Kos, Greece

On a ferry between Kos and Santorini in the Greek Islands. Satelite internet will not allow photo uploads. Will updat photos ASAP!

What a way to finish this magical mystery tour. We arrived in Greece on Saturday 4th, June after a very early start flying from Bari (Italy) with Ryanair. It's flying like that which makes me realise what a wonderful airline Ansett truly was. I am still dumbfounded that people will jostle onto an aircraft with no designated seat and grab whatever is available. During this stage it is each man for himself, luckily Jordan had the manners to help an elderly Italian lady with her bag, she was so impressed and prattled off what we think was a flurry of praise in Italian before firmly planting a kiss on his cheek. Poor Jordan was a little embarassed but he sure could teach some Italian men good old fashioned Aussie manners. It also makes you a little nervous when a great cheer goes up after a successful take-off and then the same response for landing. Don't even get me started on the taxi ride to the airport that morning. Seven of us crammed into a 5-seater and the driver cornering like it was the Indy 500. We had to dig Alex out from all the luggage that had toppled onto him during the speedy trip.

The journey however proved to be more than worth it as shortly after landing in Kos we found a cheap, clean apartment overlooking the sparkling Aegean and only a 50 metre walk to the best beach (Kefalos) this holiday. Sunday 5th, June was our last special occasion for this holiday, Alexanders' ninth birthday. What better present than a snorkelling set (we bought one extra set as six was pushing it for our luggage) and have, in pairs, been underwater ever since. If that wasn't enough, the locals are extremely friendly, the restaurants are cheap and this place is so relaxing. But the ultimate surprise and thrill for the boys came today when I wandered up to the local bike rental company and for 15Euro rented a quad bike for the day. In the boys' words "this is awesome!", "this is as good as snow skiing!" and of course the obvious........ "Can we buy one of these when we get home?"

And so we near the end...... from the Canyons of Arizona/Utah to the ski fields of Vancouver, ice skating in New York and everywhere in between. Ten weeks touring as much of Europe as we possibly could, cruising the Mediterranean and now snorkelling and quad biking in Greece.

From here we plan to do a little Island hopping, starting with a ferry ride to Santorini tomorrow night, then to Paros, Athens and Singapore. The adventure is not over yet!!!!!!!!!

Geia Sou       (Yasoo)

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