Troya Hill Petra
Petra, Lésbos, Northeast Aegean Islands, 75462, Greece
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Day 239 - The Ancient City
... eateries, although lots of shop would ‘clean’ the sidewalk or promenade outside their shops with a hose. This makes some sense and is a fairly common practice in ethnic neighbourhoods in Toronto. Having just been in Africa (and other places), where water is such a scarce resource, it seemed like an excessive indulgence.
After another bus ride we arrived in Avylik (pr. Eh-veh-lick) finding the tourist cartel catering mostly to Turks while ...
Spiti mou, sweet spiti mou
... this journey, (settling back to life in a greek village is another story) except that I am grateful to everyone who helped me to get here. You have all been mentioned along the way except Ian Maynard of the 'Bongo Fury Club', who encourages all this madness.
Since last year Four of my friends have bought or are considering buying a Bongo! Yay, convoy!!!!!!!!!
A Lesvos drive photo montage, enjoy, ...
Last Full Day in Assos!
... I went straight into town because he had to get something from the tailors and we needed to go food shopping. Tugay also wanted to go the barber but after setting me up on a bench in town with my book, he came back saying there was a huge line so we didn't get to do that. After we got food, we went home and Tugay started crazily running around the house trying to get it ready for everyone coming over later. He cleaned and he cooked dinner. I meanwhile showered ...
No Seriously, Everything Really is Beautiful!
... to look out. We then stopped at an old Greek church, which I guess is only used intermittently. Our next stop was the beach so we could grab some food and swim! The water is sooooo beautiful but cold and since it's an island and not covered in tall buildings, like Manhattan, it was very windy. Regardless, Necip, Nur, Seher and I swam for a quite a while. Afterwards, we got lunch (I had chicken kebabs). We met an older Turkish woman ...
Day 39
... dinner from the buffet and I have eaten and enjoyed it so that is a good sign.
It is formal tonight so Nev has gone off all dressed up and will go to the Show.
It is a special show tonight so he can enjoy it for me also.
We are at Athens tomorrow so I will see it from the deck.
No tour booked so a winner there.
Nev has just come back to check on me before the show.
Hope all is well at home & Hong ...


