Blogs from South Aegean, Greece, Europe - page 126

6/29-7/3 After a lovely stay in Crete we were told that Santorini is a must see. We were fortunate enough to time it right and meet up with our friends Jay and Stephanie who were vacationing there. After checking out there posh accomodations we found a cheaper version with less amenities (but an incredible view) next door and pretended we were guests at their fancier hotel while sitting poolside. A tad embarrassing but all in the spirit of backpacking. Santorini has such amazing natural beauty formed from volcanic rock. We had a great time exploring the dormant and active volcanos. Luckily we were told they have tons of electronic equipment that can detect an eruption at least a month in advance, so no need to fear. The four of us set out for a motorbike tour ... read more

Hello all from the people in the shitty camping.... Well it is the big man for tonight doing the blog and so here I go. As Robyn was saying yesterday, our campground is defently not what we were expecting. In fact it is a pice of crap and we really don't want to be there at all........ The cabins are hot, with out the wind blowing through them at all, and dirty. Last night we decided to to the time honored solution to the problem and get drunk off cheap wine, out of tetra packs no less. It worked wonderfuly well and by the time we had finished off the wine it was about 3 in the morning..... gee, time seems to fly when drinking cheap wine =) So we ended up sleeping till about noon ... read more

Ladies and gentlemen, the wine here is so good. I'm in love. I am especially fond of the house white wines, I havn't had a bad one yet! My new favourite meal is a big Gyro pita with lots of tzatiki (sp) sauce and a half litre of wine. Ohhhh it makes me all happy inside and out. Its crazy cause a glass of the house white is normally like 1-2 euros, but you can get a half litre of the house white for like 3-5 euros... So that begs the question stated in my title. Why have one glass when you could have 3, be so happy, and have such a better value?! Ohh I love Greek logic! So today we are in Mykonos. We were supposed to be here yesterday, but the winds here ... read more

So we are in Santorini, as everyone knows... or at least those who have read the last blog. So much fun here, its so beautiful and so amazing. Its skorching hot here, but its actually really pleasant because of the sea breezes. Today we did the Vespa thing, except they wouldn't give us full insurance because we didn't have motorcycle licenses. I didn't like this, so instead we have a quad bike (ATV) and have been buzzing around on 4 wheels instead of 2. Still so fun, and safer to have insurance. So first we went out to the red sand beach, that was amazing. The cliffs are all read and the ocean is crystal clear. Amazing sight. Then to the Southern most tip of the island to get some good views by a light house ... read more

I've been 1 day to Rhodes and it was a great experience. We went from Marmaris (Turkey) to Rhodes by catamaran. It's a daily service. You depart in the early morning around 05:00am and get back around 06:00pm. I don't have much time to write so I just let you see some shots I made. The rest of the text is comming...... read more