Itisallgreek2me

Sunday, 10 July 2022… Ever since reading ‘The Stars Over Paxos’ by John Gill, I’ve wanted to come to Paxos. I had to check out of my room in Parga by 11.00 hours so spent the best part of 3 hours having one last final look around before taking a taxi with Labros back to Igoumenitsa.

It was a nice feeling being back on a ferry boat, heading for yet another Greek island… this time Paxos. After some confusion my pre-booked taxi eventually arrived to take me to Lakka. Driven by a young woman, part of the family business, she drove like a rally driver along the narrow, windy island roads, even managing a phone call… these Hellenes are fearless. Not quite sure how but I seem to have scored the best room view wise at Vasiliki Apartments… worth all the steps to get to the 4th floor.

Located at the northern most end of the island, I took an early evening orientation walk around the village. First impressions… although a calm and relaxing environment prevails, it appears to cater mainly to the well heeled with prices to match. Whereas on Chalki, for example, I sat and watched the little fishing boats bobbing about in the harbour… in Lakka it’s a line of speed boats for hire.

Unfortunately, a much needed good night’s sleep eluded me as music blared up from down in the village until 02.30 hours and it wasn’t even my style of Greek music… grrr!

Monday, 11 July 2022… Not feeling much like rushing out early this morning, I made it in time to take the 11.00 hours bus to Gaios, the capital and main settlement of Paxos. While the majority of people seemed to be heading to a beach, I set out to walk to the Tripitos Arch (also known as Kamara). A natural rock arch which is actually part of a collapsed sea wall. You can walk across the top of it, but… not this girl!

Taking the mainly uphill road out of Gaios to Ozias, from there the route becomes less obvious, as first you walk along minor roads, eventually leading to a rocky path between stone walls and finally down a steep incline then, WOW… you see the breathtaking view! Few people get to see it from above as the majority prefer to take an organized boat trip, but… yuk, not my style of travel. With music blasting on board, on one boat today it was Michael Jackson’ ‘Billie Jean’.

Returned to Gaios at a snail’s pace, where I found a quiet Taverna away from all the hullabaloo to have lunch and wait for the 17.30 hours bus back to Lakka. Staying put tonight… so far, no repeat of last night’s music.

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