April 27: Today we managed to get up around 11am. We knew
that our Quad bike was due back at 3pm so we got going to the beach fairly
quickly. Pat’s feet were indeed burned from his jog on the beach the day
before. We were able to find Red Sand Beach without much issue. The Akrotiri beach is somewhat secluded and once ATVing near to it we had a small hike to
take us there.
The red sand beach was even more beautiful then the black sand beach the day before. The water was a beautiful azure blue and on the other side of the beach was a rough, ferrous red cliff.
The sand itself was a dark red mix of the red iron stones and black volcanic rock.
Today was another gorgeous day and may have even been hotter then the day before. After only a small amount of reading I was soon sweating. I was quick to grab my goggles and head into the sea. The water was warm and after a bit of swimming around Pat joined me. We stood around in the water and looked down at the fish swimming around our feet. It was too soon time for us to head back to Fira to return our ATV. We stopped at a viewing platform by the side of the road on our way and got some great shots of the scenery.
An older couple stopped by while we were there and asked if I could take some photos of them. They took some photos of us after, though those are on Pat’s camera. We were making good time getting back, so on our way we stopped into a grocery store and a bakery to get some supplies for that night. We dropped the supplies off at the hotel then I went to drop off the ATV. The rental company had given us a ride into town to get the ATV and once I got there they offered me a ride back. I deferred their offer temporarily as I had decided it was about time I got some souvenirs. After a quick walk through the town I had found what I was looking for and got a ride back to Villa Manos. We had only the one more night booked at the hotel so we got around to looking up ferries. There was a ferry to Mykonos the next day at noon. The woman who ran the hotel had told us earlier to tell her the day before we checked out, so once Pat had booked a hotel I went down to tell her our plans. She told us to come down to reception around 9:30am the next day and we would sort out the ferry and our ride there. A short time later there was a call from outside our window to come to reception, when we got there she had made us some salad and pasta. My computer charger has developed some issues over the past few days where even though attached to the computer it doesn’t always charge it. This caused it to die at one point while I was using it this evening and I had to get a boost from Pat’s charger before I could get back to my shoddy charger. While my computer recovered I finished The Blind Assassin. I think Pat will soon finish his collection of Hitchens essays so I may devour that next. Soon enough we called it a night.
The red sand beach was even more beautiful then the black sand beach the day before. The water was a beautiful azure blue and on the other side of the beach was a rough, ferrous red cliff.
The sand itself was a dark red mix of the red iron stones and black volcanic rock.
Today was another gorgeous day and may have even been hotter then the day before. After only a small amount of reading I was soon sweating. I was quick to grab my goggles and head into the sea. The water was warm and after a bit of swimming around Pat joined me. We stood around in the water and looked down at the fish swimming around our feet. It was too soon time for us to head back to Fira to return our ATV. We stopped at a viewing platform by the side of the road on our way and got some great shots of the scenery.
An older couple stopped by while we were there and asked if I could take some photos of them. They took some photos of us after, though those are on Pat’s camera. We were making good time getting back, so on our way we stopped into a grocery store and a bakery to get some supplies for that night. We dropped the supplies off at the hotel then I went to drop off the ATV. The rental company had given us a ride into town to get the ATV and once I got there they offered me a ride back. I deferred their offer temporarily as I had decided it was about time I got some souvenirs. After a quick walk through the town I had found what I was looking for and got a ride back to Villa Manos. We had only the one more night booked at the hotel so we got around to looking up ferries. There was a ferry to Mykonos the next day at noon. The woman who ran the hotel had told us earlier to tell her the day before we checked out, so once Pat had booked a hotel I went down to tell her our plans. She told us to come down to reception around 9:30am the next day and we would sort out the ferry and our ride there. A short time later there was a call from outside our window to come to reception, when we got there she had made us some salad and pasta. My computer charger has developed some issues over the past few days where even though attached to the computer it doesn’t always charge it. This caused it to die at one point while I was using it this evening and I had to get a boost from Pat’s charger before I could get back to my shoddy charger. While my computer recovered I finished The Blind Assassin. I think Pat will soon finish his collection of Hitchens essays so I may devour that next. Soon enough we called it a night.
No comments:
Post a Comment