Day 247 : Sahara Awaits

I have seen many famous movies set in the Sahara desert, and never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would visit the Sahara desert in person. So it was something I had no intention to miss when I am in Morocco.

My trip to the Sahara along with the travel plans for the next couple of days had been arranged by the Fes Riad owner, and all I had to do was to get my bus tickets to each of the towns.

After a 10hr overnight bus ride from Fes to Rissani, I finally arrived at 6.30am, and boy… was it cold!  Rissani is the bus point closest to Messourga, one of the entry points to the Sahara desert. 

Day 19 : Ormas Mersinia, Lesvos

We have a new addition to the crew that joined us this morning before we sailed out of Mytilini… a TV personality in fact! Rita from Italy, who is a news journalist on RAI, an Italian broadcasting network. Boat is getting merrier!

We have since settled in a bay at Ormas Mersinia, Lesvos and have been sitting out on the deck with Moa, gazing at the stars over the last half an hour, and we can even see the milky way really clearly!  Very serene actually as we hear the waves lapping against the rocks with no other boats around us.  A total contrast from last night’s hustle and bustle of city traffic, and good way for winding down after an exhausting day.

Today is the 1st time I actually felt really exhausted since I started out on my trip.  We had been out gathering sea urchins for tonight’s dinner, which was cooked with spaghetti, and I played a more active role than the last time, by staying in the water and being the bag keeper of urchins while Alberto went to pick them up. 

Think it is easy?  Well picture this…

Day 16 : Movie Under the Stars

After spending a leisurely day sailing around the coast of Lesvos in a channel which separates Greece and Turkey (shortest point between the two countries in this channel is about 20km!), doing some tacks and playing skipper on “Gaia”, we finally settled down in a bay near Skala Sykaminia, Lesvos, and ended the day with a movie. 

It added a new dimension to the term “movie under the stars”

Day 9 : Stargazing at Kyra Panagia

I just spent the last hour lying on the deck of “Gaia” stargazing after a refreshing shower, enjoying a cup of hot camomile tea and soaking in the night breeze while drying my hair (talk about multi-tasking!). 

As the island was not inhabited, there were no other lights around, except from 3 other boats in the bay at a distance, which made it perfect for stargazing.