We arrived in Side later than we had planned due to some buses going less often than we had thought, but feeling positive. This feeling was somewhat challenged when we carefully followed the map provided by booking.com only to end up staring at an empty field. We tried calling the hotel. No answer. We asked…
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Roasting marshmallows on Mt Olympos
Our next stop after Kas was the town of Olympos, where we stayed in a “tree house” (actually a bungalow – there is some rule about not building houses with foundations). A vegetarian breakfast and dinner were included, which we don’t normally go for but made it a pretty good deal. When we…
Kayaking in Kas
We arrived in Kas (pronounced Cash) a couple of days after they apparently have a big celebration in the middle of town to celebrate the end of tourist season. We wondered…are they celebrating that the tourists have brought money into town and made it a good season, or that they will now be free of…
Rhodes
We managed to take the looooong way to Rhodes…one of the things about travelling off season in Greece is the ferries don’t run as often or as directly. Our trip to Rhodes took from 3am until about midnight…quite a long time to be on a ferry, but at least it was a fairly comfortable one….
Piako goes to Turkey
Piako really liked Turkey. He got to explore the beautiful town of Side – he loved the ampitheatre and the beach! He also liked Goreme, where he got to stay in a cave and see “fairy chimney” rock formations.
Exploring Santorini
On Thursday we hired an ATV and set off to explore the island. Reuben did a great job of driving our ATV, which we nicknamed Slow Monk. Slow Monk struggled with hills…a lot…at one point we went up a big hill at the massive speed of 12km per hour! First was Red Beach,…
Visiting a volcano in Greece
Another early morning start…this one for a ferry trip to the Greek island of Santorini. We had booked to stay for five days in Santorini. Santorini is famous for its villages perched on the top of cliffs formed by a volcano, but we actually stayed at a little black sand beach on the other side…
Delphi and the Temple of Poseidon
On our third day in Athens, we got up early to take a bus to Delphi. We decided not to take a tour but rather take a public bus, which was really straightforward and comfortable, and saved us about 60 Euros each! We spent the day exploring the Sanctuary of Apollo and the Sanctuary of Athena,…
Meandering Kiwis 