Far Out Village Ios

... at about 8pm and headed into the town to grab some dinner from the local supermarket and bakery! yummy bread things at only 1.8 euro each! Got back to the room and proceeded to sit on our balcony drink a little red wine and eat our dinner! nice relaxing day.<br><br>On the 22nd Oct we got talking to the owners of Stelios place and they recommended a day tour that started at about 10am. Thought it was a pretty good bargain at 25 euros each and we got to see basically all the ...

this trip was very special to me,because it was the first one after I finally finished with school and had the freedom to do everything I want,without anybody else controlling me!the only thing I wanted to do is find a nice place with great people to relax and so I did.i met many interesting people and it was a journey to remember!

... tend to open a tad later in the mornings after such late nights, so the early arrival 'day-trippers' who arrive daily by boat, sometimes find themselves window-shopping until mid-morning!<br><br>Finally!!.........i n bed at 11pm in our quaint dome-shaped room (purpose-built this way in an effort to withstand earthquakes......most recently, the Santorini townships were severly damaged in the late 1950s, many not being rebuilt until 1970s!)

... up for the ladies?"....no, in fact I wanted to say "you do in fact look<br>gay" but I just said "I hear ya"<br><br><br><br>Then, when phil drove me back on his atv he rented (not drinking I<br>might add, except one flaming lambourghini, though that was at the<br>beginning...can't believe that was mike, Erin and phil's first time. I<br>guess they don't have cheap-drinking-loud-mouth, barking, east Indians-on-roids that they ...

... we met for coffee that evening, Irene brought three friends along. One of the friends lived in Ios and two were visiting from another island for a few days. After coffee/tea, we went with them to a Greek restaurant for dinner (at the very late hour of 9:30PM) where we sampled octopus, a vegetable similar to cooked spinach- I was not a fan-, Greek salad -yummy-, swordfish, and some other things I don't know the English words for. Dinner was a long ...

... back to our parked ATV because this time round, we will be going uphill instead of downhill!!<br><br>Around Chora in the evening:<br><br>After returning the ATV, we strolled along the many paths in Chora to take in the peaceful atmosphere. Many villagers were sitting on stools in front of their homes to take in the cool evening breeze and were catching up with one another. It was ...

... We did not have the bus timetable and decided to take on<br>the challenge to walk back all the way to Chora, about 2km away.<br><br>We were relying solely on the sight and location of Panaghia Church, perched proudly on one of the <br>highest cliff in central Chora as a landmark to take us back to our hotel. The walk was pleasant and easy and by now, the weather has cooled down compared to earlier in ...