So this is our last scheduled day in Greece. We had a useful morning. We gave our documents in to the agent to check us out of
Greece and then collected our washing.
The tee shirts are all still stained. Does anyone have a solution to suntan cream staining
clothes? But the sheets and towels
are all clean and the rest can be taken home. I even did hand washing. Richard’s very light Batik shirts and all the swimsuits are
now clean and ready for the next bit of the journey.
We were going to get together with the family after doing our chores,
but Eva wasn’t feeling well so we stayed on our own for the day. First we had a walk around the old town
and went to see the ancient synagogue and the Jewish museum, which were very
interesting. Then this afternoon
we went to Ladiko, otherwise known as Anthony Quinn Bay. It is on a rocky outcrop and there was
just a wooden staircase from a pier to enter into the water. It has beautifully clear water. A shame we didn’t have face masks and
snorkels, but there is little need because you can just see from the surface!
We met the family here on the boat to go into Rhodes town for dinner. We went to a somewhat more up market
restaurant, so the children complained about the lack of pizza and things on
the menu! But they ate dinner and
things went well. So off they went
and now we are planning the sail to Turkey tomorrow.
One thing has struck us here recently. We keep seeing boats flying American flags and are registered
in Delaware (a well known flag of convenience). We thought they were owned by Russians, as we heard Russian spoken a lot on such boats. But today one of those American flagged
boats moored next to us. Speaking
to them we find that they are Turkish owned. Our neighbour told us they register the boats in Delaware
because taxes in Turkey are so high.
We guess that the Russians may be charterers of these Turkish boats, or
perhaps the Russians are taking advantage of Delaware’s anonymity arrangements
to conceal their assets?
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