Friday, 6th July Abelike Bay, Meganisi We have been back to island hopping. We had an interesting stop by a rock sticking out of the sea (an islet really) called Formikoula. We had seen a tripper boat in there when passing a week or so earlier, so thought it must be picturesque. There was one there when we arrived, its passengers leaping off its decks for some swimming. We settled behind it, 10 minutes later it left, we moved in closer and then had our own priva...

Port Marathia, Wed, 27th June Between us (COTGC), we hired a car on Sat, took C&J to Kefalonia airport and then toured the island the rest of the day. We went up the West Coast of the island to see famous beaches and villages that we knew we would not get to by boat. We then went south to the Ainos National Park, a mountainous area rising to 1800 metres and covered in Kefalonian pines. It was bizarre to drive up, passing a snow-chains sign from which every 1...

22nd June Sami, Kefalonia I have a huge backlog, so will keep this brief-ish. We had a great (hot!) week with friends Clive & Jane of Talisman fame. We have moved on from COOC and COCRC (Chums of various complexions) and are now Chums of Two Goat Cove (or Chums of 8 Bum Bay - but more of that later).A week of island hopping (Kefalonia, Ithaca, Atoko, Kastos, Arkoudhi, Levkas), cove combing, swimming, eating and village exploring. We tried to visit an undergr...

Galaxidi, 9th June, Trizonia 10th June Patras 12th June In and out of Gulfs and Up and Down HillsGalaxidi has been our home for a few days whilst we visited Delphi. The heat has become overwhelming though, so it is time to start heading back out to the islands. First stop back to little Trizonia, for much needed cooling off in the clean water of the bay.Then on out of the Gulf of Corinth, back under the Rion Bridge, into Gulf of Patras and to the city of Patras ...

Delphi, 8th JuneGreek buses. They are modern, cool and clean. And nigh impossible to catch. Bus stations that aren't bus stations or stations that moved 2 days previously to the other end of town (but no-one was told). There are no bus station signs. No Bus stop signs. No time-tables. There was actually a bus-station at our connecting bus town of Itea, but the times she gave for various buses differed from the two other lots of times we were given by various ca...