Monday, August 8, 2011

Day 25

Day 25 - Santorini to Naxos

Our ferry to Naxos departed at noon, but first we had to get down the switchbacks to the port. Hitting the Santorini bus station for the last time, we shouldered our way onto the bus, sat our butts in the seats and made the final trip. It was a lot quicker and a lot less nerve wracking going down, until we arrived at the ferry port. A thicket of tourists were pushing this way and that trying to find their boat. With no signs directing you where to go, the port police had their hands full fielding a myriad of questions from a thousand tourists in different languages. Finally, after asking 3 different officers, I found out where our departure was; gate 4. Too bad it was full. We waited for our boat to come in, watched the others disembark, then boarded. It was a pleasant ride, especially after the 2 hours of pushing, waiting and pushing some more. 

We arrived at Naxos port, grabbed our luggage and a bus was waiting right there for us. Maybe this day would turn out afterall? Nope! I thought the directions to our studio were flawless: take the bus to agia Anna, pass the cinema and bam, Mavromatis studios! Not that easy. We wound up looking this way and that, never finding the cinema and rode the bus to the end of the line. Good thing was we got to your the huge stretch of white sandy beaches, but the bad thing was we had no idea where we were! We asked the bus driver who didn't speak English at all, he dropped us off 3 km from our studio. We flagged down a cab, they just started back to work, and he delivered us to our studio. 

We checked in and went in search if food and drink at a local taverna. We ate greedily and I kinda calmed us down, enough to get us to a supermarket where we bought the next 3 days of food and drink. We then hit the beach and watched the beautiful sunset from St. George Beach. After we walked into town, which was bustling with people, and walked to the temple of Apollo. It was quiet and peaceful. We snapped photos and enjoyed the view of the lit up town below us for a few minutes. We picked ourselves up and walked back through the town, and walked through the old market. A labyrinth of low, narrow streets houses a bunch of storefronts then spits you back into the town square. We walked the beach all the way back to our studio where it was time for a night cap. 

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