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Beautiful Evening / Morning photos from Psathi, Kimolos

  The island Kimolos has only 720 inhabitants living in three villages: Mesa Kastro, Exo Kastro, (sometimes these two are referred to as Chora or simply as Kimolos) and Psathi, the little harbor. The people are dominated by the ruthless Venturis family who have become very successful owners of ferry boats. Kimolos  was called “Argentiera” by…

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Sailing to Psathi, Kimolos from Ios – Day 9

We faced the strongest wind from North – up to 35 miles an hour yesterday morning after we left Ios. We had planned for 8 hours of sailing For a guy who has never sailed this much before it was too much to take, but I feel this was the best day of our sailing….

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Santorini – The most beautiful of all Cycladic Islands

We planned this trip to reach at least as far as Santorini, if not Crete. We reached Santorini on 6th Day of Sailing, from Ios. Santorini is a spectacular volcanic island, one of the most beautiful and romantic places in the world, with amazing landscape, unusual beaches and a vibrant night life. We anchored at…

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Life is Good!

You never truly know your limits until you push them and now, after the last 24 hours, experience them. Getting to Finikas was a task where both physical mental and emotional strength was challenged! As a first time sailor 2-4feet waves were enough to make me say my hail merries as continued life was questionable…

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Greek Sailing – Day 1

Reached Athens Airport without much sleep — the flight was from Hell. This Baby kept crying all 9 Hours. There was an old man who was shouting, “is there a doctor on-board?”; and the lady on next seat was so fat that she was encroaching half of my space. But don’t be surprised, that’s US…

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Santorini – the most picturesque Island on Earth

I have not see the heaven, but what ever picture I had in mind, is refreshed with Santorini. Especially if you have witnessed the sun rise, sun set, and all other time during the day, you will die to come here (heaven, literally). Santorini is the most desirable and most photogenic Islands on earth. Santorini…

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Colors of Greek Island

Greek Islands are distinctively identifiable from the unique visual experience. The sights leaves a lasting impressions on our heart and mind. The blue and white is predominant, but it is contrasted with the very rough terrain which is dull and brown as it can be.

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Crew Members for Sailing Trip

What better way to see the beauty of the islands than from a 42 sailboat with a crew of diverse natures and backgrounds. If this does not turn out to be the first in a series of sailing trips for this crew, I will be very surprised. Hopefully the crew will all post a brief…

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