A true path follows no plan…

 I got off to a bad start yesterday, as I was in a very ditzy mood. Firstly, I packed my bag and walked down to the private hotel beach to have a swim. I got there, after walking down the very steep path and steps only to realise I didn’t have my sexy rubber shoes, and it hurts my feet too much trying to clamber over the rocks in the water. It’s a lovely looking beach too and I haven’t been in yet. Gutted!

 So, back up the very steep steps and in to my hotel room. I found the shoes, re-arranged my bag, and decided to head off to the ferry for Telendhos instead of going back down to the beach. I walked the 20 or so minutes to the ferry jetty, up and down and up and down some more. I got there just in time for the next ferry leaving, hopped on, opened my bag to take out my camera and…….yep, no bloody camera!!!! I contemplated, for about a second, to go without it but knew I’d end up regretting if I did. So , off I went back to the hotel for a second time, re-packed back ,picked up camera, double checked and checked again, and went back to the jetty, eventually leaving for the island 10 minutes later.

It was a pretty place, not much there. I had a walk, a swim and a sunbath. Had an early dinner at “On the rocks” looking out to sea and thinking a lot about my travels and where I’ve been and where I’m headed. I then set off up to the cliff to see the sunset, passing a church and some pretty houses along the way.

It was a nice place to visit after all the hoo ha with my forgetful packing! And worth it for another beautiful sunset.

I went in to town on Thursday, to find a camera shop and buy a wide angle lens for the hike I plan on doing up to the famous climbing point of The Grotto. I walked in to Myrties, about 20 minutes from the hotel and hopped on the bus. It was siesta time when I got in to Pothia so I wandered around and took some photos to kill some time. It’s a nice enough harbour, but haven’t been spoilt by seeing the likes of Symi and Halki, it doesn’t quite have the same feel.

Once the shops were open, around 6ish, I eventually found the camera shop, after I found the cake shop……

Inside the camera shop I couldn’t see any cameras or accessories, only Kodak printing booths…I asked the guy behind the counter about lenses and he kind of just laughed “Pothia and Kalymnos does not keep things like that. No one will buy them here!”

Oh. Ok then. So that was that. I wandered around, bought a new notebook for my study notes as my other is full, looked in the shops and got the return bus home. Never mind, it was worth a look!