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When you think of Mykonos, think gay, and think nightlife! Mykonos has a long-held reputation as a mecca for gay travellers (they really are everywhere), but if you're homophobic then don't let that put you off as it also has great beaches (some of them gay), great bars (some of them gay), and some bloody hot women (some of them probably gay as well). Mykonos covers around 100 square-kilometres, is home to around 9,000 (some of them gay), and much like Santorini there is ample opportunity to take your quad-bike and behave like a cock (which we did)!

Our hotel - rather typical Greek island architecture :)
And the view over the main town (also called Mykonos) from our hotel - nice!		The town centre as seen from the restaurant where we had a feed upon arriving.

Huge prawn or shrimp skewer (I can't remember which). Like I said, Greek food til the day I die would be just fine!		The rocky shore beside the restaurant was being used to film some Australian thing (not sure what exactly), but as there were about half a dozen bikini-clad chicks running around on set it sure was a good day to be eating here ;) Addemdum: I did subsequently find out what this was (nine months later). Info here.

The town centre again, surrounding the harbour. Last time I was in Mykonos I stumbled out of a nearby bar at around 4am and completely drunk, and had a good nap along here somewhere. I woke again at 4:45am, and stumbled back to find everything had closed up hahaha, so I had a 60-minute walk back to my hotel since all the taxis had left. I could've been raped by gays or anything!

The narrow maze of white-walled streets in the town centre were designed to confused raiding pirates once upon a time, but it still manages to confuse the tourists just as well!				Another puddy-tat!

Nice van!		Little Venice, so-called because the buildings have been constructed right on the sea's edge with their balconies overhanging the water (somewhat reminiscent of somewhere else :)		Pelican! This is one of three on the island. In 1958 a wounded pelican was found off the coast by fishermen and nursed back to health. He remained on the island supported by locals, and went on to become the official mascot of Mykonos. Unfortunately, the poor little bugger was hit by a car in December 1985 and failed to recover :( The end.

The iconic Mykonos windmills! Back in the day these were used to grind wheat, but these days are nothing more than camera-fodder.
As the sun disappeared, Jared and I emerged (half-drunk again) to check out the nightlife, which unfortunately (being late-September) was a lot quieter than we would've liked, but oh well.
The next day (our final full one) we got some more quad bikes and hit the beaches (and took the quads off-road every chance we got)!

Beach one: Paradise Beach on the southern coast!		I went for a good swim then got my white bits out...		...and Jared got his snow-white bits out ;)

I really want to buy myself one of these! If you happen to go to Mykonos, hire a quad and take it to Ftelia Beach - trust me ;)		Beach two: Super Paradise Beach in the next bay northeast of Paradise Beach (clothing is very optional on this one!). That water is friggin' nice by the way!

The next beach we hit involved screaming down a bloody steep hill which put the brakes and the nerves to the test (I think we all nearly lost it on different corners), and on the way back up the poor engine needed every one of its 50cc's (they were 100cc in Santorini, but apparently Mykonos has a 50cc limit).				This is Elia Beach, a couple bays northeast of Super Paradise. This one is reputed as being very gay-friendly!

Yup, they weren't kidding.		Again this will be better in the video footage that Mum was shooting here (which I'll put up when Jared sends it to me), but we put on a little gay show of our own (in front of some very bemused people hahaha!). The bloke in the middle (the meat in the sandwich) is John - Mum's man who actually met up with us in Rome having just flown out from Christchurch via Singapore and London.

Unfortunately the following day was the end - back to reality. This is flying over Athens - very big, very cramped, and very white!		England's southern coast. It always sucks to be back!

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