We are so glad to be here!
It's super hot, the beaches are absolutely stunning - actually the best I've ever seen - and to match the people are stunning too. The rumours are not true, Greek men are not all super hairy with mono brows and fob chains, there are some amazing specimens about and so far both Greek men and women are on top of my most attractive list for this trip.
Needless to say skin exposure is on a high and is the biggest relief after the middle east. To walk the streets in a sleeveless dress was my biggest kick on our first day, let alone all the nudey bathing since.
For the last two days we've hired a little beach buggy to tiki tour the island. Great call, each day we pack a little picnic and fire off around the coast to see the sights and sites.
The buggy scores high on the cool factor, being a low riding, open air bright yellow broom broom, but really low on comfort as its fricken loud, and offers no reprieve from the heat which reaches about 35 degrees with no breeze.
So, we zipped around and saw some beautiful old white wash churches, one as old as 600ad though you wouldn't think it, ancient marble statues, marble mines, one literally overflowing into an avalanche of white rock against a huge green peak - stunning, and also visited a Temple to Demeter which was the oh so classically Greek columned style I've been hanging out for in my minds eye of what I'll see in Greece.
The beaches are killer - we found one beautiful little bay amongst the white stone where we had our Greek picnic and lazed for the day. I looked so funny, swimmimng topless with my white goggles on checking out the fishes and old marble rock under the water. Its no biggie here to go topless so an ace opportunity to get a clean, no lines tan not to mention have the hippie sense of being one with nature swimming near nude in the med.
I see why people fall in love with this place!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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3 comments:
Great mad max beach buggy fellas! Looks tough as despite looking also pretty shrimpy. It is the colour of the banana 'SUP' that I drank today, which caused me to miss Andy dearly. Such amazing photos. But we can't comment on zenfolio. Or download photos. Oh well.
Once again your great photo work beams a tantalizing taste that is palatable and more genuine to me than much other travel photography.
I'm really glad to see everything always looks and sounds so good for you.
Miss you guys.
thanks brother!
we can give you our password to download photos if you like, you can also upload anything you like too if the free space is useful to you?
bummer about the comments i know but we're being selfish at the mo and using our time to get it all online as fast as possible so no facebook. i will do an album when we get back to the mainland, maybe in turkey so you can comment then.
miss you heaps too xx and sup.
oh and if anyone is lacking the photo link its https://www.roundtheworldexpedition.zenfolio.com
xx
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