Sunday, 14 October 2007

Crete and onwards

So far the islands have been A M A Z I N G!

clear water on crete

For a place that i've been dreaming of for so long it's still surprising how stunned i am to be here and by how idyllic this place is. just incredible.

Venetian fort - Iralion, Crete

We spend a few days in Malia, Crete (think Malaga) which is a English package tourist destination - as our old friend the kid was working there.

Ange, The Kid, Ainsley

Here is us with some cats we met out there. Good times out at the bars in Malia :)

New friends

Nice as it was we headed east to Vai beach which is a stunner. Hanging all day on our own little cove, the diving was incredible with practically unlimited visibility!

It has been eash to get around with local public transport (buses) and we ventured to Sitia and also to Agios Nikolos both on the East/NE side of Crete.

Agios Nikolas, Crete

Food is great and still easy to find cheap, traditional cuisine. I love the meze snacks, tzaziki (spelling?) and the squid is as tender as you could dream of.

Greek meze plate - "Cretan style"

Vai beach was a stunner! It's the beach used in the bounty bar advert... Great snorkeling...
Vai Beach on Crete
i'll be ready...
Sea Urchins at Crete

Even the port towns are beautiful and the water relatively clear. Lovely colourful fishing boats...

Iralio port

Fast ferry to Crete. We shouldn've taken the slow boat to have time to soak up the beauty of the place :)

Ferry to Santorini

We then left Crete for Santorini where we now are chilling out in a lovely oceanside apartment complete with pool.

Our Apartments

We've rented a moped to buzz our way around as needed. Yesterday we did a big trip around snapping photos of all the beautiful church buildings set with the perfect blue sky backdrop.

Here are some of our favourite pics so far from Santorini!

Santorini

Santorini at night

Tomorrow we head out on a boat trip to visit the volcano and the hot pools in the island caldera...

1 comment:

ceeceeemmjay said...

dude, greece looks stunning!! sounds like you and ange are soaking it up and then some... nice