Ios

After 6 hours of sailing, we pulled into Ios' port city. It's a chance to fill up on water, electricity, and a restaurant meal.

It was very windy so docking took a long time and was difficult. As we docked, a sailboat 2 slips away collided with a different boat as they were trying to leave. This is risky business.

We all went our separate way for for walks, drinks and a restaurant meal. We chose the Thai restaurant since we've been eating Greek food for over 2 weeks now. It was a delicious meal and as I was paying I spotted the Thai grandmother in the kitchen. That's always a good sign.

I was looking at the bus schedule and noticed that there was a special bus for a festival in a village on the other side of the island. I talked to a travel agent and she told me about it and then I bought tickets for the bus at 8pm. Strangely, it took 20 minutes to buy a bus ticket when they weren't busy, so I was a little suspect.

Long story short, she told me the wrong name on the bus and it also left 4 minutes early. I went back and got my money back. Fortunately they didn't argue. I guess it just wasn't meant to be.

It's only been 4 days but everybody is happy to be off the boat. And I seem to be experiencing "land sickness" where my legs are wobbly and I'm a little nauseous when I'm on land. It's mild, but a little surreal.

More photos and videos are here
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