Just cruising

We woke up early the second day in Santorini (or at least I woke up earlier than the others)

early morning view from the balcony

Since the buses there didn't pass very frequently, we rented two cars.

the car I was in
It's a Hyundai Getz for those who are interested (hey WW, I looked at the name specially for you! :P )

with Alex and Kai Lun, my chauffeurs ;P

those in the other car

We went up to ancient Thira first.

on the way up

yes, the view is spectacular, so here's another

but the site was closed for work

We walked up a bit all the same, up to the closed gate.

looking down
Look at the cars parked at the roundabout...do you notice something strange? Actually we arrived when there were no cars there (except the one parked a bit outside the roundabout) so we (they? :P) turned left...but in Greece cars drive on the right, so we should have turned right! Hehe...so the other cars had to follow us :P

photo of me blocking the view...lol

and this was the road we drove up

On the way down Kai Lun was driving, so Alex could have fun taking photos and videos :P

Next we went to the black beach we had seen while driving uphill.

that's ancient Thira (you can see the winding road we went up; click to enlarge)

We had fun taking shots of us leaping up into the air (with Kai Lun's camera)

the guys

me with the guys

black pebbles on the beach (thanks to Sia Ven for this photo, I tried taking one too, but it didn't come out as good)

the guys posing with the pebbles they collected

Then we drove off to look for the red beach.

a building we saw on the way

I like this one better though.
There are so many churches like these in Santorini, whitewashed with blue roofs, I've lost count!

a nice view (guess who's the photographer? :P )

hehe, I wanted a photo too

We arrived at the red beach.

I love the contrast the whitewashed walls make with the red rock.

a photo with us!

the guys posing (I didn't dare to walk out there)

more red rocks

Then we walked beyond that white building, and saw this:

the actual red beach

Alex and Goh walked over there, but it was more of a climb than a walk, so the rest of us decided not to go.

After that we went to see a lighthouse, but it turned out to be a disappointment.

You call that a lighthouse?! -_-'

But at least we've been there :P

Later the other seven arrived from Athens and the rented themselves a car as well. We went to Ia with them (and that's where we took some of the photos in the other Santorini post)

the seven latecomers :P

That's all for Santorini, next will be when we got back to Athens.