Today I got up really early and got a cab to Akrotiri, yet another white knuckle ride and an expensive one at that. To my horror the Akrotiri excavation was closed. I soon bucked up and realised there were many reasons I had come to this island and I would do something else I thought I was going to miss, like standing on that black sand. So I asked the driver to take me to Black Beach, which was quite close to where I was now. Once there I ran out onto the flat ...

As I arrived in the Calderra of Santorini this afternoon, after my escape from Mykonos, I was torn between the awesome sight out the window and an ad on the TV advertising travel in Egypt, I couldn't believe how much I wanted to go back. We docked on the volcanic island of Santorini and I wrenched my suitcase off the boat in a mad and chaotic struggle (not unlike Mykonos) to find my transfer. Upon meeting my representative from Meridian I was faced with "You...

I went down to the Jetty the next day and re purchased my boat tickets to Delos. I went over to the captain and asked if he was going to Delos today and to my delight he said yes and I boarded his ship, the Orca. It was a beautiful day and the trip took about forty minutes, we sailed around to the other side of the Island, past many rocky outcrops and finally came into the little cove on the tiny island of Delos. The island was truly deserted and I raced off int...

I had a much needed sleep in as I was on my own time and then went down to the jetty to see if I could get the boat to Delos. I bought my ticket and had a little time to kill before boarding so I walked around for a bit. When I went to board I was told that the boats would not be running today due to the windy weather. I was devastated as this was the only time I had to do this. I went and got a refund on my ticket and sulked on the towns beach for a while. I eve...

The next morning I awoke and got up to go to the loo, while in the loo my hotel room phone rang and when I got to it, it was the hotel manager telling me my transfer to Piraeus had arrived! I quickly got dressed and threw all my stuff into my suitcase, boy did I give them a piece of my mind when I got down to the lobby, it turns out the woman on reception had been too lazy to check my pigeon hole and my tour information had been waiting since 4pm the day before. ...