Hellenic Barfways ...

We walked away from the red beach defeated ... it beat the crap out of us. Yesterday was a rougher day for the sea, it was mad at it's sea creatures and was letting that be known. Loving water and waves like I do I jumped when Klyie said that she wanted to go in to cool off. We had just seen a young boy flipped a couple ten times by the waves but thought that being strong women we would be fine. So we strolled our little bronzed bikini covered (no naked knockers in this group) bodies through the red sand and began to analyse the best approach. We watched the waves for a bit and then I decided it was my time to go ... and I went ... and I went down ... hard. Sarah said my face was one of utter disgust when I finally surfaced, every inch of my covered in seawead and my arm and butt all scratched up from when the sea threw me onto its floor. The girls followed and I have never seen those two run as fast as they did when they were trying to get out. In our brilliance we decided it best to let the sun dry the seaweed confetti and then wipe it off ... not knowing that that turns it into glue. And there was no way we were going back to try and rinse off. So we headed off to find our way to the port periodically laughing when we looked at the amount of stuff stuck to our bodies and braided into our hair.
It was about this time that I started to recall stories I had heard about the hydrofoil ferries on rough seas. I reconfirmed with Sarah that we were traveling with that company and then shared what I had heard. We giggled not taking it too seriously but having fun with the thought that others had experienced such a thing. After creaking around 90 degree turns down a cliff in a bus we found a cafe and I got myself a cool Corona to pass the time. We went on a sailboat ride to the Volcano yesterday on a small boat and had a really smooth ride ... so as we saw the masts of a boat identical to ours flip about like a ball on a pattleboard we began to worry.
Our ferry was an hour late and so we were pushed and pulled on. The man that helped Sarah told her "no sleeping lady, come on, no sleeping" as she looked back to see how her mom was managing. So away we go. Kylie and I look at each other and roll our eyes ... nothing we can't handle. Right, then we started to really go, and really rock. The horizon on the jumped around like a horizon should never jump. There would be times were I could only see sea out the window on the other side. It started slow. A couple people politely emptying their stomacks ... and then a couple more ... and more ... and then the staff were walking up and down the aisles handing out wads of barff bags ... and then green faced people struggling to make it back to the bathrooms (which we were quite close to). I sat in utter disbelief that anyone that had experienced this would subject themselves to a repeat. I could not believe that there were really that many people pucking. The lady and little girl behind me, the lady in front, the lady sitting in the aisle a row up ... and on and on and on. We would just look at each other and not know what to do. Strangers were caring for sick peoples kids, the staff was not only handing out the bags but taking them away. And at one point our vessel was airborn ... no joke. We were so relieved to get off and thankful that it is all flights from this point forward.
I really like Crete so far. It is much greener than the other islands have been. We went to some ruins today that have been partly reconstructed which I loved. I am sure that the girls were sick of me saying that I just wished that I could see what they looked like before they fell apart. Then we went to the aquarium which was fabulous. The tanks were massive and there was a round blue lit tank of jelly fish that was my favorite. They had the water circling and it was just amazing. I will put up a picture when I can download. We then got covered with sand as we lay minding our own business ... once again badly needing showeres. Sarah and Barb had fallen asleep and though people were kicking sand at them when the woke up.
Only one more full day in Greece. I am sad that this is coming to an end. I have been loving my time here so much.
Hope you don't feel sick after reading this.