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from rhodes to marmaris to fetihye to kas

Day 30: Goodbye to Greece and hello to Turkey.
Early start this morning and a lot of travel: a short walk to Rhodes commercial harbour, ferry from Rhodes to Marmaris, clearing Turkish immigration, walk to town, servis bus to the bus station (otogar), bus to Fetihye, another bus to Kas, walk to our hotel where we […]

pink elephant pension, old rhodes town, rhodes, greece

the very friendly and thoughful owners made our stay very pleasant, and the location, away from the cruise ships in a quieter part of rhodes old town, was ideal.

palace of the grand masters, rhodes

views back over the Old Town and sympathetic lighting made the palace a wondrous place to walk through

santorini (thira sunset)

Day 22: This is the final of our photos from Santorini: the sunset that we saw from the main town, Thira, on our last night there. I thought it would take us a while to get over the physical beauty Santorini but we bit the bullet and struggled on towards Crete the next day for […]

santorini (chapel overlooking caldera)

A simple, single-domed chapel in Oia, Santorini perched atop the caldera.

santorini church (late afternoon)

The setting sun kisses the church overlooking the caldera in Oia, Santorini, as it slips into shadow.

it’s a dog’s life on santorini

Santorini dogs: I snapped this photo in the late afternoon in Oia. I love the way that the setting sun lights up the curved surface on which the dogs are sleeping, utterly oblivious to the dramatic backdrop.

santorini (upturned chairs)

Cafe chairs mid-morning in Oia, Sanrorini, before being set out for the day.