Today I bought a coach ticket to Malia, which was quite reasonable, five Euros I think return. The drive was very comfortable and thankfully in an air-conditioned bus who's final stop was Malia, so it did not actually seem difficult at that point. However, we arrived in a small town, which kind of reminded me of an English high street except for the extreme heat and people walking around in swim wear. The driver yelled "End of the Line, everyone off! Oh no, ...

I awoke early the next day, I only had two days to explore Crete the largest Island on my tour and one where I knew there was an awful lot to see. I had breakfast at the hotel and then headed down to Iraklio. I walked through the Venetian fortifications and right up the main street. I wished I had looked in my trusty guide book first as I walked about a mile in the wrong direction assuming the main bus terminal would be in the middle of the city. I soon found out...

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...