January 15th, 2010 by David Mutlow
Greece has more than 2,000 islands and islets. Only 169 of them are inhabited. Some of the best places include the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, the Ionian, the Sporades and the Northern area of Greece. In fact anywhere in Greece is a sight to behold when arriving by sea.
So how do you travel in style by [...]
January 8th, 2010 by David Mutlow
Our Turkish Gulet the Almira knifes through a mirror sea, with a gentle rumble from below we’re heading for Pythagorean on the Island of Samos. The harbour of Pythagorean is famed for its mathematician Pythagoras and his theorem: the square on the hypotenuse. In ancient times this harbour traded in goods but today yacht tourism [...]
December 18th, 2009 by David Mutlow
The weather and sea state is always changeable in Greece. Hours before whilst crossing from Patmos to Leros. Our rigging began to groan in rhythm with the sea; outside the shelter of the Islands a rolling sea had enveloped ‘Almira’. Although our sails held us steady our hull rocked back and forth, a motion that [...]
December 11th, 2009 by David Mutlow
There are no other tavernas in view, no discotheques, no bars or the sound of bouzouki music. Patmos shows considerable restraint when mixing the trappings of tourism with this most holy of Islands.
Looking up from our rooftop Taverna. The Monastery of St John the theologian (named after St John the last living Apostle of Christ) [...]