Kamari is a beach resort situated 10 kms southeast of Fira, the capital of Santorini. It is one of the more developed resorts on the Eastern coastline of Santorini. The beach at Kamari is almost 5 kms long. It is a black sandy beach with countless bars and restaurants along the seafront. A frequent bus service links Kamari to Fira (the capital). We took the bus so that Richard could have a swim.
He complained the water was dirty. The air planes full of tourist kept coming overhead every 5 minutes....So serene...not!
We went to Oia in the evening to watch the sunset. Oia, pronounced ‘Ia’, is the most famous of all villages of Santorini. It is known throughout the world for its quiet life and fantastic sunset, and is certainly the most beautiful and picturesque village of Santorini.
The village is also situated on top of an impressive cliff and offers a spectacular view over the volcano of Palia and Nea Kameni and the island of Thirassia.
Oia is situated on the north of the island, 11 km away from Fira.
It is a traditional village with charming houses in narrow streets, blue domed churches, and sun-bathed verandas. Its streets have plenty of tourist shops, taverns, cafés, and other shops.
If there was 1 million tourist in Fira yesterday, there were 2 million tourists watching the sunset in Oia today. Oia is a nicer village and the sunset is better here.
PHOTO OF SUNSET
BLUE DOMED CHURCH (I POKED MY FACE INTO THIS PHOTO, SO DID SOME OF THE OTHER TOURISTS)
HERE IS A PHOTO OF ME IN SANTORINI GETTING FRIENDLY WITH ONE OF THE LOCALS
We were planning to go to another island called Tinos but the price to get there was unbelievably high. One of the travel agents in Santorini got nasty with us. The lady who served us, would not tell us the price and Richard had asked several times, they printed up the tickets and then told us the price. I told Richard there is no way we are paying that much and we proceded to walk out. The owner of travel agent got angry, telling us he had already printed the tickets and we had to take them. We were not falling for that one and kept walking. We could hear him cursing us down the street.
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