well, after a school boy error of thinking the fast ferry from piraeus to santorini would not be full and it was, we then had to take an overnight ferry to santorini! which arrived at 4.30am this morning, unfortunately our hotel transport did not turn up until 7.30am because the mini bus driver was too tired to pick us up!! and the hotel would not pick up their phone!! so mei ling and i saw the sunrise over santorini island, it was the only bonus to waiting aroun...

after a bus trip from athens, we arrived in nafplio. a beautiful little village on the peloponnese island. unfortunately we only had one night, but it was a welcome change to the hussle and bussle of athens! it was just a place to wonder around and take in the cafes along the sea front. if we had a bit longer we would have made some day trips to olympia for example. we also did a bit more shopping, well mei ling did! that night we had a meal of fish along t...

well after a bus, train, ferry, bus and bus i arrived in athens from the amalfi coast, rather hot and tired! unfortunatley for mei ling her flight was delayed, so she didn't arrive unitl 22.30 at night, so i then went out to the airport to meet her. for those of you who may have done the ferry from italy to greece, you feel like you are coming on the back door, very hard to find your way from the ferry to the bus to athens, then from the bus station to the loca...

after arriving yesterday at a sweet little village 200 metres from amalfi, atrani, i found my hostel. it was an hour and a half bus ride along the winding road from sorrento, but the scenery was spectacular. after cooling down from carrying my pack in thirty degree heat. i wondered to amalfi for a spot of window shopping, the amalfi coast is not exactly the cheapest place in europe!today i jumped on the bus again and went to ravello and positano. ravello would ha...

it's now day 3 of my trip. after arriving safely in naples, i found my way to my hostel, bella capri hostel, which was a nice hostel. that night i went out for pizza with a few other people from the hostel (would you eat anything else in the home of pizza!). the next day i went to the museum of archaeological, which has ruins from pompei, well worth seeing. that afternoon, i walked around naples, it not as bad as i thought it would be. later in the afternoon ...