Galaxy Laganas

... may be an entry called ‘Brian’s grand I told you so’ soon…

To me, that makes for more interesting adventures. To Brian, that makes for frustration.

Surprisingly the bikes held it together long enough to make it to the next camping spot - right along the water’s edge. Crashing waves will sing us to sleep tonight. A beautiful beach ...

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The Norwegian Jade is pretty big and has heaps of restaurants and bars to visit. They also have a great spa centre which has managed to soad up a fair bit of $$$'s from me.

Out of the 2,400 passengers there are around 70 Aussies - I've met some and so far none from Melbourne (a couple from Geelong are the closest). Most are from Sydney and a few Queenslanders thrown in.. I've also met up with a Kiwi couple from ...

... is deffenetly the place to be. Laganas is full of bars, clubs and pubs. Be carefuul, if you arrive at the begining of the week you won't have to much activity. I went in Laganas on Monday and there were few fellows, but on Friday was madness! Depending on your budget, you can find cheap food, drink and accomodation, or luxurious hotels and spas, fancy restaurants and seafood delicacy.

The island is for anyone, any age, any taste. Buy a map of the island because the nicest ...

... of bronze figurines, pottery and armor that are remanants
of the tributes. The ruins are very vast - like a modern Olympic
villiage they had buildings for officials and athletes with sleeping
quarters, baths, training facilities and of course the stadium.

... tourists in town! and after a short walk about we settled down for a drink at the bus station cafe. As usual once off the beaten track the prices were incredibly cheap, and it was an excellent frappe as well. Then we set off to find the church.

I'd gained no clear idea of its location in the town, making me suspect in retrospect that the guidebooks that mention it are based on report and not on first-hand ...

... lots of shady pitches, all of a decent size and ringed with hedges; the gentlemen in charge are friendly and helpful (lots of chances for me to practice my Greek... which came back gratifyingly well thanks goodness) and they operate a very well-stocked minimarket, a bar and a taverna. To top it off, the washing blocks are excellently maintained and there are also kitchen and laundry areas... and best ...

... late. Fortunately, another Greek lady that spoke English had the same destination as us and was able to show us which bus to get on and explain things a bit because these bus systems are not the most clear things in the world. The bus had already picked up a bunch of people along the route so when we got on, we finished filling the last open seats scattered throughout the bus. This means I had that extra little seat in the way back that is in the middle of 5 ...

Isn't that funny? I love sun, heat, swimming-pool, seaside, but I got bored in such conditions on Zakynthos. I thought as if I was in a cage. Touristic zone, small Porta Koukla, near Laganas - was too small for the city dweller like me. One restaurant and two shops when I could pay with credit cards. Is it EU at all? With such a huge touristic demand and therfore experience they didn't think much of the facilities.

Zante je glavni grad ovog Zakinotsa. Nakon zemljotresa i velikog požara iz 1953 godine grad je ponovo izgrađen u venecijanskom i vizantijskom stilu. Gred se često i naziva Venecijom juga.  Ovo je jedino mesto na ostrvu gde u sezoni ima više meštana nego turista. Većina ostrvske populacije koja broji oko 35.000 stanovnika živi upravo u ovom gradu.  U gradu postoji mnoštvo hotela oko luke ali plaža je ovde vrlo ...

... found the place, which was just off the main road, so it was central but without much noise. But the place itself, jeez, it was just falling apart! The sign was barely readable and we had to wait for Barbara to get there to open our rooms. The interior was a little better, but with a small corner for the shower and a broken kettle wasnt what we really expected, but yeh didnt really matter as i ...