16 May 2012: Yesterday we woke to a stiff breeze and headed for the ferry to Delos that would take us on to Mykonos and then bring us back. Delos is one of the great classical archaeological sites of the Mediterranean and the advice was to climb Mount Kynthos first to get the lay of the land before we were too worn out. This we duly did and here is the view from the top:

The ruins are of a whole town and are quite extensive and work is ongoing, here is Paul holding up a doorway:

We spent a fair amount of time walking the tracks from one group of buildings to another before it was time to return to the boat. On to Mykonos, the location for ‘Shirley Valentine’, we walked the many alleys of the town for a couple of hours.

It was a very pretty town but very up market and full of shops aimed purely at the tourist Euro. We sought out a reasonably priced cup of coffee and a baklava which we are starting to become addicted to and took a break on the seafront until it was time for our boat to sail.

View Athens - Paros - Mykonos in a larger map It was a chill out day today involving lots of chatting to new friends. Phil introduced us to John Matthews from Lee-on-Solent (not far from home) who is the fittest 73 year old we have ever met! He rides a battered old bike that has done thousands of miles all over the world. He packages it up, loads it on a plane, lands, gets on his bike with panniers loaded to the gunnels and off he cycles, camping along the way. Here’s the 4 of us including his bike:

Here’s Phil leaving Paros towards Turkey later in the day:

View from our campsite entrance:

We have booked a trip for tomorrow to Santorini, the cream of all of the Greek Islands. It is not possible to get there and back in one day so we will overnight in a hotel.