Sunday, June 13, 2010

Day 7 - Cruising to Crete & Santorini

Cruising to Crete & Santorini

Overview:
Last day on contiki. Dank and i slept through breaki so decided to grab brunch in Crete. Crete was not what i expected and was probably the most disappointing place we have been. Was just a business city, shoud have slept longer but we can now say we have been there.
had late lunch on the boat and a couple of drinks, played more Blackjack then got ready for Santorini. We had to jump on tender boats to reach tthe port, rocky yet fun.
30 min bus ride to get to thira and look out over the ocean and down the cliff face at all the houses. Was stunning!!
We got back to the port by riding donkeys down a zig zag cliff face path. Very fun but felt mean making them walk down stairs :( looked hard on them. Tendered it up back to the ship and got a glimse of the sunset through the clouds. Very pretty.
Had a final dinner together and danced it up. Had to say goodbye early to the boys as they were leaving at 5am. So sad!

Photos:
1. Streets of Crete, 2. Eating Crepes for breaki, 3. Sun through the clouds at Santorni, 4. Danika against the view over the cliff face, 5. Myself against Santorini, 6. Santorini, 7. Donkeys, 8. Riding the donkey down the cliff, 9. Sunset while boarding from tender boats, 10. drunk shot, 11. Some of the group, 12. Ozzies!









Nicole & Danika xxx

Photos: Day 6 - Cruise to Turkey & Patmos

Cruise to Kusadusi, Turkey & Patmos
Overview:
Woke up early to spend the morning is Kusadasi/Turkey. This place was a huge highlight! the area filled with ruins was simply amazing! Ill let the photos do the explaining but also you should definately check it out for yourself. Go to Turkey right now!!
Fter a couple of hours and a bit of market shopping we jumped back on the boat, danika had a nap so I had lunch of the top deck with a few of the crew. then it was time to hop off at Patmos. This place was not very exciting. Had one main street and it was the only day that rained so an hour there was enough for us and we hopped back onto the boat. Had dinner, got hooked on Blackjack for a couple of hours and had another dance. funfunfun!!!
Photos:
1. Ephesus entrance, 2. columns, 3. Danika next to some ruins, 4. remains of a temple, 5. Ephesus in the background with us, 6. Ephesus up close, 7. Ephesus library, 8. Danika as a statue, 9. Me in the poppies












Photos Cont:
10. Danika found burger king, 11. The Aquamarine, 12. The port of Kusadusi, 13. The pool and bars on the top deck, 14. Street in Patmos, 15. Playing Blackjack, 16. Rich, Kylie, Sasha, Dank & I dancing, 17. Brent & Dank, 18. The Girls, Brent & our waiter!






Nicole & Danika xxx

Photos: Day 5 - Mykonos & Cruise


Day 5 - Mykonos & boarding the Cruise

Overview:
It was our last day in Mykonos, so we lazed around the pool, had a quick meeting and checked out. Grabbed some lunch at the taverna down the road then jumped on the bus to Mykonos town for drugs for danks cold and so she could get some photos with her big camera. Wandered around, grabbed an icecream, caught the bus back and chilled until it was time to leave to board the cruise ship.
Boarded the AquaMarine at 6pm and had buffet dinner, checkout out our rooms, then met up at the moonlight disco and had a dance.

Photos:
1. Taverna for lunch, 2. The most photographed church in Mykonos, 3. Little Venice in Mykonos, 4. Myself testing out the life jacket, 5. Danika demonstrating how to jump off a sinking ship, 6. Titanic, 7. dank & me at the moonlight disco, 8. Melissa, matt, brent & me 9. richie, brent & matt, 10. Danika's falling bed




Nicole & Danika xxx

Photos: Day 4 - Mykonos, Paradise Beach

Mykonos - Paradise Beach

Overview:

Danika had a bit of cold so slept most of the morning whilst i climbed Aphrodite's right boob. After lunch we all jumped on a bus to paradise beach for 5 hours. Much drinking, card games, dancing and passing out to happen!

Photos:
1. Paradise beach, 2. Tiffany & Myself, 3. Tiffany, Lauren & Me, 4. Gang - Tiff, me, brent, dank lauren, 5. dank and me drinking & posing, 6. everyone getting north vodka poured down our throats (YUM) 7. Gaz & Richie playin kings again




Photo's Cont:
8. Shannon and myself, 9. The ozzies - brent, richie, me and dank, 10. "dare u to dance on the table" 11. girls scoring a jug of free booze, 12. Richie passed out, the source of many great fotos!





Nicole & Danika xxx