Athens.

didn't manage to get lito and alexia online before the flight.
turns out that they were away in milos island anyway.
so i guess there's no loss.

quite a great set of crew.
tho' there were some mishaps. which was really sad.
should have done something about it.

DAY1.

touched down in the morning.
tanned some. slept some. met up for lunch.
had a beer at the bar while waiting.
beer in the summer.
finally caught the shuttle down to the city.

settled on this cafe for lunch where the owner was from turkey.
he says if it's not good we didn't have to pay.
but it was quite good.
hopefully i'd be able to recognise it the next time i'm there.

thanks to bryan for the treat.
=)

split into two groups.
one to acropolis and the free and easy.

up up on the way up.
lucky for the occasional breeze.
summer in europe is no joke.

finally up at the top.
after many many slippery marble steps.
never seen so much raw marble used on the floor ever.

showing off my scorpian plaits.

restoration works on the pantheon.

glowy tan.


DAY2.

most of the first timers decided to go island hopping.
pricey tag of eighty five euros with chat tours.
but it was quite alright.
considering that i got to tan, nap and visit the other islands.

up in the top deck.

most sun. most breeze. least noise from the engine.

all the islands look the same to me after a while.
coz they have a standard whitish colour houses with blue windows.
and near to the pier are just endless rows of cafes and souvenir shops.

meal time.

charlie chaplin cook posing for us.
our food wasn't coming out fast enough.
i think this was the entertainment/diversion.
should have video-ed him wriggling this eyebrows.

in the sweltering sun.
poor thing.

sunning, swimming spots.

sorry. i just had to take this photo.
i was just so-in-your-face.

it was too hot for us to tan.
decided to escape to one of the small cafes nearby instead.

giant tobasco.

octopus with macaroni.
understatedly simple. tasty.


waited all day for this.

sunset sunset.
and seagull feeding.

got back to the hotel.
got called for some admin.
ko-ed.

phew finally.
thought i'd never get around to complete the update.

couple more short flights after that.

one to brisbane.

nothing much there.
didn't do the storybridge in the end.

pretty standard room.
tho the toilet and towels need much more updating.



view from my room.




got you your chocolate girl.
come claim them =)




next roster's nothing much to look forward to.
no adl flights. cant visit yw.
no zrh flight. cant visit chai.