Travelin Monkey

So I had a fantastic last day in Santorini. I went to the volcanic island and then to the hot springs. The water was about 15 degrees celcius warmer than the mediterranean and VERY VERY YELLOW because of the sulfur! It was alright at best, I probably wouldn’t do the volcano tour, but the hot springs were amusing. I met a guy from Germany and we swapped some stories during the cruise. I ended up taking the donkey ride up Fira to a magnificent view and a more amazing sunset, enjoying a fantastic baklava & ice cream with a tropical smoothie overlooking the ocean, it was the same cafe I had visited my first time in santorini!

From there I went home and took a nice nap. At night I walked my way out to the main port of Fira, where they said all the night life would be. But, it turned out to suck BIG TIME. I was looking for a traditional tavern with an old greek playing his bouzuki and me drinking my Ouzo, and all I found was hip hop & eurotrash clubs that charged a cover to get in. So, I mossied my way back home and had a good nights rest for the trip to Ios in the morning!

I woke up with 1.5 hours to the ferry, when everything started to go downhill. The hotel didn’t offer a ride back to the port, which was 5 km away, and the buses were sparce and sporadic in time. I waited at the wrong bus stop and they refused to pick me up! So I had to hike uphill 200 m and wait for another bus. I was set to leave at 11:15 am and it was 10:25. The next bus came at 10:51 am and I thought FOR SURE I would miss my ferry. I made it to the dock at 11:06 and low and behold, my ferry was LATE! YAY! So I made it on and on to IOS I went.

Paradise is a 3 letter island called Ios. There are 3 main areas that have people living on the island, the port, the village, and the mylopotas beach. I was transfered to the village where I am staying in a hostel. I got grouped with 2 canadian guys and 1 girl on the ride up and we ended up chatting for an hour while they figured out our room situation. I had booked a double for $100 for myself because it was the only thing available. I go in and the owner, Francesco, looks at me and says in a greek accent “We have too many people. You want dorm with women? I charge you $15 a night” I looked at him and started laughing and said “Did I with the lottery?” HAHAH Soooo they put me in a room with 3 girls and saved me $70!! The guy looked at me and said

“Are you from brasil?” and I said

“No, Uruguay”

“Ahh.. Uruguay.. Whats your name?”

“Travelin Monkey”

“Ohh.. Roberto from Uruguay”

“Si, si francesco, for you I am roberto from uruguay!”

HAHAHAH

The beaches here are AWESOME. The sand is GREAT, the water is crystal clear, and the WOMEN oh my the WOMEN are ridiculous! Picture 15-25 year old women, all topless, mainly from scandinavia and italy. Everyone is always wasted and the beaches have some ridiculous parties during the day. Unfortunately, they have a summer long sausage fest, and I’m not talking about the fantastic shnitzels from Vienna!

At night my hostel has a bar where everyone meets up at around 10 pm and they have a welcoming shot for the new people. Everyone drinks and then goes to the Blue Note, which is also owned by Francesco. I spent the night talking to Judy, the bartender, when Francesco walks in and says “Roberto from uruguay! You drink shot?” and i said “yes, I drink shot!” and the guy invited me to a shot! HAHAH I told him “Salute!” and he said “No, today you are greek.. YAMMAS!”

I can’t remember the rest of the night, except that I had one too many long islands.. and somehow I wound up back in my room. One of my room mates, the cute bratty british girl, woke me up walking around topless in her undies… which was an interesting surprise. Earlier in the day I was napping and she stormed into the room and started to break things because she was left alone and couldn’t handle not talking to people.. *shrugs* another girl is canadian, but she spends the nights elsewhere.. and the other is australian (I am staying far away from her!)

I met this guy, Chris, who is from Toronto but lives in Tokyo, and we went exploring to the southern beaches of Manganaria. The only people there were the ones that went on the boat with us! We had lunch at some greek grandmother’s house, no menu.. they served what she had made! it was fantastic! and on the beach there were 3 women, topless, then fully naked, taking glamour shots… this place is INSANE..

we just got back from a beach party and are gearing up for the nights festivities…

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