Day 50 - Breakfast was on the balcony overlooking the Caldera and watching a couple of large cruise ships coming into port well below us. What a way to eat cornflakes. We walked (up & down steps) to the bus depot at the back of the village for a 20 minute ride back to explore the port village of Thira. A connecting bus took us to a beach resort of Kamari on the opposite side of the island. The beach is unusual in that it is made up of small black lava pebbl...

Day 49 - A late start today as checkout wasn't til 12 noon. The resort bus transferred us to the "New Port" to catch the "High Speed 5" catamaran to Santorini. This large ferry had two levels of car accommodation and seating for over 400 passengers and a cruising speed of over 40 knots. Our journey took around two and a half hours with stops at Los & Paros islands. Our taxi took us from Thira, the capital and main port of Santorini on a 30 minute drive to O...