From Folegandros, we took the Sea Jet 2 to Milos. The ride took 1 1/4 hours and cost €29.60. It was a speedboat so we were stuck in our airplane-style seats and glimpsed at the sea through sea-sprayed clouded windows.
In Milos, we tried to get a motor bike but couldn't find any agencies that would rent one without a motorcycle license. We had to resort to a car. Cost was €25/day.
Sea Jet 2 arriving in Adamas, the port in Milos.
After we found a car, we found gelato near the port in Adamas.
€1.70 for a scoop of mango and it was delicious.
On Milos, we were limited to where we could drive the car. The western end of the island and the far eastern end were 4-wheel drive only. We drove north past Trypiti to the site where the Venus de Milo was found. There was a sign on the road but you actually had to fight your way through the brush to get to the actual site. There was a marble plaque marking the spot where a farmer found the statue in 1820. The goddess Venus is known as Aphrodite in Greece so the statue is actually called Aphrodite de Milos.
Near the site, we found a geocache buried in the rocks.
Nearby were the catacombs and an ancient Roman theatre.
We had a little daylight left and drove to Klima. Kilma is a traditional fisherman's village, complete with boat storage on the ground level and living quarters on the 2nd floor.
The houses had boat ramps--the Klima version of driveways.
Beautiful sunsets.
2015 06 01
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