I’m currently en route to Athens on the Blue Star Paros ferry (it’s really more of an eight hour cruise). A fellow travelers computer died and he’s graciously allowed me to use the rest of his Internet time. And not just any Internet, Satellite Internet! Ergo, I’m in the middle of the Aegean sea, blogging.
Sorry of the general lack of updates. There’s a backlog in the process where I merge the photos with the actual text of the blog. I blame the lack of a good Internet connection for this.
Stay tuned and something will eventually pop up here. Promise.
We (Charlie and I) bid our farewells to Finn and Cecilie and then made our way down to the ferry terminal. The ferry boats they use to island hop are something else and not anything like the ones we use in Washington. They are specially designed and highly manuverable cruise ships with space for vehicles inside. To dock, the ferry will head straight for the dock, and then, only minutes before docking, will execute a 180 degree turn and back in. It’s pretty insane. Several ramps on the back of the boat unseal and lower for passengers and vehicles alike to disembark. Within 30 minutes, an entire boat can be unloaded, loaded, and on its way again. Perhaps the only thing more impressive than the Greek ferry system is the Russian train system.
46.0 mm || 1/500 || f/4.5 || ISO200 || NIKON D70 Samos, North Aegean, Ελλάδα
18.0 mm || 1/2500 || f/3.5 || ISO200 || NIKON D70 Samos, North Aegean, Ελλάδα
18.0 mm || 1/1600 || f/3.5 || ISO200 || NIKON D70 Samos, North Aegean, Ελλάδα
18.0 mm || 1/1250 || f/3.5 || ISO200 || NIKON D70 Paros, South Aegean, Ελλάδα
18.0 mm || 1/2500 || f/3.5 || ISO200 || NIKON D70 Paros, South Aegean, Ελλάδα
When we got in to Paros, we were inundated with people at the dock with signs for hostels, hotels, and camping sites. We had done our research and knew the price range for most hostels this time of year, about €20, give or take 5. Unfortunately, most of the hostels were full up, so we went with Hotel Francisco, at a ghastly €25/person/night (so far the highest we’ve paid for a room).
After settling in, we headed back into town to try and rent a scooter. We were able to rent a 50cc scooter with my Washington State Drivers License, and so off we went to explore Paros!
35.0 mm || 1/3200 || f/4.2 || ISO200 || NIKON D70 Paros, South Aegean, Ελλάδα
18.0 mm || 1/5000 || f/3.5 || ISO200 || NIKON D70 Paros, South Aegean, Ελλάδα
18.0 mm || 1/2000 || f/3.5 || ISO200 || NIKON D70 Paros, South Aegean, Ελλάδα
18.0 mm || 1/5000 || f/3.5 || ISO200 || NIKON D70 Paros, South Aegean, Ελλάδα
We made it to the back side of the island to one of the beaches, Charlie went for a dip in the Aegean Sea while I relaxed on my beach chair and edited photos. It was actually pretty awesome. Also, please take note of my amazing farmers tan.
300.0 mm || 1/1000 || f/5.6 || ISO200 || NIKON D70 Tsipidhos, South Aegean, Ελλάδα
95.0 mm || 1/1250 || f/4.2 || ISO200 || NIKON D70 Tsipidhos, South Aegean, Ελλάδα
Photo by Charlie Wyman.
As we rode back, we stopped on the side of the road to admire yet an other amazing sunset. It’s really too bad this was our only night on Paros.
18.0 mm || 1/800 || f/3.5 || ISO200 || NIKON D70 , South Aegean, Ελλάδα
