Kos

From Chios, we took a 6 hour ferry to Kos, which actually was pretty enjoyable. We sat up on the deck and played cards most of the time, and I had a wonderful octopus stew for lunch. We chose Kos as our next destination since we all had flights out of Rhodes and it was one of the connecting islands. We thought it would just be a nice place with great beaches, and were pleasantly surprised to also find that it had great archaeological sites, including the ancient Asklepion. Next to our hotel was a great taverna where we tested out Greek-style pizza (actually rather tasty). We took a bus one day to the other side of the island to Bubble beach, named that since if you moved your hands quickly in the water it formed tiny bubbles and felt like being in a jacuzzi. Kos is also rather close to Turkey, and we decided to take a day trip to Bodrum to visit the underwater archaeological museum which is housed in the Castle of St. Peter. We also had an amazing meal of grilled snapper, of course with plenty of raki (like Greek ouzo but not as sweet).