Destination: Greece

Photos: Athens

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery

The Road to Rhodes

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 | By graynomadsusa | Views [156]

WE FIRST ATTEMPTED TO VISIT RHODES from Turkey in 2006 or thereabouts but it was wintertime and the ferries weren’t running, or maybe they were just avoiding Greece. Turkey and Greece have that kind of relationship.      ... Read more >

The View From Piraeus

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 | By graynomadsusa | Views [186]

PIRAEUS IS THE BUSIEST PORT I have ever seen. And I guess it has been so for a few thousand years when Phoenician triremes vied with Roman galleys and Venetian traders for docking space. Today it’s container ships, tugs, passenger and RORO ferries, ... Read more >

Photos: Malta and Greece

Mon, 8 Nov 2021 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery

Greek Island Hopping Part 4: Sailing back to Santorini

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 | By steve_and_emma | Views [86]

We needed to get back to Santorini from Naxos in order to get our plane back to Timisoara so we thought we wouldn’t risk ferry delays and stay our last couple of nights back on Santorini. This would also mean we would be a short taxi ride away ... Read more >

Photos: Sailing back to Santorini

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

Greek Island Hopping Part 3: Navigating our Way around Naxos

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 | By steve_and_emma | Views [98]

The ferry ride to Naxos was another very calm and serene trip with stunning sea views so we arrived at the main port in Naxos feeling pretty chilled. However, after the relative quiet of Folegandros the hustle and bustle at the port was quite a shock.... Read more >

Photos: Navigating our Way around Naxos

Thu, 8 Jul 2021 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

Greek Island Hopping Part 2: Fantastic Folegandros

Sat, 3 Jul 2021 | By steve_and_emma | Views [181]

We were excited to start the first hop of our island hopping trip, our destination from Santorini was the smaller and hopefully less touristy island of Folegandros. We had booked our tickets via the ‘Ferry Hopper’ app and they seemed like ... Read more >

Photos: Fantastic Folegandros

Sat, 3 Jul 2021 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

Photos: Stunning Santorini

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

Greek Island Hopping Part 1 : Stunning Santorini

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 | By steve_and_emma | Views [92]

Emma’s long summer holiday was fast approaching and once again covid put a spanner in our travel plans. We had hoped to spend time at our house in South Africa but cases were rising rapidly there and the government brought in stricter lockdown ... Read more >

Mykonos 2018

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 | By shaz | Views [187]

I think this will probably my last trip to a Greek island. Apart from Santorini, my favourite of the islands, all the other islands seem to be the same. I arrived end of October which is the end of the season so the island was closing up. Still some ... Read more >

Photos: Mykonos 2018

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 | By shaz | Photo Gallery

Photos: Corfu

Sun, 22 Oct 2017 | By shaz | Photo Gallery