Munich to the Greek Islands

Well no photos yet again as the USB doesn't work but you know the old saying, a word tells a thousand pictures so I'll just tell you all about the recent days of my trip (and try to post some pics later..) (JUST PUT SOME PICS IN :))
I'm in the greek islands at the moment, on the island of Mykanos and man is it windy!! They don't really tell you about the wind in the tourist info but apparently there's only about 65 days per year where the wind isn't howling across the island and blowing sand everywhere!

So from Munich in my last post, we headed to Athens to start our 2nd Contiki tour, the Greek Islands. We arrived at Athens airport at about 11.30pm and had the bright idea to stay at the airport as we had no accommodation that night! We found a quiet corner and settled in for the night amoungst about 100 other backpackers who had the same idea, and tried to get some sleep. as we'd been going out so late the last couple of night, it was too early for me to sleep so I went for a walk around the airport. By the time I was tired at about 3am, all the sleeping backpackers were getting moved on by airport security so it was no sleep at all!!
We got a bus and a cab to our hotel that we were staying at the next night and couldn't chek in til 12 so we checked out the beaches of Athens.

We met the crew that night and partied with them for the next 2 nights so not much sleep was had at all! On the second night of partying, we headed to a massive beach party that started at 3am. We saw the sun come up before jumping on a ferry to sleep our way to the island of Mykanos. We also checked out the town of Athens and saw the Acropolis and a heap of old Olympic Icons, including the original olympic stadium.

Apart from the wind, Mykanos isn't really what I expected. The beaches are quite nice but nothing really like what we have back in Oz. The sand is very coarse and the land is barron as can be. It hasn't rained here scine April and the only place they have any kind of green plants is in the resorts as they import them and water them like crazy. I even saw the gardener watering a cactus this morning!

The place we're staying at is nice, with a pool and cruisy chill out areas. Last night we headed into the main town for dinner with the group, and man do the greeks know how to eat!! I was full after the greek salad, fried cheeses, meatballs and beer for entree! Then came the lamb, more beer, cake for dessert and a shot of something that tasted like jagermeister!! Was a massive feed and very tasty. After dinner we hit 3 different bars and clubs and started to get more of an appreciation of why people love the greek islands so much. They love to party til all hours of the night, with most place open til the sun comes up.
On the way home we passed a club called the Ramrod club and the people coming out of it made us realise why Mykanos is called the 'Gay Isalnd' of Greece..

The next 2 nights are beach parties (just for a change) and then we head to the island of Santorini, the one in all the postcards with the white houses and blues roofs. It'll be a couple of quiet nights for me coming up I think cos after 6 weeks of solid partying, I'm finally starting to get over it a little bit. Just keen to enjoy the beaches and chill out a little bit. haha, I must be getting old or something!!

Hope everyone is doing well back home :) Will add pics when I get a chance..