Hi everybody, we have now reached the sunny shores of Greece. Our overnight ferry from Bari in Italy went off without a hitch and we got a cheaper price by getting "camping on board" tickets. This meant that we were sleeping in the van (again) up on deck with Bert sandwiched in amongst fifty large trucks. We still had the run of the boat upstairs, and 'private' showers and toilets which we only had to share with the two neighbouring campervans. After a surprisingly good nights sleep we disembarked in Patras to find the heat we had experienced in Southern Italy [View Full Entry]

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Hello guys and girlies! Just a quick blog to say that ive just got off the yacht (though we are sleeping on it again tonight) after 3 days around the Med sailing. First stop was South Corfu then we sailed the next day to Mortos and partied on our private beach with waterpark just for us! we were all drinking rum etc on the dock til the early hours this morning and some ending up sleeping on the beach! Was great and we got our first lie-in in a few weeks because it was one of the guys birthdays! we then [View Full Entry]

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Author: Angelo Alright, So I guess this is the first official day of vacationing. Lisa and I are sitting on a beach in rhodes. Called the Ixian grand Hotel... If anyone wants a quiet, relaxing spot close to the city (2km)... we highly recommend this spot... but check back for future updates :) Anyway, we landed safely yesterday in Athens... and had the craziest 24 hours. My cousins were waiting for Lisa and me at the airport, to our suprise, and we visited some of my relatives off the bat. Afterwards went to a friend of mine who was having his [View Full Entry]

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Our journey continues on from the Island of Mykonos onto the cruise ship joining 1500 others to sail the Greek islands and Turkey. Our first day started off way too early after a night of dancing in the disco aboard our ship (very difficult to do in heels). We spent our morning visiting the historical site of Ephesus a Roman city built over 2000 years ago in Turkey. This city was only discovered in 1923 and as of today they have only uncovered an estimated 50% and are currently working at excavating the site. This was truly amazing to see and [View Full Entry]

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In order to leave Santorini and get to Ios, we had to get ourselves back down to the port. Lucky for us, George, or Mike if you prefer real names, arranges this for you. Unlucky for us, it wasn't George who would be driving us, but his brother. We'll call him, George II. So George II shows up and doesn't seem particularly happy to be driving us and two other people to the port on this particular day. We get into his little van, and about... mmmm..... 20 seconds into the drive I see how this is going to go. This [View Full Entry]

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We left Aegina this morning, and are at this moment sitting at the west entrance of the canal waiting for permission to go through. The Canal was amazing!!!! Beautiful, calm, aqua blue water and steep stone walls that stretch for 3 miles. It is really hard to put into words and I don’t think pictures can even do it justice. A beautiful sight!!!! We are through the Canal safely, and side tied to a dock in the Corinth port. We are in a little fishing harbor, quite protected from the winds. [View Full Entry]

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We are sad to report that today is our final day in Mykonos and we will be heading on the cruise ship in a few hours. We spent the day lounging, tanning, shopping and eating! This place has been incredible and seems to have it all. So much to see and not enough time here. Tiffany and I both decided that this would be the ideal place for a honeymoon!!!! When we were walking by the ocean, the Pelican (the town mascot which we mentioned earlier) came walking right beside us and proceeded to walk over to the water fountain and [View Full Entry]

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OK, Waiting in the airport in Athens for my flight to Riga, Latvia. Free internet, but tough to use. Getting put on the news inAthens right now for being on this system. Anyway, good trip to the islands. No idea what to expect tonight in Riga when I get in after 10pm and am in a room with 9 other people. Supposed to be a fun city and it is cool not knowing what I will be doing in a few hours, let alone tomorrow or the next day. Well, hope the flight on airbaltic goes well. 3 hrs or so [View Full Entry]

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Hey from Mykonos Island! Wow. I could easily live here forever. It's absolutely beautiful... The night of my last entry, I met up with my Contiki group in Athens, and we all went out for a tradtional Greek dinner in the Plaka (downtown) and it was a good way to meet everyone and hopefuly try to learn everyone's names. After dinner we did a bit of a pub crawl and by the end of the night, there was only a select few of us that were still goin strong. There is a good mix of people, some Aussies, some Americans, some [View Full Entry]

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Mynokos was a great place to end our holiday. Although our first impression was not so good. The cabins we stayed at at Paradise beach was not really a cabin but a permanent tent- consisting of 4 walls, 1 window, 1 door and 2 little beds. Compared to a beach hut it was awful but compared to camping in a tent it was great! It was quite hot and stuff inside but everyone spent all their time outside. The beach is really nice, there are bars with DJs playing fucky tunes, cocktails, water sports etc. It was the beginning of the [View Full Entry]

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