last day in rhodes

Today I took my a$$ up and down a seaside mountain. Literally, and the donkey in front had explosive diarrhea. Lindos is the same place that my Swedish friend took a nasty spill and sprained (or trimalleolar fractured) her right ankle, I was cautious. I was able to imagine the described heat induced careless ness that overtook me when I almost fell off the bus stop bench. It was hot today. A German family was gathered around their daughter with dad elevating feet and mom supporting head. Apparently she has gashed her toe (in flip flops????) and was passing out probably from the pain and the heat. After a dousing with water she looked all right and I kept on my way to the temple for Athena. Ok so after Lindos I took the bus back to Rhodos town and almost missed the last stop as I woke up totally disoriented. Thinking I was still on my turkey bus tour I almost reboarded the bus and headed back to Lindos. Sometimes a day of busses isn’t that fun.
I made it back to my hotel and took a nap after dropping off my laundry (thank the lord) then went out to dinner at a restaurant recommended by the Swede before her departure. All in all a very good day and I took some time to walk along the marina watching people, focusing on the moment and the hypnotizing rhythm of the light house. I was trying to predict it’s cadence but was unsuccessful except for putting myself in a yogic trance (from breathing). Today was a good day, as was yesterday when I went to the old town. I walked through the medieval moat surrounding the town and castle to find a matrix of small cobble stoned streets seemingly leading to one square of touristy restaurants. I smiled at a couple of old women sitting in their doorways, laughed to myself when I heard two young girls dancing to Beyonce in their old town apartment and then panicked when I was the only tourist on a five foot wide street trying to find my way to the exit. In my haste I decided to buy a water and ask the shop keeper for an exit which was interpreted as taxi but got me where I wanted to be. By the time I got out I had walked almost the entire perimeter of the old town. It was a cool experience and here are some pictures from both days. I wish you all were here! The Greek Islands are a fantastic place to vacation. Oh and I bought my flight from Santorini to Istanbul J those are some good plans.
Hey dad, enjoy the food in Boston…Greek food is damn good too. I’ve had some eggplant to die for!