Day 233 - Tuesday, Sept. 11
As mentioned in the last post, I took a midnight ferry from Santorini to
Rhodes, a Greek Island close to the southwest coast of Turkey. It was about a 14-hour ferry ride, arriving in Rhodes around 4pm and I didn't have a cabin. So I did my best impersonation of a homeless person and slept on a public couch/bench in the cafe area before it became overrun with loud obnoxious kids. Actually, I probably shouldn't say "impersonation" seeing as how I am technically homeless. A pic of my not-exactly-luxurious ferry boat after we arrived:
Rhodes was quite different from the other Greek islands - probably a result of its proximity to Turkey. For example, there was not blue and white houses everywhere. I was only in Rhodes for about 24 hours, so I didn't get a chance to see anything other than the old town area around the port. In retrospect, I kind of wish I had spent a little longer there and checked out more of the island, but the old town area was pretty neat - very medieval feel.
Tuesday night, I didn't do much, but did wander around a bit and caught another nice sunset:
Day 234 - Wednesday, Sept. 12
By the time I finally got my lazy ass out of bed, I only had a few hours to check out more of the city before my ferry to Turkey, but it's a small city, so I saw a lot of it. It's centered around an old castle, which is open to exploration, including the underground tunnels.
Castle:
One such tunnel:
Against my better judgment, I decided to venture down into the tunnels and see where they led, with only the occasional flash from the camera to light the way.
Um, it's kind of dark in here:
I think I've seen too many scary movies, because I was actually pretty on edge. Between being scared of the dark and contemplating reading the Fifty Shades trilogy, I should probably worry about my man-card being revoked.
Rhodes' greatest claim to fame is probably that it was home to
the Colossus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which was a giant statue of a dude whose legs stood on either side of the entrance to the harbor. But all that's left now is some small statues with little deer on them:
A few other photos as I roamed around the city for the afternoon:
The place I bought my ferry ticket from told me the ferry left at 5:00. So I was a little surprised when I strolled up at 4:40 and the office where I was supposed to exchange my voucher for a ticket was closed and they were pulling up the gangplank to the boat. A mad rush to get a ticket and run through customs ensued, but I managed to make it on board. Apparently the boat leaves at 4:30 - thanks a lot travel-agent-lady.
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