Inos Charm.

Have made it to the beautiful island of Inos and discovered my favourite Greek so far. The owner of our hotel, the owner and chef of a local restaurant, taxi driver, tourist guide and general handyman: Kiriagos.

Dinner at his restaurant "The Mills" consisted of absolute deliciousness and authentic Greek meals, all whizzed up to perfection and all eaten. I do feel sick. Vegetarian moussaka and tzatiki with fresh bread toasted in olive oil.

Enjoyed with the company of fellow American backpackers and their giant plate of chicken and lamb. Ended with an unknown shot, compliments of the chef: rika, honey, cinnamon and other unknown substances.

A beautiful almost end of the day after quad biking all afternoon! Apparently we don't lie convincingly as our attempts to rent scooters were met in vain. Instead we passed the quad bike test and away we went! 18 euros for 24 hour hire seems almost criminal. not complaining! First stop was about 40 minutes away at almost the northern most tip of the island, Homer's tomb! A seriously long and windy journey through the depths of the mountains, high above the village. No one else on the roads, it felt like we were the only people on the island! An incredible experience.

Traipsing around Homers tomb all by ourselves, seeing miles in every direction to the sea, mountains, with no sign of civilisation.

We headed back into town, and after our delicious dinner were escorted to one of the infamous bars on Ios, a well known party island. Not the high season so the bars and streets weren't teeming with people, thankfully. We started with the bar almost to ourselves but it soon began to fill up and the rest of the night is...well, a mystery. To here, anyway.

We hoped to meet up with some of the fellow hotel guests, members of the Milos football team playing Santorini, on Ios. We were graciously invited to attend their game the next morning after we all rode into town together, crammed into Kiriagos' old white van and reading between the lines of their stunted English. A five-way translation between various members of the team to decipher our sentences.

I'm not sure what time the day/night ended but I know it ended in a pool. An empty pool.

I could spend a very long time here.