Gaios and Paxos

It has become our habit, well more because we can't handle the winging, as soon as we are tied on and set to get the bicycles off the boat. The kids cannot wait to explore their new world having forgotten that they had complained like hell about leaving the last.
Gaios was no exception particularly because we were right there in the promenade. Off they went and after about 30 minutes they returned and in a nice clear voice Will exclaimed that he'd found a great Bar! This was our first real endorsement for Home Schooling.....
On arrival we had moored right next to a shiny new power and water dispenser. These are the gems one looks for through binoculars when coming into any port. They mean unlimited electricity, ie; coffee machine, toaster, washing machine, ice maker, hair dryer, hot water and of course, unlimited hot water. You do usually have to pay for this, but it is always worth it.
I pulled out the power cable and plugged in and tested the tap whilst doing so. Mwa mwaaaa. No water. I looked up the street and noticed a guy coming along covering each of these units we a black plastic bag. When he got to me he said "this one no workin, ony that one there" (thick Greek accent). That one there turned out to be about 5 metres further than my cable would stretch! Now comes the real kicker... Two boats had arrived just after us and med moored. I even helped them with their lines. We decided that whilst there was appropriate space, we'd move closer to said dispenser. We untied, Sal not happy as she did her favourite chain distribution job and as we get near our anchor we hear very loud protestations from the shore... " you are lifting our anchor, we have crossed your chain, stop, stop" and so, to remain friends with our new neighbours we simply reversed back to our original position. Now Sal was really happy!
Ah well, we'd only be there three days so we could generate adequate electricity for the essentials... Toilets, water pump, lights, fridge. That's it.... And we'd have to go sparingly on the water.... Pommie showers!
Then the bad weather set in. So three days stretched into a week but we did manage to have water
delivered, we did hire a car and once we got the hang of slumming it, we did really enjoy Paxos.

Here are some shots highlighting the highlights..

1 - Sal giving it her all at Lakka Bay. A nice place to anchor and dingy ashore. We'll be doing this on our way south after Corfu.
2 - The view from the Sunset Bar on the North East of the island
3 - Ben's Bar...   said with deep affection. It had rained all the way here and we'd been cold for days, but as we arrived the sun came out and stayed out the whole day. That is Sal Facebooking her friends about it.. Obligatory lunch time half litre of 'house' dry rose... Cheap as chips.
4 - Another perspective of Ben's Bar
5 - Will's pre birthday, birthday party with a bunch of newly made local Greek mates. Language barrier? What language barrier?
6 - The backstreets of Lakka
7 - The backstreets of Gaios. I wish I'd taken more, these places are jaw dropping