Plaka, Return from the deads, Kastro and the Folklore Museum

In Milos we took the bus to Plaka and walked to the catacombs in Trypiti. In the catacombs in the mountain side there were about two thousand people buried since year 300.

Plaka is a wonderful place with narrow streets and white washed houses. On the hill top is as always a castle, Kastro.

We asked a young woman where the folklore museum was. She said; It is closed but if You like I can open it. It was an old house that had been donated as it was when the family lived there. Very intressting and nice.

Meltemi in Paros

Short after we arrived in Paros the meltemi started to blow. It's a strong northerly wind. We were anchored in a bay with good protection. As the wind was quit strong we put out a second anchor and everything was good. We went ashore and walked around in the nature reserv. There were a lot of flowers as the small blue ones we used to buy dried and that last for ever.

We were a couple of boats anchored, one was a blue dutch boat. When we saw a person in the dingy together with a small dog we thought it might be a woman we met att Port St Louis three years ago. So it was, Marina from Longyearbyn on Svalbard. She used to sail out from there to Greenland and Iceland, very impressing.

Levitha - in the middle of nowhere

A day motorsailing took us to small island of Levitha. It's in the middle of the Aegan. Just one family lives there. They are farmers but has also put some buoys in the bay and runs a very small taverna in their garden.

Moored to the rocks

After a sail with thunder and rain we finaly reached Vahti on Kalymnos. It's just a crack in the cliffs. We moored alongside the cliffs. It's a spectacular place with high cliffs and crystal clear water.

Check-in into Greece

We arrived to Kos in Greece with the yellow Q-flag flying. Immidately a harbour police came and wanted our information. After a few minutes he sent us to immigration, customs and harbour authority. It took us about two hours to complete the formalities and costed 15 Euros.
It was very easy and not expensive contrary to all rumours.

Now we are on the old Hipocrates island and in town there is a very old platan from his time. It doesn't look very nice but who looks nice after several thousands of years. The Bogainvillas and Hibiscuses are very beautiful.

A peaceful anchorage

We anchored in a small bay just outside of Bozburun.
Except for us there were sheeps and goats feading on the grass next to the beach. A couple of storches were walking in the water looking for something to eat.
A most peaceful place.

The launch of a new gulet

Having a beer in Bozburun we saw a big shiny gulet on the beach. It moved!!!
It was about 40 m long, standing on a sled. A big machine was pushing and pulling. The ship was varnished teak with a perfect glossy surface.
There were about 20 men carrying planks and putting grease on them. The sled was slowly comming closer to the water and Another big gulet came close and two Heavy ropes were connected. The gulet roared and suddenly with a big splash the new gulet was floating.