Milos 24/06/2012

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Tim & Manfreda Penfold
Sun 24 Jun 2012 14:39
Position 036:43:4N 024:26:8E

Milos was the last Island in the Cyclades we were going to visit before heading over to the mainland and rounding the Peloponnese peninsular.
It's an amazing island which is basically the remains of a huge volcano crater, very similar to Santorini. We spent two nights moored in Adamas, visiting the old 'Castro' town on top of the hill and the girls went to the beach while I did some jobs on the boat. While here we filled up with diesel from a very nice man with a fuel truck on the quay, not only was it the cheapest diesel we have had all trip so far, he gave us fresh eggs from his chickens. Unfortunately Mia had been really badly bitten by mosquitoes a few days before, she had about 30 bites on her face and they were very swollen and sore. When the fuel man saw her face he was horrified and said we must take here to hospital immediately, later he came back specially with the number of his doctor who he had already phoned. Fortunately we were right and it was just a bad reaction to the mozzy bites and a few days later she was fine again, but it was a typical act of kindness that we encountered with the Greeks throughout our time in Greece.
Then we left Adamas and went off for a day's exploring the outer coast of the Island. Every day about 40 tripper boats left Adamas and did circuits of the island so it was quite simple to chase them round to the best spots. One of the highlights was the cave at Sykia where you can swim or take the dinghy inside where there is a big hole in the roof and a beach. Outside the cave we were in 15 metres of water and you could very clearly see the bottom.
Then on the south coast of the Island we stopped on a white pebble beach that you can only get to by boat. We were the only people there and it was really lovely to play with the girls and swim in the clear water. It felt like no people had ever been there and the only footprints in the sand were from the seagulls.
We stayed anchored there for supper and then decided that there was no point moving further round the Island for the night as we planned to leave at 6AM the next morning anyway. By midnight the swell had set in and we were rolling heavily, at 1AM I gave up trying to sleep and pulled up the anchor and started out for the mainland.

Here is some pictures of the cave at Sykia and our private beach.


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