Kriti Hotel Chania

Sunday was a rest day to recover from the very late night and the pressures of driving with the Cretans – a competitive sport with few rules. We wandered along the beach and poked round the shops, finding new treats, such as baklava, a honey and pastry dessert that Chris is addicted to. Like Elton John and cocaine, Chris can not go to sleep if he knows there are the remnants of any baklava left in the room. He was devastated to find ...

... are lots of shops calling themselves supermarkets, but they are really souvenir shops. The supermarket was part of a chain called Lidl with all the usual things, but mostly in large volumes. We stocked up on breakfast supplies, water coffee and milk (our less than perfect Greek made understanding this carton difficult but the picture of a cow was a fair indication, and when we got it out later it had "Semi-Skimmed Milk" written on the ...

... donkeys wait to take any unlucky hiker who couldn't finish and had to be taken back.<br><br>At the end of the hike, we only had to walk 2 km more to get to the Libyan Sea, the perfect place to jump in after a long, sweaty hike. This end of the island was super remote and we ended up in one of the tiniest villages I've ever seen. There wasn't an ATM either, so luckily Brenden had cash, otherwise we would've missed the last boat to the last bus in Chania.<br>

We ended up taking a bus to a town called Rethmynos to see this big old fortress with a mosque and a church within it, overlooking the water. It was interesting enough, but then we headed to the main part of town, which our "trusty" Lonely Planet had referred to as the second most charming city in Crete. I can only come to the conclusion that Crete is full of some **** cities. It was a weird ghost town full of ...

... and doing nothing!<br><br>I can't believe I only have 2 ngihts left here! The time is coming so fast!!!! Dave is thinking about staying another week! ahha this place it is just like the Hotel California song you can check out but you can never leave! He is already planning on coming back next August and was devising a plan so that I could meet him here for 2 weeks haha! I am excited to go back to Athens and go ...

... where woman are or MIGHT be treated as dirt and he also thinks "american" woman are sluts- BUT for me I can understand to a point- ok touchy touchy but there is a fine libne between touching someones arm and grabbing there ass and I just think that it is an old fashioned theory tht people not covering their bodies are sluts- ok get over it the world is as it is and everyone is different. there could be a girl ina one peice with a sarong that is the biggest slut whilethe ...

To my little sister<br><br>- And jealous? :p Oh we really should have brought Ollie with us - so many cats to play with! What do you think mum &amp; Babe would think if I brought one (Cesar) home? *g* Lots of love from sunny Crete<br><br>Sis &amp; Eve<br><br>~*~<br><br>To Tini<br><br>-As promised a card from our next destination. Still on crete but 2,5 hours further on ...

A mix of chocolate, cherry and banana as I taste my icecream. We arrived at Kissamos today and we treated ourselves on a well deserved treat. We are sitting on the main square shaded from the sun by big palm leaved parasols while the crickets make as much noise as possible so we don't forget them either. Now and then a car passes or a woman walking her dog. It's ...

... went to the harbour-front and bought tickets for a snorkelling trip that left at 1330 and returned at 1800. We first circled an island that supposedly houses breeding kri-kri. It's not a big island but we didn't see a single animal other than birds. From there they took us to snorkel over the wreck of a German Meschersmitt that was shot down in the Second World War. There is not much left to indicate that it was a plane, but I'll ...