Morning woke me and I sleepily got up and got my stuff ready for the day. Made my way for the last time up back again to Neapolis as a fisher man was getting his nets ready for a catch and I was certain today was the day for a new Island.
Arriving in the city of Neapolis I was parched and hungry after 2 hours of walking. I looked at the Super market of which I usually go to but it was closed! ....hmmmm maybe the bakery .... but it's closed to!!. so was the next store,and the next and the next. turns out it was an election day and a Sunday ( I have lost all tract of what day it is anymore) soo I struggled to the port and found a place to buy a drink for heavens sake!!! Then made my way to that stupid boat.
Vioala! I was on! An hour later I arrived at the new Island called Kythira; I asked how far it was to Chalkos, the beach i was heading to, and people gave me a laugh and all guessed the distance some said 30 km some more or less but 30 km was the medium. So I set out on the only road out of town. 3 hours into the walk I took a small short cut. The road here winds around a mountain/big hill. I found that by just climbing up I could cut out walking. So I tried it and cut a small piece of road out of my walk equaling about... 5min. another bend and I saw a bigger chance to cut out some time. I climbed a ridge of about 6 feet then started walking into the wilderness; guessing that I could cut about 30 min out of my walk. 30 min later my legs were bleeding from thorns and sharp plants. I had a bee that had been following me from the beginning of the road (3 hours back) and I looked and saw that the road actually did not wind here and meet me in front but went on the side!!! ahhhhh! I did all that for nothing. It's mid June in the middle of the day, hot, and I have only tackled about 10% of my walk. I made my way down to the road and slipped on the rocks sliding into thorn bushes causing me to kick out my feet and slam my toes into a big rock ( I only have flip-flops. sweating, bleeding and grumbling, I picked out 3 thorns from my hands. uggggghhhhh I regret this move.
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