Mykonos

We left Paros by 10 am and stopped to take a swim just outside of Parikia. Then we headed due north to Mykonos. It's one of the most popular Islands in the Aegean Sea for tourists. We didn't plan on finding a slip at the main harbor in Mykonos town.

Instead, we went to a small bay called Platis Gialis. There was no room at the inn there either, or even room to anchor in that bay. We hooked up to a buoy and was told we couldn't stay since it was rented to a charter boat. So, we moved 2 bays over and dropped anchor for the night.

A few of us swam in to shore to look around. At this place there wasn't a thing for a tourist to see. It was just higher priced hotels and their beach lounges. We weren't interested in taking a cab into Mykonos town, so we just relaxed on the boat, had some drinks and ate a wonderful dinner on the boat.

This might have been the lamest visit to Mykonos ever! But at this point, we're past the party Island lifestyle.

Just to the west of Mykonos is the small, barren, sacred Island of Delos. Nobody has lived on it for a few thousand years supposedly. It's the home of Apollo and Artemis and became a banking center. It's the namesake of the Delian league, which Athens created after the Persian wars of Marathon and Thermopylae in order to protect the Cyclades.

It's also the reason "Cyclades" is the name of these islands. Delos is in the center of this ring of islands and that shows its historical importance.

Next stop: Syros.

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