as perhaps the most frequently visited town by tourists, antigua has no shortage of hotels or places to indulge in meals and accomodations. casa santo domingo is exactly one of those places. as one of the oldest hotels of antigua, it is much more than simply a hotel. the sprawling grounds are immaculate and are […]
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santorini in pictures: black beaches, gyros and sunsets
a week in santorini was just the right amount of time. long enough to link up with jp for a few days in the middle of his travels for some beach days but not long enough to get burnt to a crisp and eat ourselves into human gyros. everything we’ve heard about santorini was true: […]
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Memorable Santorinians
There are some pretty memorable characters from Santorini such as the host guy at this one restaurant that we pass by everyday. Joe made the rookie mistake of saying “next time” to him when we walked by him the first time with no intention of ever eating there. Kind of like saying “I’ll call you” […]
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the lowdown on santorini sunsets: where to watch them
i think a typical santorini itinerary for a day is a wedding shoot by day and sunset by night (somewhat joking) but the question we asked ourselves everyday was, where do we watch it from? after spending a week on the island and exploring most of the areas, these are my personal recommendations for locations […]
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how we almost died in santorini
our last atv trek was back in the philippines and took us down a fairly secluded dirt road to view some of the ‘chocolate hills’ up close and personal. in santorini, atvs are a dime a dozen. everywhere you go you’ll hear these little engines spinning up which are a nice warning that someone’s behind […]
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santorini’s beaches: slumming it in the sun
we heard that santorini didn’t have great beaches but we had to find out for ourselves and compare it to those of portugal and the philippines. all of the ones below except for cape coloumbo were accessible by buses which depart from fira, starting with the ones that we visited. -monolithos – next to the […]
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weekly recap #19 – santorini, saranda & tirana
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. santorini (hotel, 4 nights, thira), saranda (hotel, 5 nights), tirana (hotel, 2 nights, skanderberg square) q. favourite meal a. limani in saranda. we’ve had some good meals this week across the three (actually more like 5 towns including the beaches) but we went a […]
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first 24 hours in santorini
jojo: what do i like? -white buildings & blue seas – the pictures of this place don’t lie, it’s pretty impressive to look at -beaches and crystal clear water – different from our previous stops. stopped by two beaches, a ‘black’ (more like gray) sand and another made up of black pebbles. waters are much […]
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weekly recap #18 – copenhagen & santorini
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. copenhagen (airbnb, frederiksberg, 3 nights), santorini (hotel, thira, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. kapari in fira on santorini. we ended up at this place by chance. the three of us were on our way home from kamari beach and was going to stop […]
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