Following our trip to Santorini, I didn’t think any other place could top it off. And I was right, it didn’t. But Mykonos was still pretty cool. That is, once we finally arrived there. Long story short, we travelled to Mykonos from Santorini via ferry. The trip was supposed to take almost 3 hours, and when we arrived 20 minutes early we didn’t think anything of it. We grabbed our suitcases and headed off the ship ready to explore a new island. Once we got to the end of the wharf, there were 20 or so people advertising their hotels. “Cheap room with a sunset view, girls?” We had already booked accommodation and the owner of our hotel was picking us up so we sat down to wait, thinking she just wasn’t there because we were early. One of the advertisers asked us where we were staying, and when we told them they hadn’t heard of it. We said it was right in Mykonos town and she laughed. “Mykonos? This isn’t Mykonos.” TURNS OUT WE WERE ON THE WRONG ISLAND. Little did we know, there was a stop at the island of Naxos before Mykonos. We found a ticket office, paid another 30 euros and grabbed some lunch during the 3 hour wait for our next ferry. And that is how we saw an extra Greek island.
Three hours later, we arrived in the actual Mykonos. Helen had kindly came back to pick us up, and we headed to our hotel. What a view! The building was blue and white, overlooking the ocean. Straight away we headed into the town to have a look around. There is no words to describe the streets of Mykonos. You don’t even feel like you are outside, the narrow alleyways are white and blue, with cute little stairways leading up to apartments above the local shops. We grabbed some food (gyros of course) and had a look around the shops. We had decided to head out on the town that night, so we found an alcohol store and went back to the hotel to get ready. I would love to say yeah, we had a great memorable night out clubbing in Mykonos however after not drinking any alcohol for almost 4 nights the night didn’t turn out too pretty and we were back in the hotel by 12:30pm. Tip: Only order Long Island Iced Teas in Mykonos if you are a pro alcohol as these things were LETHAL. We had to ask them to add some orange juice because neither of us could drink them! After sleeping off a killer headache, we knew we had to make the most of the day so we headed out to hire scooters. However, after being told that scooters are extremely dangerous especially as we hadn’t ridden them before, we went for a quad bike again. We decided to go to Paradise Beach, which was a 20 minute ride away and scope out the beach clubs for later that evening ( Yes we were willing to try again) The clubs were all lined up along the beach, and there were beach chairs lined up with people lying on them (Probably still out from the night before?) On the way back, we stopped at Paraga Beach which turns out was a nude beach. Back in Mykonos town, after getting ready for the evening, we went to our favourite place. Little Venice. The cocktails here are AMAZING! 14 Euros, but SO worth it. Plus you get a great view of the sunset. We caught a bus to Paradise Beach and the night began. More cocktails, dancing on tables, dancing with midgets and cheering when the dj called out ‘New Zealand.’
The rest of our time in Mykonos was pretty chilled, we ate more Gyros, wandered the streets and swam in the beach. As much as I liked Mykonos, I was ready to leave by 10pm the next night when we headed to the airport. Next stop: Roma! 
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