Hotel International Sarande

... are very necessary, as the border formalities, filling out of numerous Arabic documents and other arbitrary checks take as much time in the chaos of the boarding. The only way to navigate this confusion is by employing two expensive fixers.

ETD (estimated time of departure):
The boat leaves with about an average of one or four hours delay.

Passenger areas:
People generally lie around on deck or sit on the steps leading down to ...

... of the Paleo Frourio, an old Venetian fort. That was pretty cool. Then, late this afternoon we went through the Archaeological Museum. We didn't spend much time here since it was close to closing time and we were all tired from the water park.

That evening though we ate at our first authentic Greek taverna, we found one playing Greek music ...

Hello Friends!!!

I'm torn between it being a relief and a disappointment that I now speak English freely among all the other English-speaking folks. (I'm on the cruise.) While there are over 40 countries represented by visitors, America absolutely took the cake by almost triple that of any other country. I also don't know whether I'm proud of that fact or embarrassed by it. You might say that I'm going through a patriotic self-crisis.

The cruise has been fan ...

... straight for the cable car queue. The compromise (after Robyn found out the cable car queue was an hour’s wait) was a donkey ride up the zig zag path. Robyn only just got on her donkey before it took off at full speed. Olivia was on next and much to Mitchell’s disgust the guy lifted him straight off his feet and planted him behind her as a pillion passenger. Next was Chris’s ride with Ryan planted in front of him. Their donkey ...

... Everyone on the boat was being sick in the toilets in the sick bags it was vile and even the staff on the boat were at it. Anyways was looking at Ian and he had gone a funny colour next minute he grabbed the sick bag and was really ill. I could not help it but was laughing while I was rubbing his back but the noices where making me and Katy ill couldnt look at him. We finally docked at Bari a whole 14 hours later and I swear I am never ever doing a boat ride like that again.

... they spend a lot of time relaxing, because they live on an island. I have only one dislike. The water was too cold and dirty for my taste, but there are a lot of swimming pools around, so I didn't need to swim in the open. This journey was a fun journey and I will never forget it.

... out later he recently divorced/wife died? and he was actually best kind) jumps off ferry with us
Lunch of champions (2E gyros+1E pint of Mythos)
Exponential increase in the use of "Whasname" (Callahan loving it)
The realization that without height discussions and saying "Nice!" that Bosh is useless at talking to people
"Front calf" -Abby
The Relish (Welsh): Sam, Erin, Gemma
-Smitty's beer goggles in full effect in believe ...

... i guess. well it was quite a walk down to this place, compounded by the excessive lying - 'oh, it's about a 10 minute walk,' 'oh, just a bit more,' - i just wished i had put my walking shoes on instead of flip flops. In the end only half of the group went down to the club, the rest of us stayed on the roof, drinking beer and talking, and watching the ferries arriving in Corfu and others departing for Italy. We fell asleep in our sleeping bags under the stars.

... other tourists at the top of the mountain, most of them watching the blaze and taking pictures with themselves in the foreground. To enter the monastery compound one had to be 'respectfully dressed' which excluded the majority of the tourists, many of whom wore just bikinis or swimming trunks. For those who wanted a look around but found themselves deemed unsuitably attired a woman sat at a wooden table at the entrance and handed out frumpy-looking floral frocks in ...

... we visited the archaeological ruins of Butrint. It was amazing~! We actually walked down to one of the 5 star hotels, and asked about the trip to Butrint, and she said, 'hold on.....I'll call someone to take you.' And she did.

Butrint was a blast to explore. The weather was perfect, and we hit all of the major areas.

Our driver was the sweetest little man. He drove us to the site, and then just waited for us. Afterwards ...