Gatwick Airport - 4am
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Two stowaways!
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Waiting for the boat at Mykonos Harbour
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Where big boats come and go...
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English tourist!
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It´s just a quiet little harbour...
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With a pretty village
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Bye bye Mykonos
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Time for a snooze
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Our room at the Sunset View Studios, Parikia
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There´s a swimming pool too
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Our room
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View of Parikia Harbour from the pool
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See, I wasn´t lying
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But it´s next to a BUILDING SITE!
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View across to the mountains
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Did I tell you it had a pool?
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Livadhia, Parikia´s beach
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Parikia & me
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The beach
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View of the harbour
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Dan relaxes with some local wine (Kavarnis)
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My dinner is nice, honest!
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Some boats in the harbour
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Someone always gets in the way when you take a picture
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A bigger boat
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Don´t jump!
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Dan takes a rest and enjoy´s the view
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A church
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Not something you see very often in Greece
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That´s what it is
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The Aegean Sea
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Always good to have a spare bell tower
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The Frankish Castle
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Made from stone stolen from the Temple of Athena
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That´s very naughty!
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You could work for Grundfos Paros Dad!
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Pussy Cat (she liked my dinner too!)
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Dan enjoy´s a glass of local wine
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The market square
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It´s me!
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Too cold for a dip?
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It is for me
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Naousa, Paros´ 2<sup>nd</sup> town
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Naousa´s little fishing harbour
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The town
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Pretty little Greek street
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Santa Maria beach
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You can see Naxos from here
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Our little car - a Hyundai Atos Prime (Herman)
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Lazy!
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Logharas beach...
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...has a nice little pussy cat
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Time for a nice cool drink
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The beaches get very busy round here
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Piso Livadhi...
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...also has a nice little harbour
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Golden beach
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It´s good for wind surfing
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It´s another crowded beach
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Faragas beach...
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...a small secluded beach
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Funny place to have a wash
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Aliki
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Waiting for my dessert...
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...mmm, yoghurt and fruit
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The pool at night
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Parikia harbour
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It´s a bit windy today
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A stove in a ruin
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Hide and seek anyone?
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I´m close to the edge now!
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A boat leaves Paros
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There´s an unusual sight...
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...not seen many churches
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A nice door
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They got a job lot of white paint!
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The Delion Sanctuary of Apollo...
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...a big pile of... rubble!
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...was quite frankly...
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Driving through the mountains
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Faragas beach (we liked it here)
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It´s very blue
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And very wiggly
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Dan´s driving on the wrong side!
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Lefkes...
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Vineyards and Olive groves
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...a town in the middle of the island
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Sitting on the war memorial
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An explorer!
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He needs a rest
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Revmatonisi Island
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On the boat to Antiparos
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Paros´ small satellite island
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A view from the side
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At the top of the mountain
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In the caves
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I can see the sea
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...see!
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It´s very spooky...
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A strange rock formation
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It´s a long trek to the bottom
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Stalactites
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They´re very big
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Lots of stalactites
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Who´s that madman waving?
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Ye Olde graffiti
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From 1876
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A Frenchman woz ere in June 1776!
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A view up from the bottom
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Is that Rapunzel?
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A Greekman woz ere in 1840
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Good aren´t they?
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Outside again, Dan needs a drink
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Cool Picture
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Agios Georgio...
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...except this beach...
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...not a lot here...
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...and some good skimming stones
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Dan´s Cuttlefish boat (Mark 1)
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All the geese are swimming in the water
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Antiparos Town´s ickle beach
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A street
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Anyone for Octopus? No thanks, I know how they kill em!
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The boat back to Paros (that´s Herman)
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Me driving off the boat
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Me driving on the wrong side
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Catching some rays and zzzzz´s
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Me enjoying a nice glass of local wine
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Another pussy cat (the one that bit me!)
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Time for beer and cocktails
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Yummy!
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Dan enjoys a nice big glass of local beer
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Dan enjoying a nice glass of Mythos
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A banana daiquiri, also yummy!
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Dan having enjoyed some local beer and wine
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Mr Scruff and Cheeky Monkey "moonbathing"
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Another horrible day
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Watching the boats
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Chef Dan cooks breakfast
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Honey Butter; It´s butter and honey
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Breakfast tasted nicer than it looks
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The ancient quarries near Lefkes
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An explorer exploring
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Now he´s just posing!
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That building´s so old it´s fell down!
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The marble quarry
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The ancient underground quarry (mine?)
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View across the quarry
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Dan finds some marble
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Looking pleased with himself
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A scary hole in the ground!
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The biggest spider in the world (Dan had to fight with it!)
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Inside the scary hole
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It´s very scary (so I´m told)
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Dan sees the light
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The Valley of the Butterflies - Closed!
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Kolimbithres beach
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Horrible looking sea
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Lots of cool rocks
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Lots of people
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Can you see me?
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Dan dressed for the beach
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He´s fallen in!!
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Me posing in my new skirt
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Time to go home
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Naousa by night
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Me by night
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Molos beach (too windy)
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Faragas beach gets busier
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Time for dinner
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Parikia seafront
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Hibiscus, Paros´ oldest Greek restaurant
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Smiler
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The cat climbs the tree...
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...I hope he doesn´t jump!
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FATDOG! He´s a fat dog
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Herman goes to the beach
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Dan goes for a plodge on Glifa beach
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HMS Lorna
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Dan proudly shows off his creation (gotta keep the kids occupied!)
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The maiden voyage
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Away she goes
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A mighty vessel
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A light lunch
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Dan swimming with the boat (not a rescue mission)
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The secret behind Dan´s slim physique
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At the top of the highest mountain on Paros (Aghii Pantes)
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It was cold and I was in a mood
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Good view of Naxos though
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A wind turbine
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Antiparos
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____os island
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A view back down the mountain
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Naxos
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Horse and foal
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Dan´s ultimate Greek picture (blurred)
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Naousa harbour
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Me
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The happy couple
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Waiting for the boat to Naxos
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On board the <em>Blue Star Paros</em>
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Paros
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We´ve been there!
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Is that Naxos?
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Waiting for the door to open
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There it goes...
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...revealing...
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...Naxos Town!
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Get out my picture!
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A Greek building
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Sitting on the steps
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A small confusing street
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You can get lost round here
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Greek architecture
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A bizarre door
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Dan
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Twin pussy cats
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I can see the sea
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Naxos harbour
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The Dolfini Curry restaurant
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Downtown Naxos
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The sqaure
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Naxos Town beach
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Looks pretty
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The beaches are busier than on Paros!
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The castle
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Naxos Town
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It´s non-alcoholic
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The Harbour
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Resting
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I like it here
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The explorer sets off on his exploring
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Posing
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The Sanctuary of Apollo
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It´s an old temple
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The view towards Naxos Town
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The temple didn´t fall down...
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...they just didn´t finish putting it all up
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This is a nice picture
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Sitting on the edge of a big rock
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He made it!
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It´s fun!
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The temple
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The temple, again
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Naxos Town
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The old market
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The fort at the top of the hill
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I liked these nice flowers
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The Vodafone Highspeed 2 boat
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A church on a little island
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I´m not having that boat!
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Posing on some steps
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Dan´s holiday still life
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Waiting for dinner
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Naxos Town by night
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It´s a bit busier than Parikia
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A Big Pink Pig!
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Dan having fun
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The temple by night
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The castle by night
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Boats by night
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A Greek flag flying on the back of the ferry home
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Me on board <em>The Poseidon</em>
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The cars want to come on too
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The "Independent Travellers" try to sleep on their journey to Athens
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Dan waits for the boat to set sail
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A quiet spot in the bar
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Enjoying an "individual" bottle of wine
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Dan swims in the pool
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Dan takes a rest
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The view from the pool
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Dan does a spot of sunbathing?
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A Lorna Eye View; Left
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A Lorna Eye View; Forward
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A Lorna Eye View; Right
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It´s another horrible day
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The church of "one billion" doors (according to Dan)
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Inside the church of one hundred doors (the correct name)
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Inside the church (which <em>actually</em> only has 99 doors!)
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One door...
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Church things
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(potential windows wallpaper)
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Church stuff
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I hope you´re still counting!
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The old town
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Bells in trees
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The steps to the seafront
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The rocky beach
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Parikia´s little fishing harbour
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A nice place for a drink
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It´s a bit sunny still (at 6.30pm)
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The view towards the main town
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This windmill...
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...is a pub!
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Wandering back through the old town
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Stopping for a photo
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The dusty road to town
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Dan enjoys a nice glass of local beer
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A drunks still life
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Lorna enjoys a nice bottle of local... Strongbow?
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Delos Island...
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Waiting for our boat at Naousa harbour
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...2,500 years ago
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...was a sacred island...
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A pretty mosaic
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Still in canny nick
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They liked their mosaics here
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The ruins of a rich merchant´s house
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An understated room
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Anyone for a photograph? Stand behind please
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The House of the Dolphins
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Little lions
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Me and a column
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Backstage at the Roman theatre
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Front row seats!
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There´s some seats there somewhere
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A small doorway
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A big hole
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The mountain, home to an oracle
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They´re alright these mosaics like
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The Temple of Apollo (not the one on Naxos)...
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...same bloke though
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A view
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It´s hot on Delos!
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That´s our boat down there (the nearest one)
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The furthest boat will take us home tomorrow!
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The Naxian Lions (there once were 9)
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Statues
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Heads
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The sacred lake (or grass!)
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Something that hasn´t fallen over yet
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Me
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An Ionic capital (so I´m told)
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More columns (an artistic shot)
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Some stones piled up in the shape of a box
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A head
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Dan and the sacred way
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Dan has a rest
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The sacred way from another angle
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What time did they say the bus came?
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Pussy cat
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An ancient fountain (?) in the old market place
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Dan in ruins
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There´s not much here that isn´t ruins
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The ancient sacred harbour
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Pelicans of Mykonos
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Mykonos harbour
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The RamRod bar (there´s a rainbow flag!)
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More of them nice flowers
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Not sure what they sell here
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Little Venice
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One of Mykonos´ 5 famous windmills
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The taverna filled harbour
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Another view of Little Venice
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The most photographed church in Greece (according to Dan)
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Four of the Mykonos´ 5 famous windmills
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Me and my Greek pose
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A photo shoot...
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...but who knows what it´s for!
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The fish market
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A little church
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A cruise ship arrives for the night
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On the boat back to Paros
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They got a job lot of white paint too!
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The exciting fast boat
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Bye bye Mykonos (until tomorrow)
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Dan´s last journey down to town
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The windmill in the centre of Parikia
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Dan on the rocks
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Me on the rocks
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I´m a mermaid!
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A church! First one I´ve seen all holiday!
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Bags packed ready for home.
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Bye Bye Paros!
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Dan on the back of the <em>Naxos Star</em>
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The End
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