Total miles travelled; 3,048 nautical milesFinally we have blue skies, blue water with nothing short of riplets as we dropped anchor off the shore of Gythion.Gythion or Gythio is a harbour settlement, located in the southern Peloponnese in the Gulf of Lakonikis. The myth says that it was founded by Hercules, but historians believe that the town was first inhabited by the Phoenicians. It is the gateway to Sparta that lies a short distance over the mountains that s...

Total distance travelled: 2,740 nautical milesThe ship departed at 4pm on the dot. Rhodes is only a stones though from this part of the Turkish coast and sure enough after about an hour we could see the Greek Island on our portside. We were about 5 miles off shore. During the 342 nautical miles across the Aegean Sea to Volos we passed Greek Islands too numerous to mention.Another excellent show was produced called: The Land of the Pharaohs. The costumes, as expec...