We arrived in Ios expecting it to be the same as Mykonos and to a certain level they were the same. Same little square houses. Same blue ocean. But as we were carted up the steep hill to our hostel Francesco's we did notice a few differences. It was much smaller, quieter and the population appeared to be predominantly Australian with a small Greek minority. The hostel again was great with an awesome view over the town and a cool bar were they served welcome sho...

We got off the plane in Athens and rushed to the ferry port Rafina (about an hours bus away). We rushed so much that we didn't realize we actually had about 5 hours till the ferry and Rafina port isn't much more than the equivalent of a bus stop. We didn't let this get us down though because the weather was stunning, the sea was blue and we were in Greece gosh darnit! So we found headed to one of the restaurants to grab a Greek meal (we only went to the restaura...