Day 16 - Faliraki Beach Rhodes
After our hellish day of travel from Fethiye to Faliraki, we decided to take it easy. We had a beach day! We staked out our claim at the quiet end of Faliraki, and soaked up the sun. Having acclimatized to the heat of Turkey, the 35 degrees of Rhodes was a nice change. We played in the cool, shallow waters and people watched from our loungers. This was a drastic change from the fully covered, muslim women who, it seemed, swam in vinyl track suits. Topless sunbathing was everywhere, you couldn't turn your head without seeing a young, attractive woman shedding their top.There were some playing paddleball in the water, joining water sports and just strolling. Even Krista joined in the fervor. The ones that went topless, received better service from beach and bar staff.
After 3 hours in the sun with nary a burn, it was Heiny time! We found an inexpensive watering hole and sucked back a few bevies down the beach, closer to town. We returned to the hotel room, where we were told earlier that they had to switch our rooms (still choked about that) and our bags would be transferred. When we arrived to the front desk, there stood our bags! This place had the worst customer service we've experienced on our vacay so far. What do you expect from a cheap Pansiyon? We grumbled a bit, headed to our rooms and proceeded to have a disco nap. When we awoke, we showered and headed out looking for the fabled Desert Rose restaurant. Naturally, the place that was "easy to find" eluded us and we sought out another establishment. We decided on Porto Bello, had calamari, garlic mushrooms, lamb and fillet mingnon. It was delish!
After our late dinner we walked the gauntlet of the Faliraki Beach nightclub scene, it was PUMPIN! A mini Cancun, (the locals call it Little Britain) we powered through and made it back to our room by midnight. I kinda wished we avoided Rhodes, too busy and full of drunk teens, I'm glad we had it as a stop over. Don't get me wrong, what we saw of it was beautiful, it's just that after our laid back week in Calis beach, we didn't want anything to do with a part scene. We had a long day ahead of us the next day starting a 6am, so we conked out! Tomorrow: Heraklion!
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