So after Lakka, we went down to Gaios. We did the usual stuff in the town, get dinner, walk around. The next day, though, we rented some vespa motorcycle things and drove all over the island of Paxos. It was definitely a change of pace from seeing Greece from the water. It was a perfect day to be on the Road, and Paxos is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Driving along the cliffs of the coast during sunset brought me back my road trip last summer, driving up the Pacific Coast Highway through Big Sur. Definitely a few moments of Zen. We spent some time on the beach and had dinner in town that night.
We left the next day for a long trip to Lefkas, which is a peninsula off of the main land that has a canal separating it, so it's kindof an island. The next night we went down through some of the islands in the inland sea there. Eventually, we ended up in an amazing town called Kioni, on the Island of Ithaka. It's one of the least touristy spots we've seen so far -- a beautiful seaside village with a couple of beaches.. really nice. One of my only complaints about the Ionian isands here is that it's all very touristy. It doesn't seem foreign. Although the landscape is definitely beautiful and different, the people all speak English, and there are more tourists than locals. It's still great though.
We did some more Island hopping, and we are now on an Island called Kefalonia, the biggest in the Ionian. I'll update more when I can.
Descriptions, comments, ininteraries, and pictures of my travels this summer.
2 comments:
Kioni, on Ithaka, was one of the high points of my sailing trip many years ago. I was worried it would be overun with tourists as we have found so many other former pristine spots.
Not to worry.
Altho more developed than it was 30 years ago, it remains a pure and beautiful spot.
Had a great chat with an older Greek guy who spoke with a South African accent (he lived there for 15 years).
When I went back to see him this morning before we left, he gave me a jar of orange marmalaid he had made, and said, "perhaps if we sweeten the pot, it won't take you that long to get back."
It's that kind of place.
It's that kind of trip...
YOOOOO its spadone whats up man... From what i read your trip seems so amazing.. im jealous... and the pictures are beautiful... but you missed so much here... where should i start? ok well i work at attilios haha, zachs hair grew back, and i shaved my head, dan (drews brother) came back from greece hung out with us and left for cali haha, ZACH GOT A JOB, and the lakes amazing just as you left it... we're so excited for you to come back. have an awesome time for the rest of the trip... see you soon.
oh yeah im so mad cause the 2 times you called i was working and i didnt realize it was probably you calling from an unknown #. but we'll see you soon man.
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