We arrived in Santorini after an interesting ferry ride. Marnie projectile vomitted into a chip bag before the boat had even started after a few too many drinks the night before. We then had to endure the boy next to us on the ferry vomitting all the way to Santorini. Getting picked up and taken to our hotel we were pleasently surpised to find the place was beautiful! Complete opposite to our Mykonos accommodation. In the afternoon we didn't do too much. Layed by the pool, walked down to the shops that were by
our place, saw the beach with the black volcanic ash shore.
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| Stellios place (our hotel and pool) |
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| jumping in |
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| Black ash beach - Perissa out front of our hotel |
We wanted to rent bikes for the day so we could explore the island. After seeing tons of people with road rash up and down their arms and legs and hearing scooter stories, we decided that 4 wheels were better than 2, and went for the ATVs (quad bikes). For only 16 Euro each for the day it was definately worth while. The first thing we did was dropoff our laundry. Yes, we've only done proper laundry once since we've been away, things are beyond dirty at this point; but like we said, our standards are lower when you're living out of the one bag on your back. Our beach towels are as stiff as a board with all the salt that it has soaked up from weeks of swimming.
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| Quad biking |
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| driving along |
Then we headed up to Pirgos. The highest point on the island that you can see the panaramic view of Santorini, as well as the volcano next to it and other nearby islands. It was a bit scary driving up while on the edge of a cliff and busses passing by, but we made it to the top for some great views! We then headed to the capital of the island, Thira, for some sight seeing and some shopping. It was PACKED with tourists, and made me glad to be on the quiet side of the island. After some retail therapy led marnie to realise her travel money card was not in her wallet or bag, she freaked out and we drove back to our hotel to find it in her travel wallet.
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| View in Thira |
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| Unique sunset |
We then cruised around the island a bit more, taking in the beautiful views. We headed to the Red Beach, and a lighthouse with amazing views on the east side of the island. After a bit more riding around, and some lounging by the pool, we had dinner with a view and watched the beautiful 'unique' sunset. We all agreed that day was a GREAT day.
The next day we had organised to take a tour of the Volcanic island, hot springs and sunset of IA. The tour went from 10am until 10pm - it was a long day thats for sure. We caught a pirate ship looking boat over to the volcanic island where we hiked 25 minutes uphill in 45 degree heat to reach the peak where we were given a history lesson on the activity of the Volcano and how it is still active today. You could feel the heat rising up from the ash through your shoes and could see the smoke rising up from it. We then hiked back down to then be taken on the boat to the hot springs. The water was from 25 degrees to 30 degrees and was bright orange/brown mud. It was really unusual as it connected to the ocean so one minute you were swimming in the ocean and then next it was the hot springs. We hopped on the boat again and went to a fishing village for lunch. The lunch proved to be one of the best yet. After watching some donkeys stroll down the mountain we got back on the boat to IA. This was our last stop for the day, we got icecreams and sat on the edge of the cliff and watched the sunset with the thousands of other people also there. The sunset was really nice and it was a really romantic evening for the three of us. Off back to the bus to be taken home for a well deserved sleep.
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