I'm back! Vacation report with pics inside

Hello boys and girls, the 2 weeks vacation to Greecewent flying by and I’m now trying to get back into the normal live. The vacation was great, Kos-city is a very nice town on a cool island. In the summer it is mostly a place for youngsters who just come to Kosto sleep and go out. Because I went with my girlfriend we did it a little bit different. Of course we also went out but we also did some other cool things.

 

On the second day we went to Libido Water Park, which is the only water park on the island. It has some very nice pools and slides and was definitely worth it. Pity I don’t have any pictures of it because we didn’t want to bring the camera to the park. The day after the water park we rented a scooter and explored whole Kos. This was a great day. Firstly we went to Therme. Therme is warm water source in the sea. It was very special and very hot! I don’t know how it was exactly but it was a spot in the sea against the shore that was very hot, some water comes down from a small nearby mountain. The water was over 40 degrees, which is very hot. The Greek believe that the water from Therme is good for the skin and for the rest of the human body. Well, I had my knee under water a lot of the time so I hope it helps to make it better. Here is a picture of Therme.

 

After Therme we went to Tigaki, a place on the island that offers the best beaches of the island. When we came there we were a little disappointed, it was nice, but nothing more than the beachof Kos-town. Then we went to a place called Pili, the place has sort of a big rock with 6 water sinks. The Greek say that when you drink from the sinks clockwise you get pregnant within 9 months and if you drink them counter-clockwise you will divorce within 9 months. My girlfriend drank water clockwise and I did it the other way, just for fun. The Greek have a lot of these things were they believe something will happen if you do something, very superstitious. Here is a pic of the sinks.

 

The scooter day was a great one and we saw the hot-spots of the whole island in one day. Of course we didn’t do a big activity like this every day. Kos-town also had enough to offer. The centre of the town is a very busy place with many shops, restaurants and bars. The Barstreet is where everything happens at night. The Barstreet is actually two streets which are only 50 meters long or something but it offers all the clubs of the town. I think there were around 14 clubs in the two streets. During the day you wouldn’t even notice the street because it is empty. At night it is very crowded. There are mostly Dutch, English and Scandinavian people in Kos. Barstreet during the day:

 

In the second week we went to Nisyros. Nisyros is a volcano-island. On the island live 990 people. It has one docter and 14 families live at the top of a mountain at 600 meter. The whole island is the volcano but we went to the crater of the volcano. This was very cool but also unbelievably hot, we walked in the crater where it was around 50 degrees! It was very cool to see. The capital of the island is Mandraki which really shows the way the Greek live and it was nice to see. Also on this island we saw the superstition of the Greek. In Mandraki is a stairs of 128 steps. It is said that if woman walk the stairs on their bare knees it will help them get pregnant. Because my knee isn’t the best I decided to take the stairs normally and that took some time already.

 

We also did some other smaller things like cocktail drinking (a lot), going to the beach, riding the banana in the sea, visited the tree of Hipocrates and doing some cultural stuff. Although it was very nice on Kos there also were some very unusual things which aren’t imaginable here in Holland. For example there are many homeless cats and dogs in Greece. They just wander the streets. This was very strange to see because that’s something you don’t see here. I was happy to see the animals got a lot of attention from the tourists. Also there were quite some baggers who are sadly sitting on the ground asking tourists for money because they have a bad foot, 3 babies, no home or some other thing. There was a kind of gipsy who sat outside the Barstreet every night with 2 babies. She sat there the whole night. I feel sorry for the babies. Also there were a lot of young kids, around 8 years old, who walk through the Barstreet every night trying to sell stuff to the tourists. They sold roses, glow armlets and hats. It was strange to see these very young kids work hours every night.

But apart from these unusual things the vacation was great and I already miss the island. But it’s also nice to be back in Holland. I even missed the bad weather sometimes. On Kos it was 38 degrees every day. Also it’s nice to be back on the internet and NoobFeed again. See you on the forums!