Sami

After leaving the beautiful town of Fiskardho we made our way South along the coast to the town of Sami.

The town was very badly damaged during the earthquake in 1953 and a bit of a frontier town feel to the way it has been rebuilt. Nearby there are some spectacular caves and we cycled to the closest one and had a boat ride on an underground lake.

 

We spent a couple of nights in Sami because strong winds were forecast and made friends with Mike and Annie on ‘Kandeed’, the boat moored next door. Annie had to fly home to attend a course, so we invited Mike on board for supper and he told us about a place in Crete where he intends to winter. It sounds great, and is certainly something we are considering. We have emailed them to enquire if they have a berth and to get a quote. It would be great to stay in Greece, an EU country, especially as Turkey is in the process of changing all of its visa regulations so that you can only stay for 90 days.

 

Whilst in Sami, Justin did a few jobs, cleaning the sticky stuff off the dinghy where the UV had started to degrade the rubber, Mike had given him the tip of using acetone which really did the trick. We also invested in some springs for the mooring lines to stop the ‘snatching’ as the wash from the ferries rocks the boat about. Helen did some washing and put it all out to dry on coat hangers on deck. A large gust blew her favourite t-shirt into the water and it quickly sank! Justin was sent into the water again to retrieve it!

We went for a walk and Helen managed to find some ruins although they weren’t very spectacular!

We also saw this amazing super yacht again, having first seen it in Paxos. Apparently it has a famous designer and cost over 60 million Euros. Note the other fantastic design icons in the foreground! Oh to have some gears though!