Hotel Africa Rhodes

Another beautiful day. Sunny 78 degrees on the island of Rhodes. We travel to Lindos half way down the island. To see the Acropolis were Paul spoke to the Greeks. A long climb to the top with a view to forever. Just outstanding. Back to the boat early to catch some sun by the pool.<br><br>I am going to upload a couple of pics from yesterday on Myconos to give you an idea of the beauty here.<br><br>Davo and Janet

... all we could of the castle, we ventured outside the walls to go check out some ancient ruins. On the map, there was a big green park with some old ruins labeled, and it didn't look too far away. What the map didn't show was that it was uphill, hard to find, and when we got there it wasn't a park at all, but just an ancient stadium and some old columns surrounded by ...

... of little alleyways again and you realized that you had come back to where you started. It was fun and we spent about 4 hours in there and then walked back to the ship. Had a late lunch on the ship and went to our cabin to have our afternoon siesta and watched Get Smart on tv. We decided to have a day off the grog so watched the ship leave from deck 7 and headed to the Casino for a short time and then came home.

After a quick breakfast, we headed off to the port to catch our 9am ferry to Rhodes, but it looked like everyone else in Fethiye had the same idea. The boat was full of those annoying package holiday makers on a day trip to Rhodes. <br><br>After a rough ride, we bought our tickets to Athens (Rhodes to Athens &#8364;53 each, one way) and had the whole day to spend in Rhodes before our next ferry departed. <br><br>Rhodes was famous worldwide in the ancient world for the Colossus of Rhodes ...

... coming back was a early morning flight<br>sunday. but would much pref a aftertoon flight both ways!!<br><br>we had two weeks all inclusive. meaing the food and drinks included<br>places visited lindos,perfkos, falraiki,rhodes and symi island. also<br>did a jeep safari tour on the island was great. sure was action!1<br><br>Start of travels: Sep 05, 2009<br>End of travels: Sep 20, 2009

... shaft, but they reported nothing wrong. The captain's lecture today was about early navigation tools, the most significant of which is, to put it succinctly, the depth gauge. The main point of navigation is to avoid running aground. The lead ball was supplemented by a small bucket to bring of some of the bottom to see what it was and to smell it. Sniff, sniff -- nope, not a good fishing spot. Ruth is a paying ...

10 Oct - Yesterday we decided to hire a car for the last 2 days we are on Rhodos so we can tour the island. Its only 80kms long and around 220kms right round, so we're hoping we'll find some interesting spots on the way! As we leave the Old Town, we're glad we've got the car - there are 8 cruise ships in port today - all large and 2 huge, all discharging their passengers into the Old Town for a day's sight seeing..... Our route today takes us down the east coast of the island ...

My sister and I met up with our dad on the island of Rhodes, in the main city Rhodes Town. Rhodes has passed through a lot of different hands, including the Venetians and the Knights of Saint John. The Venetians built a killer fortress, and the knights fortified it and expanded, so that Rhodes old town is a very grand fortress-style city that makes you think of King Arthur and his knights. These particular knights used the fortress as a base when heading ...

... around 5am English time, Sarah drove up from Manchester and I have managed a couple of hours sleep. I've discovered the local business service centre has free internet, so until I get a job, I might actually have time to do some correspondence, although I'm not sure about downloading pix here. Oh and I'm officially pretty much flat broke. So I guess unless Cosmos want to fly me over to Greece, I may not be venturing far for a while... although there's always the Visa!

August 28th - Rhodes, Greece<br><br>I awoke at half past three. We were docked at some large town - and had been for some time. Was this Rhodes ? I ran down to the lower deck looking for someone to ask, anyone. But the ship was deserted. I caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror. I looked like the Wild man of Borneo, I thought. Eventually I found a man in a blue suit who dismissed my worries and told me to go back to sleep. I went back to my snug spot on the oily deck and dreamed I was ...