Monday 29  September / Thursday 2  October

As forecast the S & L [ Sound and Light] was great – got in for half price using YHA cards as student cards. Later to Plaka district for a souflaki (lamb wrapped in pancake). Early in morning packed camp and drove down to Pireep (Athens harbour) and parked car in multi-story car park for 4 days.

Onto ferry for trip via Tunos to Mylionos – 6 hour trip. Arrived about 3 after quite windy trip and were assailed by offers of rooms. 

Chose young girl and landed in good room with showers etc for 12/- a night – excellent value. American couple, next door, said they had lived in Nepal for 2 years - great - and wished they were doing our trip. We then settled down to four days of sunbathing on sandy beaches (first day very windy) and getting brown.

(No diary for 4 days although I will post a few photos that have not been included before)

 Cooking in our room was a bit dangerous as well had the small petrol stove with us but meant that we could have early morning coffee and tea instead of going out to café. Had good meal out of kebabs and retsina wine on Wednesday.

Trip back was a bit exhausting and we arrived back at 10.30 in the evening to find the car park well and truly shut up. After much walking, it seemed all the cheap hotels in Pireas were full, a very sharply dressed Greek – later over ouzo discovered to be a crane driver – showed us to a cheap 15/- a night hotel in the red light area. So to the sounds of bumps, grinds and the strip – off to sleep.