You may think you know Thai food after eating at a Thai restaurant. No, you don’t. You may think you know Thai food after eating at a Thai restaurant in Thailand’s touristic areas. No, you don’t. Restaurants in Thailand are not made for locals. They’re made for tourists. They have menus, AC, waiters. They have seats and tables. They have touristy versions of local food, along with pizza, pasta and Continue…
Let’s pick up the story from where we left off. We were in the (in)famous Patong resort, in Southern Thailand. We’ve already been on a day trip to Khao Lak and a self organized trip to Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Lee. For Khao Lak, we bought the trip from one of the many booths strategically places every 20 meters or so all around Patong. We even managed to Continue…
Unfortunately, the Greek trip had to come to an end, but not before I got to wander around the most famous Greek Islands with Hostelbay. So there I was, in the Samos Airport, trying to find my flight on the busy flights panel (“Oh, there it is!”): “Thanks” to Kayak and OlympicAir, my original 3h layover in Athens had become an overnight 18h one (apparently, OlympicAir changed their flight schedule Continue…
Boat trip again! This time we left from Pythagorio. We were heading towards… Apocalypse Island! Yeah, that’s a weird name to market an island. Still, this is one of the most important places for Christianity. Here, John the Apostle wrote the Book of Revelations. Today, the small island has 3000 permanent inhabitants. And 300 chapels scattered around – which reminded me of Albania’s bunkers. Our first stop was at a Continue…
Samos is very close to Turkey. The minimum official distance is 900m (to a very small island with a church on it) – crossing the border is good swimming practice. But if you don’t fancy a swim or want to get to the nearest Turkish restaurant, then the ferry to Kusadasi is the best option. Kusadasi was very touristy. While Samos looked shut down, Kusadasi had a decent amount of Continue…