Through the looking glass

We have officially been away from the beach for about 4 nights now and although I miss it a bit I am glad to be sight-seeing again. The Greek islands were amazing. Amit and Thy helped me learn how to snorkel better and I went out with them a few times. It was great. There was this one point in Ios where the water was about 3 or 4 different shades of blue and we snorkled out. In the shallow water it was clear blue and there were a few fish here and there but then suddenly there was a huge drop and it was dark, dark blue and there were tons of fish. It was a bit scary and I did not go out very far at all from that point but it was still cool to see. From Ios we went to Mykonos and just hung out there. The boys rented scooters and ATVs (spelling?) and we went around driving. It was pretty cool despite my fear of ATVs. There was this one really steep hill that we could not go up so I let Amit go by himself and I waited down for the rest of them. While I was waiting a nice couple offered to...

I have about 2 minutes so i will make this quick. READ the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons if you are at all bored. I have been reading so much and I got through two Dan Brown novels, one Ken Follet novel (The Key to Rebecca), and i am on to King. I am so glad I can finally read for my own pleasure. BTW i am in Mykonos right now and the water here has so far been the best. Pretty soon we will be off to Prague, Amsterdam, London and then HOME! I will update later! Neha, I am so glad you are ok. Love you all!

Yah-sas from Greece. Athens was cool but nothing can compare at this point with the beauty of the cyclades islands. the crystal clear blue and green water of differing shades set against a mountain backdrop with with and blue houses atop the ridge... simply magnificent. i can't believe i am actually here cause most of my life i thought i would only hear about greece and not really get to visit it. We are in Santorini now and we are leaving on wed. for Ios and then leaving on sat. for Mykonos. Today, we took a boat tour of the islands in the Santorini vicinity. We went to the old volcano which endured the most powerful explosion in history. to hear about the history of the formation of these islands was very interesting. the guide said it was loud enough for everyone in the world to hear it three times and that it was 100 million more times powerful than Hiroshima. i was amazed. then we took the boat to hot spring water where we actually got to jump off the boat and swim to the hot ...