I had a day to settle in, met the locals - it happened that we were staying above a restaurant so of course I went to eat there at the first chance I got.. If you haven't sampled Greek food then you should - I urge you to make a point of doing so as it's probably the best, purest food you can have.

The owner was friendly as Greeks are, the beer flowed and laughter was often - and I am sure they weren't laughing at the Milk Bottle coloured Brit (me).

Next day Keith took me to Sidari to show me where I could work if I desired, I met the chap - here he is below:

And after deciding on money I immediately had to start work even though it was mid-day, it turns out that over there if you work for somebody then you do WORK for them - you have to work all hours, in my case I had to make signs in the daytime advertising what we were doing in the evening and that was no mean feat as we had to use chalk boards which meant we had to make new ones each day.. flaming hell - what have I let myself in for here I thought.

That night I started work at 21:00 which I thought was late but was I so wrong... 9PM was usual to start as we didn't finish until 06:00 sometimes.

So - I was a DJ in Greece and got the crowd moving very easily.. next thing was to think about getting a drink, I was nervous about even asking to buy a beer as I was not sure how they would take my drinking while working !!

Boy - when I think back about that I realise how 'Green' I was, not only do they encourage you to drink alcohol but they give it to you for FREE.. Yes FREE BEER.

That rule was not only when I was working at night either - it was anytime, the norm is not only free drinks but usually (if they serve food) free food too.. Hmmm, things are looking good again :)

My apartment was roughly £2 per night - free beer and food = Good Times.

I soon got to meet the local Ex-Pat's and moved onto to do a day job too on the water-sports 'Sidari WaterSports' with this chap:

He had been living there for many years with his other half 'Joe' and their kids - here's a pic of them all at their place in Avliotes:

As you can see - simple transport was the order of the day, just get on what ever works and go.. no worries at all.

Jan (Yan) used to drive the boat when taking water skiers, banana rides or Paragliding and the rest of us would do the other bits like man the platform guiding down people in parachutes:

At the end of the day job time we would pack everything and usually myself and Jan would visit the Barber/Fisherman 'Spiros' for a Brandy and a shave:

AND I mean a Proper Shave by a drunken fisherman :) Seriously he was a fisherman as well as the barber and as far as being drunk, I don't think he was ever too bad when taking a razor to anybodies skin - i never had a bad shave from him.

Incidently I could at that time get a proper shave and a hair cut for DRX500 which was about £2.20