We woke up in Patmos the next morning the alleged site of the writing of the Book of Revelation by John of Patmos. By this point it looked like every other Greek island town we had seen but still, I took another shot.
As it turned out they did not allow photography in either the cave or the monastery which pretty much was all that there was to see. Unless you are a religious fanatic I would not recommend Patmos. They did have some amazingly old manuscripts in the museum which explains the prohibition on flash photography. I can’t say they are wrong about that.
From Patmos it was on to Mykonos. We stayed on the ship. Mykonos was described as a jet-set hotspot which did not come alive until 11 at night...by which time we would be on our way back to Piraeus. I did snap a couple of shots of the town and the ship traffic in the harbor.
I can’t recall why I took this shot of the little tender getting ready to ferry people ashore. Must have had something to do with the color of the Aegean Sea at this point.
Rush hour at Mykonos harbor....and it was about to get more crowded.
This ship...which absolutely dwarfed us came rolling in ahead of us. Cruise ships like this would not be able to land at some of the smaller ports and they probably carry 2,000 passengers who need to go ashore on tenders. I wouldn’t want to be on the end of that line. On the couple of occasions when we went ashore by boat we waited no more than 10 minutes. Of course, our ship was only about half full and only carried a max of 500 anyway. It made for an attentive crew. If we used a towel our cabin steward was there with a replacement.
This ship, came barreling in at us from the rear. For a few moments it looked like he was going to hit us. But, he cut his engines and used his thrusters to turn the ship sideways and moor. A little showboating, perhaps? If he had hit us, he would have cut us in half. It was at least twice our size.
Anyway, next day it was back to Piraeus for the 10 hour flight back to NY.
The End.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
-- George Carlin