Luke Reynolds

Denouement Dashboard - Greece

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This is the place I will cover the stats of each country as we go.

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Anyway, let's get into it:

Greece: 5-15/10/23

Tracks:

Rough rules: I will count the flight (or bus) TO that country as tracks IN that country.

Planes:

  • Brisbane - Abu Dhabi - Athens = 15,276 km

Automobiles:

  • Athens Airport - Piraeus Port = 50 km
  • Driving around Milos = maximum 20 km

Boats:

  • Piraeus - Paros = 189 km
  • Paros - Milos = 75 km
  • Milos - Mykonos = 112 km

Walking:

  • 69.2 km

Total = 15,791.2 km

Expenses:

Rough rules: I will count the flight (or bus) TO that country as an expense IN that country.

Total expense: $6,540.13 AUD

Total Days: 11 Days inclusive

Expense per day = $594.55 AUD/Day

Expenses Breakdown (mathematical, not emotional):

Travel Bingo:

  • The Influencer - IIIIIIIIIIII
  • The TikTok Dweeb - II
  • The ‘Khaki Queen’ - I
  • The Americans - II

Lots of Insta-twits twitting around the place. They can’t resist the Mediterranean clear water…

An explanation of Travel Bingo is here.

Culinary Corner by a Non-Foodie:

  • Paros = Pepe’s Souvlaki for the Gyros; Dionysus Garden for a nice dinner
  • Milos = Utopia Cafe to watch the sun going down just an epic view
  • Mykonos = Meh. Wherever.

Tips and Tricks:

  • Taxis from Athens airport can be booked with the Uber app.
  • Inter-island ferries work flawlessly, for Greece.
  • Paros, Naxos, Sifnos, Milos are the islands you should go to. Mykonos had minimum three enormous cruise ships disgorging fat old people into the old town all day. I would imagine Santorini and Crete are similar. So if you are not going to the Greek Islands for the partying, then go for the smaller, quieter islands.
  • Towards the end of October, the tourist season is coming to a close. Shops are literally shuttering for the off season. Just to be aware. We were always able to find somewhere to eat and stay, however.

Recommendations:

  • These Greek islands have small town centres. Staying outside the centre is nice and quiet, but you will have to walk every day.
  • Hire a car for a day or two and roam around looking for fun beaches.
  • Paros and Milos were better than Mykonos. Mykonos is dirty. Milos and Paros are clean and quiet.
  • On Milos, go to the church at the top of Plaka for the view and have a drink at sunset at Utopia Cafe - it is that good.
  • Milos = Sarakiniko Beach for cool landscape white rocks and jumping off the rock arch.

Summary:

  • We really only did a few Greek Islands. Not mainland. We had a great time swimming around the beaches.
  • Smaller, quieter islands are best. If in doubt, pick an island that cruise ships don’t dock in.
  • Driving is not too bad, there are some insanely tight little village roads at times, but all the hire cars are tiny.

Thanks for reading along.

The next country update will come... after the next country.

Weekly updates will come...weekly.

Luke.