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Cruise Phase 1
... the ports at the same time as us which makes it busy and crowded. As you would expect, most of our sightseeing is limited to the areas around the ports. Time and opportunity prohibits in depth exploring, but it certainly allows us to get the flavour of the different places we have visited.
While cruising might not be for everyone, it certainly has been a great experience so far. Very good if you want to practise your skill of striking up a conversation with random ...
Arrived in Heraklion
... feels like a small town, with a few cafe' and bars along the "high street" which leads you to the harbour where a pretty Venetian fortress stands tall and strong. We take a gentle stroll and a few pictures of the scenery before we sit down for an aperitif (non-alcoholic for me, boooo) and a lovely lunch underneath a tree, right in the middle of a small square just off the high street. Food is ...
Heraklion to Mykonos - Ferry Trip from hell
... with white towns. We can see Oia and Thira and few other towns.
7.30pm and no sign of a ferry. Feeling somewhat frustrated we head back to the office to see that cranky cow who has absolutely no customer service skills. We get told 8.45pm. Several times back and forth to the office to get information. Hellenic Sea Ways were absolutely dreadful, no information given to passengers, no apology announced, no vouchers for a drink or meal, ...
Goodbye Crete
27TH SEPTEMBER 2012 - Up this morning to another beautiful day close to Elafonisi but unfortunately we have to leave. We get back to Kissamos and grab some money from the ATM. We find a couple of travel agents to buy some ferry tickets for tomorrow from Heraklion to Mykonos without any success. One agent in town of Kissamos tells me that they are booked out. For some reason we didn’t believe her. Well we don’t want to spend another night in Heraklion. We get ...
Beautiful Elafonissi Beach
... olives, honey, raki etc. I saw large jar of honey for 12 euro because it was at a gorge lookout (Samaria Gorge), well the cheapest I saw same size jar was 0.90 euro at a taverna at Glysteri, unbelievable!
We get to Elafonisi beach and OMG its beautiful and we decide to check into the hotel that is the closest to this beach - Elafonisi Beach Rooms for Rent for only 40 euro per night with a double bed and comfy mattress (now that is a bonus) ...
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