After another long ferry ride we were back in Athens. Ready to organise a Visa for Turkey. We were pretty sure we could get it at the border, but the info we found on the net was a bit misleading so we decided it was best to just get it then and there in Athens. We locked up our bags at the main train station and headed for the city. Unfortunately both of us had forgot to bring passport photos so we had to look for a place to get some, which proved difficult. While the photos were being developed we [View Full Entry]

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6 hours on the ferry. The ferry was almost identical to the last, but this one had rows and rows of bench seats on the deck which made for a more comfortable sleep. We arrived in Heraklion, Crete expecting to find a guy with a sign and a van, ready to drive us to his hotel. We walked off the ferry in the crowd and saw nothing. Nothing but friends and family waiting for others. No guy, no sign, nowhere to stay. Just a lousy Lonely Planet map, which didn't specify where we were in relation to anything. We made our [View Full Entry]

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Beautiful beaches, great atmosphere, stunning scenery. All things we thought we were heading to. We got the ferry from Athens to Santorini. Slept on the deck which was great at the start, novelty factor. But by the middle of the night we were quite cold. The ferry stopped at almost every possilbe stop on the way. It took us 16 hours!!! Which didnt bother us at the time because we just thought about the beach! We got to Santorini at 6 or 7am and found a guy with a sign for Perissa Beach where we knew we had accommodation for the [View Full Entry]

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Rightio. So we got into Athens at around 6am, got to the backpackers at 7... 7:30. We couldn't check in (as much as we wanted to) till 1:00 so we dropped our bags and started walking. We saw the Acropolis from outside the fence, it's pretty impressive. By the time we got passed it we were exhausted, the flight had taken it out of us and it was STINKING hot. It was now 8am and we were over it. We kept walking and eventually found ourselves in a little lane way filled with cafe's and covered in grape vines. Shade. We [View Full Entry]

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We left Cape Town and headed for Kell's Grans beach house at Cape Agulhas. The Southern Most Tip of Africa. Its an awesome place overlooking the ocean. Would be unreal for summer holidays. Unfortunately we were only there for the night because we had to get on the road to Mossel Bay where we would meet up with Kells other Gran who would take over the baby sitting duties. Granny Yda took over the driving seat to Mossel Bay because i was driving to slow. Apparently 120km/h is slow here. Quite scary going 150km/h in a 100 zone with a gran [View Full Entry]

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On our first full day in Cape Town we visited this old Dutch Castle. It's the oldest monument of European settlement in South Africa. It was pretty interesting but i think the most interesting part of the day was walking from the car to the castle down the city streets of Cape Town. People, mainly blacks and coloureds hang around in the street doing nothing. Looking hell sketchy! When we got there a "parking attendant" told us that we could park inside. Wish we knew that before walking down the street. Kells little Granny told us to wait there while she [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in the pouring rain and had to get a bus from the tarmac to the customs building. Kell got to enter on her South African passport which meant she was in a seperate line about 10 people long. I had to line up in the Foreign passport line behind about 200 people. Took me 40min to get through. Got our bags and headed for the car. Unfortunately the cover from rain was pretty poor and there didnt seem to be any proper drainage which meant there were huge puddles to dodge. Got pretty drenched and I was in a [View Full Entry]

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Alright where to start!? Well going through customs in sydney i got selected for a "random" search. Got taken to my little room and frisked. Great start. Then we get through and have an "Eagle Boys" pizza and a beer while waiting to board. Then we got told that the incoming flight was late so we would be boarding late. Awesome. Made the most of it and had another beer and before we knew it they were calling last call for boarding! The boarding started late but they wanted to take off at the right time so rushed us all onto [View Full Entry]

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