are nice people -as there are- and fish!”
Nektarios
Fishing
Wish: “That beautiful women come to our island all year round!”
Manolis
Fishing, builder, assists ferry mooring and ticketing
Wish: “No wish, I’m fine”
Yorgos
Works for the Municipality
Wish: “That the ferry ran more often”
Andreas Harhalakis
Electricity plant technician, elected representative of the Municipality
Wish: “That our island is never depopulated”
Yiannis Glitsos
President for 18 years at the Association of Antikytherians “Saint Myron”, retired, spends about half the year on the island
Manolis Harhalakis
Forest ranger of Kythira and Antikythira, lived in Australia for 15 years, speaks perfect Aussie English
Wish: “Wishes for a beautiful summer to everyone, I wish people could plant trees, especially on Kythira and Antikythera, and protect them.”
Argyro
Retired, spends about half the year on the island
Wish: “To have a doctor on the island and that it does not get depopulated. That we see as much as possible that there are visitors to liven it up.”
Vassilis
Retired sailor, hobbies hunting and fishing
Wish: “I wish our little island is never deserted and always has people; that the people in power do not forget us, because this is one of the small islands whose population will have an expiration date if we are not careful.”
Father Antonios
“The most important things are having a doctor and the ferry”.
Nikos Politis
Retired, Physics and IT, works with the site www.antikythira-enosi.gr
Wish: “Concord”
Sofia Politou
Retired public servant, hobbies ceramics and hagiography
Wish: “Some more people”
Eirini Galanaki
Retired
Wish: “That the island came alive, that we had more people”.
Georgia
Spent a month on the island hunting insects for a university disseration, I didn’t ask her for a wish since she is not local, just posting her photo because she is so lovely and everyone on the island will remember her and her butterfly net!
Penelope Harhalaki
Wish: “That our land is full of people, I remember in the old days there were 70 children at school, 800 people lived here, we had two priests, today there are almost no children at all.”
Aggeliki
Mother of 4
Wish: “That there is transportation. And that we become volunteers in our own town otherwise there is no moving forward. To clean the street, the trail, to cut a branch that is sticking out, not to sit and wait for everything to be done by the state”.
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