It is my Mother’s Birthday today, I really wanted to treat her but she wasn’t sure what she wanted, so I was keeping my eyes peeled throughout the
busy day we had planned ahead. We rose at around 10 and I wore my swimming
costume and paisley dress again because it dries really quickly and is very
light. We left for the Ionian Sea restaurant to get the coach and I got an ice
cream (Cornetto King Vanilla to be exact) and waited in the shade until twenty
past, which was significantly later than they had said.
We were convinced we had missed the coach so we walked to the
Luxury Island Events Office to get a taxi which we got at around quarter past
12. The taxi driver was truly nice, he told us that when people shake the top
half of their T Shirt (the front of the shoulders) it means that you go far far
away from that person but they are too polite to say it out loud.
Our plan for the day was to head to the water sports beach, go on
a jetski ride and enjoy the beach and then return to Laganas and go on a Glass
Bottom cruise. We got to St Nicholas beach and it really was a beautiful beach
in its own right. We went on a hunt, after a dip in the water, for the water
sports office. On the way, we spied a palm tree with sprinklers attached that a
few guys were using as a shower which was pretty cool. The guy at the water sports
office told us we had the wrong place so we asked at the Beach Bar and the guy
told us we needed to get to the Banana Beach. He very kindly gave us a lift as
it was five minutes away in his car, he told us a taxi would have cost us €15,
I wanted to pay him but I also wanted to believe he was doing it out of the
goodness of his heart; so we didn’t pay him. He was a really nice guy. A top man.
We did get to go on a jet ski which isn't what I thought it was. I
though jet skis are when you get flung about behind a speed boat but that's not
the case it's like a bike on water and me and my sister had a lot of fun on it.
We had 15 minutes in total as that is the law, I wore a life vest,
the guy who sorted us out had blonde tips (fake I'm pretty sure) on brown hair
and the most incredible blue eyes. Blue eyes are so pretty. I loved being on
the water, you can feel the spray from the ocean and the jet ski bobs in the
water when you stay still. It feels like you really are free, you could just
take off. So tempting.
Unfortunately, we had to leave get to the office in time for the
glass bottom cruise. We called a taxi from this beach bar instead which was the
prettiest, loveliest bar I have ever seen. It was gorgeous and white, there
were pretty flowers in all kinds of colours flourishing everywhere, yellow,
pink, purple, there were large comfy looking baby pink hammocks and a cute
ornate looking white bike, it looked so vintage and decorative just propped
casually in the garden. I wished we had more time there, I would have loved to
have spent the day and eaten at the bar surrounded by all the vivid flowers.
The taxi driver that took us back to Laganas was really nice and
sweet and he talked to me the whole way, occasionally making fun of me for snapping
so many pictures but I did regret not taking any on the way here because the
views were breathtaking but the reflections on the window would have
interrupted the pictures I would have taken. So instead, I made the most of the
ample opportunity I had on the way back. There was so much greenery the cliffs
are covered in all sorts of trees, just solid walls of forests. There were
houses, lone houses in the middle of these perpendicular forests, it was so
unexpected.
We passed some nice bars and restaurants too I liked their names
the sunrise restaurant looked lovely and there were loads of fancy looking
hotels in this area which is called Vasilikos.
We went to the glass bottom cruise, our boat seemed sturdy and
spacious enough plus I had a good seat. The captain was called Anggelo. I was
surprised in the beginning because the boat didn't have a fully glass bottom or
steps where you could go down and just be surrounded by glass there was just
the tiniest strip of a window in a square near the middle. Anggelo wore pink
shorts and had a tattoo on his chest, he was extremely tanned and hairless.
We did see a few turtles which makes me very happy as that was the
point of going on this cruise. The turtles were surprisingly large but lovely,
we spotted a few. I didn't think we would see them actually. I'm such a cynic. We
did some more exploring on the cruise and went inside some caves like the Keri
caves and we saw the Turtle Island which is literally shaped like a turtle,
which is the oddest coincidence.
We stopped to swim, they didn't have life vests which was gutting,
if they had I would have been the first to dive in there happy as Larry, but the
sea is scary when you think about it, it's weird not having the safety of
knowing that you can touch the floor. I sat on the edge where everyone got down
and put my feet in the water just happily swinging and kicking away. It feels
so lovely I could do that forever it's just so wonderful and peaceful. I can't
get over how awesome the ocean is. It makes me feel content. Like I'm free from
everything from all I want and need and all the things I have to do.
We also stopped off at a really nice island with real soft sand
and brilliant blue water, as Angello helped me climb down the ladder one of my
flip flops got washed away and at first me and Kulvir tried to catch it but the
water got to deep. Fortunately an English guy (old, nice but startlingly pale)
swam and saved it for me, what a gent. Then I got a Recorderlink and some food
for my family from a shop that was
slightly submerged in the sea. The guy let me off 50c because I don't think he
had the change, he made me promise to give it back to him next year which I
thought was funny. Now I just feel guilty.
We sat and took a few pictures in the sea and of the island. We
were only allowed I walk around the edge near the water I don't know why we
weren't allowed to cut across. We had gone to three real sandy beaches today
and seen turtles and caves, I have seen some of the most beautiful sights I
think I am ever going to see and as it was the first real holiday my brother
had been on I was very happy it was such a success.
It was our last night in Zante, so we had a meal at Pythari, I had
chicken de greca it came with rice and chips, and I ordered a piña colada and a
coke. The cocktails here are so much stronger than usual like you can actually
taste the alcohol. After that I went to Yolicious and got a peach smoothie
which is a blend of peaches, mangoes and blueberries. It was delicious, of
course. We also went to Palladium it's a beautiful jewellery shop much nicer
than the one we found on our first night. My sister bought a few items and I got
a necklace. It is exquisite with the tiniest little pearls making up the chain
and a dark blue circle charm which is supposed to be lucky. I need all the luck
I can get. It's all I really want is someone who adores me and desires me
desperately.
Finally we returned to the Laganas beach, I got some tennis
rackets and a ball that floats in the water and we played a variation of tennis
in the sea at night. I got a peach juice and drank it on the beach, while my
sister ordered stuffed bells and peppers. Then we headed and back and stopped
at the fish spa, I had a proper look at all the items they sold and took a few
pictures, they sold some really awesome colourful flip flops. We did the fish
spa thing again, I treated my Mom and then we returned to the hotel to pack as
we had to leave early the next morning.
Thank you so much for reading, sorry for the delays between posts,
the lack of wifi in my life was definitely gruelling but thankfully it has
returned. I have a haul, some reviews and some exciting new products up next for you, so be prepared to be
bombarded in the next few days. Thank you for your patience, support and
enquiries. Have a lovely day.
Kiran xxx
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