Kirini Oia

... for me.

Ancient Thira is well worth a visit. Perched impossibly on top of a mountain of pure rock it looks out to a view to forever. It’s not hard to imagine the reasoning behind setting a city up this high, even though it must have made life very challenging for the inhabitants. Wandering around the ancient laneways poking in and out of the ruins of houses thousands of years old made me wonder what life must have been life for the original inhabitants ...

... buildings with stunning caldera backdrops that you will need another memory card. It took us almost an hour to reach the village of Imerovigli, another town perched impossibly on the top of the cliffs. Although there was nothing open in this town except the supermarket, this allowed us to get the water we needed (but not the coffee stop we craved...)

We were told that the walk to Oia is two hours, but the literature (once we read it) said 3 hours. We took more than four ...

... were unbearably hot. The first night we went out in the town, and learned that nothing starts on Ios until 3 am. We were unprepared to stay out that late, so we decided to rest up for the next night.

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We woke up at 9 am, drenched in sweat, and smelled a strong scent of black licorice wafting in from the neighboring tent. This is when we met our three french friends Togi, Julian and Frenchie (name unknown). They were already wasted, probably still from the night ...

... 10 minutes, but he finally smashed it and we were able to try to sleep (although we refused to open any doors or windows despite the stifling heat). So we haven't had a crazy night out in Santorini yet (tonight hopefully), but we did relive Arachnaphobia (spelling?). This morning we woke up newly refreshed from a full night of sleep. We rented ATVs and went to Fira, Santorini's biggest town. The ATVs are by far the best way to get around here and we had such a blast ...

... ll be able to procreate any further.
Look at the amount of mule waiting for us!!








We decided against riding it down, but we want to take a picture of us riding the mule.











This is how Ai Ling look like at the beginning of the journey, and this is how I look like half way ...