It was a late morning rise at camp Jim & Derek today. We walked into town and bought 0.25 kg of monkey nuts each. In the late afternoon, we scurried back to camp with our treasure. Not being the best of campers, we struggled a bit with the fire - not helped by spilling water … Continue reading Big Trip Day 104 – Almost leaving Karpathos
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Big Trip Day 101 – Karpathos to Karpathos
The sense of excitement and adventure that Jim and I have at being on this island cannot be understated. It is with reluctance and not a little literal liberty (and alliteration) that I suggest the island is starting to live up to its name. I mentioned in my previous post that not much happens here, … Continue reading Big Trip Day 101 – Karpathos to Karpathos
Big Trip Day 97 – Karpathos
Yesterday we caught the 11.30 hrs boat from Piraeus to this quite remote island in the south eastern Aegean Sea. The journey took 27.5 hours. The "we" consists of Jim from Atlanta and myself. You may recall we traveled together to Matala a life time ago on this blogging odyssey. We disembarked at Karpathos (the … Continue reading Big Trip Day 97 – Karpathos
Big Trip Day 94 – Dafni (Third Night)
This is my third consecutive night at the Dafni Wine Festival on the outskirts of Athens. My aim to to sample wine from 36 different barrels. You gotta aim high! In the end, it turns out that I started at Barrel 36 and ended at Barrel 18. There were two I was unable to sample … Continue reading Big Trip Day 94 – Dafni (Third Night)
Big Trip Day 92 – Dafni (First Night)
I may be 20 years old but studies show that my brain is still maturing. I'm not sure how much this process was helped by my first night at the Dafni Wine Festival on the outskirts of Athens. I tried to research the history of the festival on my favourite search engine, but it did … Continue reading Big Trip Day 92 – Dafni (First Night)
Big Trip Day 90 – Athens Again
I arrived by boat from Heraklion in the early hours of this morning, having departed Matala on the early afternoon bus yesterday. This is really the beginning of the end. I bought my coach ticket home today. As I recall, this was probably with a lot of mixed feelings. There were many times on the … Continue reading Big Trip Day 90 – Athens Again
Big Trip Day 89 – Leaving Matala
There is the briefest of entries in my travelogue today, just noting that I caught the 14.00 hrs bus from Matala to Heraklion to catch the boat to Piraeus. The past 31 days of beach life have been wonderful and pivotal, as noted in my previous post. I don't know why I did not record … Continue reading Big Trip Day 89 – Leaving Matala
Big Trip Day 86 – Matala in Colour
Today is the day after my 20th birthday. The notes relating to this post were recorded tomorrow, so to speak - 7th July 1973. They cover 14 pages of my travelogue. I thought long and hard about how I would capture the essence of the day, or indeed whether to cover it at all in … Continue reading Big Trip Day 86 – Matala in Colour
Big Trip Day 72 – Matala
Yes, still here! The travelogue entry for today covers last night and the early hours of this morning. I wrote it while sitting under a tree in the late afternoon. I'm afraid it does not reflect well upon the beach-life me of years ago. OK, being honest, maybe it is not too far removed from … Continue reading Big Trip Day 72 – Matala
Big Trip Day 70 – Matala
The entries in my travelogue for today refer to last night through to early this morning. I thought long and hard about how much detail I should reveal, but I believe this is an honest and accurate account of a strange time. The evening began with 3 or 4 glasses of red wine in our … Continue reading Big Trip Day 70 – Matala
Psychologist on the Move 