John & Caro Visit Corfu/Paxos
Gillyb
Tue 15 Jun 2010 07:34
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Position 39:10.8N
20:12.2E
J & C arrived on Corfu in a
thunderstorm! Graham met them from their taxi with an umbrella and
they were soon on board under a streaming bimini! Luckily it did not
last too long and we were having a walk around Gouvia in the glorious
sunshine. We left the marina next day. Travelling a short way
north along the Corfu coast with Albania visible to the East we arrived in
Kalami Bay. If you read the last entry you will know we have been
here before! But it was so nice we brought our visitors to enjoy it
too. We were able to walk round the town and swim and in the evening
go to the White House... whose house was this?? Just
testing..
After a good night's sleep and breakfast in the
cockpit as usual we set off for a nice sail to Paxos. We had a good
sail - took about 2 1/2 hrs and arrived in Lakka - the bay had other boats
anchored in it and the little quay was surrounded by tavernas and
shops. The water was blue and turquoise over the sand, really
beautiful. We anchored not too far from a beach (we all swam to the
beach the next morning) We went ashore in the dinghy and found the
shops delightful and quite a bit of retail therapy occurred! We had
ice creams in the taverna and found we could get water on the quay - 7 Euros for
30 mins. the hose is rather slow. We did our first stern - to
mooring with John & Caro's help and it all worked rather well. Phew!
After Lakka we explored three other
bays/anchorages. Longos or Loggos was the most picturesque with a
film set look and a little beach and tiny harbour. We also had
a quiet time in Mongonisi where there are only two tavernas and not much else
but it is well sheltered.
After a brilliant week with J & C we put them
off the boat onto a beach with their luggage! It was a beach
just below their newly rented apartment but they had to go back into Gaios to
pick up the car so they came back to the boat having dropped their luggage off
and we cruised thro the long Gaios harbour and found a gap on a wall and they
literally jumped ship. We went back to Lakka as we needed water
again and the next day we had J & C back in Lakka and on the boat for
lunch. After that we motored back to Longos and the following day
back to Mongonisi.....where we had J & C back again for a
BBQ.
Finally we are leaving Paxos (and John & Caro!)
and going south to Preveza and Lefkas where we will be picking up The Bubbs
for a week - more swimming and BBQ's and lovely
sailing.
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