years later he regained some of his father's seized estates and that were illegally sold by the turks. the christian villagers that bought the property, returned it to alexios alexis whenever he appeared in their villages. for years, alexios alexis moved from marmaketo to houmeriako, psychro, mirabello, viannos, malia, megalo kastro-heraklion, and elsewhere. on these trips he wore simple clothes to avoid attention. he had only one fellow-traveler who rode on a donkey, while alexios walked ahead of him, incognito. this role-playing was meant to avoid the turks’ attention and to pass unnoticed.