WEATHER: Hot and 31C
HIGHTLIGHT OF THE DAY: Sitting on a white sand beach with a cold beer in my hand
BUMMER OF THE DAY: We only get 2 nights on Ios
BUYS OF THE DAY: 5EUR vodka and cokes
WORD OF THE DAY: We’re in Ios baby!!!
We headed to our last island today – the party island of Ios. How party can it be? I mean really, cheap drinks? Sun and Surf, great clubs, cheap drinks, great clubs and more cheap drinks…. I mean come-on – lets see what all the hype is about.
Our ferry left at 8.50am this morning. It was free seating, so it’s the first ferry where you could just sit anywhere for the 1.5 hour journey from Santorini to Ios. So needless to say, we all spread out and a lot of people caught up on some needed sleep, as mentioned we are going to need our energy for some serious drinking on Ios.
We arrive into Ios, and we ALL get off the ferry to have 2 buses waiting to take us the 15 minute drive to our hotel. So Ed does a head count, just before we leave and we are missing 3 people. Oh crap. He counts again and once more for good measure and yep we are still definetly missing 3 people. We worked out it was Trouble, Jeff and Tim. The ferry at this point is still on the dock, so Ed made his way back to the boat, and then it starts to pull out from the wharf! We had a mad minute there that we thought Ed was now also back on the boat with them and that made 4 people heading to Naxos!!!! At this point, we were in the smaller of the buses that contained the Greek Posse and we were having a great little chuckle until we saw Ed, and he wasn’t a happy camper, more stressed than anything at this point, so we decided to not push our luck and watch Ed snap, so we kept all our hilarious little comments to ourselves as we got in the bus and taken to the hotel. Ed contacted the ship, till the signal went, to tell the 3 stowaways to get off at an island before Naxos, because if they didn’t get off there, then there was no ferry back to Ios till 4pm the next day, and they would pretty much miss Ios altogether. What else can you do at this stage? And no Ed hasn’t lost people on the ferry before – first time for everything, and he can have a little laugh now – just.
After checking in at the hotel, we got a transfer down to the main beach for lunch and some chill time. We ate at the Far Out Resort and then went down to the beach to get some sun and a few drinks. The beaches on Ios are just like the ones back home, white and finer sand than the other islands. The vibe on the beach is pretty cool. They have all the watersports happening, banana boats, parasailing and windsurfers. There are a lot of Aussies working there, and most have them have just started back or first timers, as the season has just opened for summer. They get paid approx. 4EUR an hour and accommodation is paid for on a dorm basis, so I guess you don’t go here for the money, it is a lifestyle change. People come and take your drink and food orders so you really don’t have to move all day if you didn’t want to.
Dinner was back at Far Out again. So after freshening up in the afternoon we headed back. I tell you these European’s / Greeks know how to make an alcoholic drink. The free pour at these bars is INSANE. I started on a Zombie cocktail and then I decided to go back to the faithful vodka and cokes. Well 2 of them that I got were so strong on the vodka, that the colour of the drink was a pale brown, I rekon it would have to have been 7 parts vodka 3 parts coke – but needless to say I drank them still no worries. This also then lead to the spew after dinner. This is before we had even headed into town. I call it a controlled spew and it was the best thing I could have done. I’ll have another vodka now thanks!
We caught the public bus the 15 minutes to the town of Ios where all the fun and games were to begin. We visited 5 bars that I remember the names of starting at the Fun Bar. This place was pretty cool with Jenga, pool tables and a lounge area out the front. We were all given a shot off the bar, where we had to lean our head back to get a double shot of something. Moving onto the Blue Note, the Slammer Bar, Jager Bar and Flames we ended out night in Rehab. What a cool name for a place. The drinks at this point are3EUR and once again the free pour was just insane. This is where I lost the plot and thank-god for Jess, Jeff and Angel for getting me home safe and sound after this one. I think we ended up getting home around 4am? But I can’t be 100% sure. No more spew though – so surely that is a sign of a great night?
For the record the stowaways did make it off on the next island and then doubled back to Ios to arrive in at 4pm. Not bad considering we got there at 10.30am. Tim asked if this was going to make the blog, as it was the only reason that they did it! Yeah right! The lengths some people go to, to get on the blog!
I also need to make mention, that we wanted to make the blog milestone of 10,000 hits since it’s conception. The Greek Posse posted on all our walls on FB, I FB the 4 Contiki groups and I am happy to report we hit 10,044 people today. So a BIG THANKS to everyone who takes the time to read my blog and hope that you continue to follow my journey. Day 81 today, and besides my liver feeling a little shady, I am still having the time of my life – I just hope I survive Ios. xx
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