Siros and Mikonos

From there East to Siros, where there is a sheltered bay in the SW called Finikas. It is trying hard to be a tourist destination, and will probably make it slowly. There is a beach, a marina and the usual restaurants. I believe the capital, Ermoupolis, on the other side of the island is a lot busier. We had to walk about a mile to find a decent supermarket, so that limits the heavy items.

We stayed a couple of nights, and finally headed for Mikonos. The wind was ideal at first, then petered out. The blow started in earnest as we passed the Delos channel, and We expected that it was just funnelling through the channel, as is normal. But no, it was blowing a hoolie. We struggled to get the sails down, as even when we were close to the Mikonos there didn’t seem to be any shelter. We ended up in Ornos Ornos, which is a tourist destination, God help Finikas! It was awful, we were much better off than most, because we were 100 metres away at anchor. We took a bus to Mikonos town (the only way to get to Delos, the prime reason for going to Mikonos) and found it to be devoid of any local charm, being a tourist trap throughout. We had also missed all the trips to Delos, and there was Sunday and a public holiday to come, so it was a case of move on, or spend two more nights there. If the wind was down, there was no contest! We left the following day. We made a long trip to Fournoi, which would make the leg to Samos easy. We were anchored in Quarry bay, there are some reject stone columns lying around, and it is pretty quiet. The best entertainment was the Swiss boat that must have had 25 attempts to anchor over three hours, until dark, and carried on again in the morning. Cabaret. We decided that another bay would be better, so did every other boat! We headed to a pretty much deserted bay on the S of the island, and waited for the wind to die a bit.