Stepping off the boat, you arrive to a
quaint white
Cycladic village. By nightfall every house is a
disco, bar, fastfood place
or
boutique. Not recommended for anyone over 25, at least for not more then
a day or so. It's like one of those places on
MTV at
Spring break. If you're
single and around college age, you'll have the time of your life. You will meet
boys and
girls, you will get drunk and you will most likely
sleep with them.
If you are older,
married, and looking for a nice peaceful island forget about
Ios. It is beautiful, and has much to offer in the way of swimming, but the
fact that it become so loud and active at night will probably be a pain in the
ass. If you are old and feel like you are young at heart this would be a good
place to
test it. Great beaches and more nightlife then you can possibly use
in one
lifetime. Think:
Ios: Where Spring Break lasts All Summer. Frequent
ferry boats in the summer to and from
Pireaus make the 8 hour trip with connections
to
Paros,
Naxos and
Syros. There are daily boats to
Santorini and a couple
a week to
Sifnos and one boat a week to
Crete.
As far as
ThePope's
wu is concerned, he is
right
on target. The sign is no longer there, due to the fact that too many
tourists
tried to top the number, leading to too much
ugliness. The last time I was there,
a loud, beet-red guy from
Alabama was going on about how he could out-drink
any
Greek bastard, and complaining about the fact that there was no
MacDonalds.
I shit you not. You can see why
I hate Americans when I'm traveling.
Sometimes.
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