Swompdonkey

On the critical matter of selection of beaches:

We have been in Mykonos now for just a couple of days. It was Nesrine's idea to come here, but I'm afraid I'm getting used to the vibe of this place and the enviable lifestyle of the Mykonos holidayer: Up at noonish after a late night of carousing, coffee on the closest beach at Ornos, hop on the four-wheeler with my "old lady" and zoom off to some cove to stew in the sun and swim in the Aegean -- the ATVs are de rigeur here, nobody walks. Driving them around is a dangerous business, with all the rough and winding roads criss-crossing this picturesque island. Signs and traffic signals are few and far between. And those that exist (e.g. the speed limit postings) are taken more as suggestions by some of the people here, who seem hellbent on killing themselves in their pursuit of a good time.

Nevertheless, once you survive the traffic and manage to get to the beach, you are bound to have a good time....unless maybe if you arrive at a gay/lesbian nudie beach that you had not intended to visit. There is a big gay scene on Mykonos. Nesrine and I chuckled about that scenario as we observed a sign pointing in two different directions. One beach, Paradise is populated mostly by younger people, with a sprinkling of old hipsters. The other beach Super Paradise is the Gay/Lesbian beach. How many unsuspecting people, while exploring the many beaches of the island, have heard about Paradise and decided to go, only to showed up Super Paradise and not realize where they were until confronted by the sausage party.

Anyway, we like it here, and we don't think we shall come home!

Groan. OK, even the locals know that you can't live this lifestyle 365 days a year.