Sirios Village Hotel And Bungalows 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 ...

... person per day that would have been a lot for an unknown, and would stop us from trying the local cuisine.<br><br>The apartment has most of the usual facilities, and the toilet is the usual Greek affair &#8211; don&#8217;t flush the toilet paper, which is guaranteed to affect the bowel habits of any delicate western person used to flushing with abandon.<br><br>We wandered around the local area till we found a genuine supermarket &#8211 ...

... I have been most excited about.<br><br>The Samaria Gorge is the longest natural gorge in Europe (9 miles, I think?) before ending at the ocean on the southern coast of Crete. It felt like longer than that, but perhaps that was because of the rocky terrain, which kept our eyes firmly on the ground as we descended from the top of the mountain to the level part of the gorge. The hike was absolutely gorgeous--gorges (we're hilarious...). Taking the 7:30am bus was ...

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 ...

... staring or something is just not right) and there is your Pakistan man walking behind us by himself so we take one way and he is right there all the way to the market- WEIRD at least I thought! we get to the market I was showing Dave the towels he could get and suddenly Pakistan is saying Nice hey (about the towels)? thats the Greek flag (one of the towels is of the Greek flag) and Dave was like umm yeah wow cool so ok unspoken we all just decided ok stow away is with ...

... spanking my ass blowing a kiss on his ceiling over his bed and he refuses to take it down they were all laughing like WHAT NO and when girls say HEY I've seen you before I get to take the **** out fo them because I havent seen them and KNOW it's because they have been in his room! Some do NOT have the same sense of humor!!! Pitty for them!!!<br><br>SO it is as gorgeous here as ever took my breath away walking up to one rock (this FAR away beach) ok so I took a ...

... are sitting on a terrace sipping fresh orange juice, enjoying baklava and listening to Grecian radio. Nex t week we will try to take a ferr to Italy so whish us good luck! I hope you are well and not becoming too jealous *g*<br><br>~*~<br><br>SMS from mum<br><br>- Liesel are you wlaking through the (Samarian) Gorge now? At the end you can take a boat. Love mama<br><br><br>

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 ...

... for the night. The next day we were off to visit Crete's number one tourist attraction Knossos. Knossos was an ancient Minoan palace that was partly reconstructed by British archaeologist, Arthur Evans. The ruins contained several frescoes that had also been restored. We spent a few hours exploring the site before heading back to the bus station and hopping a bus to Hania in Western Crete. When we arrived in Hania, we were greeted by a friendly local named ...