Bad Trip, Good Trip

Absolutely lovely, and the view is quite nice too.

There are supposed to be some amazingly beautiful caves on Zakynthos, the famous “Blue Caves”. There is also the most photographed beach in the whole of the Med., the Shipwreck Beach. (Why a rusty old boat should be regarded as so photogenic is a mystery.) Well, we were supposed to be going on a boat trip around the island to see the caves and the beach, but we were not collected from our hotel. In the afternoon, we went to the offices of the company that had promised to collect us from Agoulos Inn and take us on this wonderful trip. 
On the beach, with a shipwreck and about 500 tourists.
Then they promised to take us the following morning. This was the last day of our holiday on Zakynthos. The same thing happened. No one came. We persuaded the nice  lady who owns the Agoulos Inn to phone the company and this time they promised to come at twenty past one. Twenty past one duly arrived, but they did not. After we were fed up with waiting, yet again, we returned to our room and prepared to go swimming. Then they finally arrived!
A rusty old wreck.
Well, the Shipwreck Beach really does have the ruins of a rusty old boat. And the water in the Blue Caves is blue because of the sunlight. If you come in the morning, then the wonderful bright blue colour is reflected onto the ceiling, but of course we came in the afternoon. Still, it was fun to go on the boat, get some sea air and see a little bit around the island.

This is a cave. It's blue (well, the water is.)


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