20 Years Later

Tuesday...it is still a little cloudy with a chance of rain. We are excited to spend the day sea kayaking and exploring the coast of Milos.
http://www.seakayakgreece.com/

We rode our little scooters to Mondriakia, a tiny fishing village, to meet our guide Rod and the rest of the group. This village is simialr to others on Milos in that the fishermens houses and boat houses are right on the water, built into the rocks of the shore line.

Glaronisia

Papafragas

The kayak trip was the perfect thing to do. Rod, our guide is an Aussie married to a Greek woman, and lives on the island with there 2 children. He takes kayakers and tourists out for trips around Mios and really is a fun informative person to spend the day with. It is obvious that he loves what he does!

Exploring sea caves

He took us through some amazing sea caves, past a ship wreck, hiking to a very ancient archaeologic site and even made us a picnic lunch on a secluded beach.

Lunch spot

I highly recommend taking a trip with Rod if you ever get the chance!

After the kayak trip we rode our scooters to the other side of the island hoping to explore the Catacombs and ampitheatre near Klima.

the catacombs were closed for tours but we managed to find some to climb into and check out.

the ancient theatre is perched high on a steep hill overlooking the bay. What a great place to see a show!

Milos is the place where the famous statue Venus de Milo was found. It was actually found by a farmer not far from the catacombs and the theatre.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo#Discovery_and_fame

Milos is also called the Island of colors...it was formed by volcanic action and has a wide variety of geologic rock formations.

Palaeohori Beach

Kevin at Sarakiniko

We really loved our stay on Milos. It was a relaxing end to our tour through Greece.
The Island offers wonderful restaurants and cute little shops as well as beautiful beaches and ocean views.

One of my favorite photos from Milos - reminds me of the amazing contrast of colors- the blue of the water, sky, chairs and shutters on the white houses and buildings of Greece.

Blue Chairs on Milos

Tomorrow we head back to the Athens area for an over night at the Aquamarina hotel in Mati and then off to the airport to fly home!