Thursday, August 7, 2008

13th jul 2008 - athens trip (2)

woke up at about 8am and went out to the open deck.. at dis time, we r reaching one of d island - Ios (pronounce as e-os).. all islands seems to b SOOoooo nice :D pics came out to b great coz d ocean is clean, d sky is clear..

dont do stupind things hm!!!!!!

u jump i jump?..

emo-ing

d hsemates

SANTORINI HERE WE ARE!!

santorini island was a v big island, bt during a volcano eruption, santorini island broke into 3 parts. the main island tht we r lading on is called thira.. d sharp cliffs is where d detachment took plc..

took a bus to fira town where we went looking for local tours (volcano & hot spring exploration) then lunch at el greco restaurant, near d main square.. hm was dipuji sweet & gorgeous (just coz she pay d bill... on our behalf...) ehem!! by d waiter.. hey!! how bout other girls here?! haha.. anyway we got free ouzo drinks fr them.. :D TQ


took a cable car down to old port (meeting point) & took a boat to d volcano.. it is a national geological park of nea kameni. it has always been a site of scientific interest & is a protected natural monument.. it is also d youngest volcanic landform in eastern Mediterranean as it is still an active volcano (arent we girls v daring?.. haha). the oldest rock formation daes 430 yrs back & d most recent ones in about 50 yrs ago (last eruption in 1950). Nea kameni was part of santorini bt after eruption, it "detach" fr the main island. magma still exist at a depth of a few km under d island, forming d hot spring near by & hot gases tht r emitted fr fumaroles of d central craters on d peak of nea kameni.. super hot lo.. & oni those who know how to swim can go hot spring :p as my fren would know.. haha i duno how 2 swim :p went bodek wit d captain, n he lent me a life jacket (lousy type, redang type would b much better.. haha)

v v clear water... can u spot d tiny little fishy?..

d puteri lilins - melting!

nyawa2 ikan.......

d hot spring - brownish water.. (nt hot.. warm i would say)

d 3 of us who went for a swim :) - went down wit casual cloths - super dangerous! kanak2 dun learn..

head back to old port & tht's d end of our local tour.. took a donkey ride instead of cable car up to fira.. felt v sorry 4 d donkey bt they really tried their best.. d donkey master also v pilih kasih.. gav hm a bigger donkey & a smaller one to me.. bt i hav our backpack on me!! my poor donkey.. love her v much.. donkey ride was fun, if they dun keep knocking into each other.. cy actually raised her both leg up when d donkeys were walking side by side.. haha coz bulu v geli.. :p

hey! jocelyn got take pic here!! let's take also.. kiasu :p jocelyn angle must b good! haha.. bt y i had my towel on?!! ish!! spoilt!


tht's d view of volcano fr fira

hm wit 2 bagpack.. wht did u noticed? hehe identical? apparently all 4 hsemates hav d same :p bt oni chris & hm brought dis time..

did a bit of souvenir shopping b4 catching a bus to Oia (pronouce as ee-ya) for d most romantic sunset in d world! :) wow d bus was a bit horrible i think.. they tried to cramp as much ppl as they could.. other than ppl seating down, ppl also stood in 2 line.. can u imagine how cramp was tht? i wonder if it's legal to do tht.. sunset at 2030 & was v nice :) too bad our camera wasnt good enuf for sunset.. haha also ALL our camera ran out of batt by d end of sunset! luckily we met a nice msia girl & husband, came here for honey moon.. n she promised to share the pics :) keke.. (check out d albums in multiply) after sun has set, we still waited there for awhile.. some of us actually hoping for resurgence :p tht's d end of our plan :) we still missed out perissa beach & wine tasting.. bt i'm sure all of us will b back.. some time later.. haha..

didnt get to hav dinner coz rushing to go back.. we got head back to fira, then to d port.. this time, we didnt manage to get a cabin, so can only overnight on seats.. a bad condition ferry, if were to compare to last night ones.. public toilet: 1/3 toilet was locked, 1/3 toilet could lock d door, 1/3 toilet cnt flush.. no cabin = no bath :( i feel worse tht kiruna where i didnt bath for 72 hrs.. also had muscle aching in d night, proly coz i didnt go swim for v long & no warm up b4 jumping into d hot spring.. haih.. didnt sleep well lo..

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