Saturday, July 30, 2005
Day 65: Santorini
July 30: A bus tour took a few of us around the island for the day. First to the highest point of Santorini for a great view atop Mt Prophitis Ilias, then onto the Akrotiri archaeological dig to see ruins from over 4,000 years ago (not much to see though as excavations over the last 35 years have been quite slow). Lunch stop at Kamari Beach was beautiful... black sand on all the beaches, from the volcano... very refreshing water to swim in.
Afternoon wine tasting experience, before returning to the hotel for a nice swim in the pool, and dinner overlooking the caldera again, this time with the sunset behind us.
Bumped into some unknown Aussie guys including one celebrating his birthday, at the Tropical Bar.
I love Santorini!
Two points to note: (1) You can't drink the water here; (2) All toilets in Greece require you to put your toilet paper in the bin next to it and not actually down the toilet... interesting experience, especially when you forget!
# posted by mishij @ 2:03 PM 
