Anna Traditional Apartments Kamari

Our relaxed schedule meant that we had one last day to enjoy what Fira could offer. We visited the museum that houses the finds from Akrotiri – lots of pottery and some interesting wall paintings. A small gold animal figurine was particularly impressive. The museum is modern and well displayed, but as we were the only visitors there we didn't really enjoy the personal security supervision that followed us from exhibit to exhibit like a distrustful overseer.

As we ...

... let out a shriek – I told myself it was in pure joy. Georgie followed shortly after and the three of them set off swimming toward the shore hoping to find the hot springs that were promised. As we waited on the boat we heard more shrieks and moans from the direction they had gone. At one point I thought I heard a blood-curdling scream, but it turned out to be a resident rooster.

After about ten minutes we saw them on their way back. They got back into ...

... We were headed for the ancient ruins of Thira. We couldn't get in because it closes at 2.30pm each day and we were half an hour past that time. It looked worthy of another visit so we decided to come back the next day.

We drove back down the mountain then along the beachfront at Kamari, noting the numerous trendy bars (all closed) and cafes (all closed bar 3 or 4). We continued along the waterfront for as long as we could until the road diverted us back inland. It ...

There are simple ways of getting to Oia (or Ia as it is also know and how you pronounce it), such as bus, taxi or hire car. But who needs simple? I had read as part of my research about the wonderful walk between Fira and Oia and I thought we'd give it a try. Loading up the backpack with some supplies (but forgetting water of all things) we set off through the town of Fira which seamlessly turns into Firostafani. Along the way there are so many photo opportunities to get pretty pictures of ...

... into the volcanic rock-we didn't get to go inside of one, but it was intriguing nonetheless. Finally, it came time to make a decision as to how to get back to the base of the island (the cities are 900 feet above sea level!)-donkey or cable car? Well, we took the cable cars, because we didn't hear many good things about the donkeys and I would have felt guilt riding them...poor donkeys. Nick was very brave on ...

Friday 17 August Today reached 41 degrees!! That was the temperature at the port at 1700 anyway so it was probably hotter in the day! I got some emails about some fires?? and so I thought id say no, we weren't in danger and no, we didn't even know there were fires. We saw one monsoon copter and the sky was an odd shade of brown so we guessed there was a fire somewhere but we didn't realise they were going to reach the NZ news! We started our day by walking down to a shop to try ...

Today, we decided to get up early to watch the sun rises from the black sand beach. We had to get up by 5:00!! @_@












We waited and waited, and we still couldn't see the sun even though the surroundings are a little brighter already.














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But the food is actually pretty good. It is from Greece that I learnt about Zucchini, and we ate plenty of them!

















I don't need to learn about beef, I can have them everywhere :p








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