Sunday 21 June 2009

圣岛冒险记 – 第一次左边驾驶经验!*Exploring Santorini – First Left-Handed Driving Experience (4 June 09)

到了圣岛后我们一直伸长脖子到处在找我们的名字。奇怪,明明约好了租车佬在这里等,租车佬还说会来迎接我们,手上会握着有小华名字的牌子在港口等我们。找了好久,人也散得起七七八八了还是没看见租车佬。难道。。。被租车佬老点了?也没理由呀,我们一分钱都还没付,他想骗我们什么嘛?最后还是打了个电话给他,不久后就看到一个帅哥从老远走来。

后来帅哥带我们到港口泊车的地方取车。是的,小华是这样安排在这里取车。这样的话我们只要一到圣岛就不用再为交通工具而烦。小华好棒!这里除了租车以外,也可以租4轮沙滩摩多车或普通的2轮摩多车。不敢在这里自己驾车由或者没有驾驶执照的可以搭巴士或德士。但听说整个圣岛好像只有不到50辆的德士,而且每一趟路程最少得付€15。在Oia的时候我们不小心听到一位旅客问得士司机从Oia到Kamari海滩的价钱。司机竟然回答说是€23!好贵哦!我们自己从Oia开车到Kamari都不用花到€1的汽油费也!可想而知这里的得士服务到底有多贵!我宁愿自己租车算了,毕竟我们才租€29一天,我们随时可以停下来,随时可以上路,要到哪里乱闯、乱去也不成问题。€29是包埋保险,要是不小心撞上的话, €300以上的赔偿费将会由保险公司全部包办。换句话说如果赔偿费是€400, 你得付€300, 另外的€100 就由保险公司付。

一切手续弄好了后,我和小华就战战兢兢的上车了!小华第一次开左手驾驶盘的车子,本来很紧张了,加上离开港口就是上山路,哇!对我来说够刺激!对小华来说应该是冒冷汗吧?哈哈哈!靠着悬崖旁开车,我不敢向旁边看,一看到旁边就心想:不小心驾出去一定掉下山崖做空中飞人,跌个粉身碎骨!第一次驾左手驾驶盘的问题是:我们常忘了要靠另一边驾,一直想要跑到左手的那一条马路去!真的笑死我了!连从三岔路口驾出来时也一直看车看错方向,哈哈哈!为了安全,为了能好好的在圣岛晚上几天,小华都很小心翼翼的慢慢驾。弄到跟在我们后面的车子猛割车,弄到我们这辆乌龟车有点不好意思!!

After touching down at Santorini, we looked at everywhere for our car rental agent. Hubby told him to wait for us at the port and the guy promised to hold a board with hubby’s name on it. We only saw him after giving him a call!

Hubby purposely set to pick up the car here, so that we don’t have to worry about transportation once we touched down at Santorini. Thanks to hubby for his brilliant idea! A few types of transportations are available for rent: car, 4 wheels beach motor bike or an ordinary 2 wheels motor bike. Besides that, there are also public transports available (taxi or buses). Some said there are less than 50 taxis running on this island, and the minimum payment for each trip is about €15. When we were in Oia, we over heard from a taxi driver saying one way taxi fees from Oia to Kamari Beach is €23! OMG! We didn’t even need €1 petrol to drive from Oia to Kamari Beach! Taxi services are really expensive on this island! That was why we rather rent a car, the rental was €29 only per day, including insurance coverage. Just in case there is any car accident (touch wood!), the insurance company will help to cover anything exceeding €300. It’s more convenient to drive on this island, we can explore wherever we want, take off at any time we want, it makes travelling schedule more flexible!


We paid a lump sum of €145 for the car rental and started to drive heading to Hotel Aponemo. It was hubby’s first left-hand driving experience, plus immediately he had to drive on a narrow road up to the sloppy hill! Hubby drove slowly and carefully as any minor mistake may cause us both fall from the cliff!





This is a 2 ways road and the cliff is on the right. Scary right?


Apanemo 旅馆位于Akrotini。我们从Fira 港口一直驾车来到这家旅馆。一到大旅馆我真的有点不敢相信自己的眼睛,这间旅馆的风景真的是一流!之前小华本来想在这里租4晚的,很可惜后面2晚Apanemo 给人家订满了。Apanemo旅馆的老板很友善也很热情。虽然它只是一个3星旅馆,但它这里所能看到的风景则是5星旅馆也看不到的!
We drove directly from Fira port to Hotel Apanemo. This hotel is located at Akroitiri. Although Apanemo is a 3 stars hotel, its sea view scenery is far more excellent than any 5 stars hotel could provide! The hotel owner is warmth and friendly too. We managed to book this hotel for 2 nights only.



这张照片是在我们房间外面拍的。房外有一个24小时都对着蓝天、蓝海的天台, 这里还摆放了一对椅子和一个小圆桌。本来我们买了红酒想在这里享受看夜景,后来因为太多节目了,红酒 和不成,结果把红酒给运回来英国了。就现在还在冰厨里呢!
This photo was taken at our private balcony. We were thinking of having some red wine at this balcony through the night, unfortunately time doesn’t allow. We brought the whole bottle of wine back to Leeds, it is still lying in our fridge at home!










这里只需€60一晚。虽然这里的房大概只有十多二十间,但95%的房都是朝着蓝蓝的海。这里也有泳池,还有地方可以晒太阳。大力推荐!
The room is €60 per night, good price! 95% of the rooms here are sea-view rooms. This hotel also has a sea-view swimming pool. I strongly recommend this hotel to everyone!









Check-in 后已经快4点了,肚子饿到快要卦掉了!匆匆忙忙的问了Apanemo老板附近有什么餐厅好介绍的,老板说驾车大概5分钟就到了。我们终于走进了一间叫Café Ouzeri – Tavern “Aeolos”的餐厅。一坐下来我们就问餐馆的待应有什么好吃的希腊食物介绍。待应说了一大堆听不懂的东西。这家餐厅很棒,也是向着爱情海,非常的漂亮。因为我们是4点钟吃午餐,那个时候只有我们两人在那家餐厅里用餐,感觉上好像把整家餐厅包了下来!哈哈!
It was almost 4pm after check-in. We went to a nearby restaurant (5 minutes drive from the hotel, the name of the restaurant is Café Ouzeri – Tavern “Aeolos”), this restaurant was recommended by the hotel owner. It’s a beautiful restaurant facing Aegean Sea.














整家餐厅只有我们两人,感觉上好像把整个餐厅包了下来!哈哈哈!
It was late lunch, we were the only 2 customers in the restaurant.



爱咖啡的人无论到哪里去,都会想尝试道地的咖啡。叫了一杯希腊咖啡来解咖啡瘾。咖啡来的时候我看傻了,怎么没在网上看到任何人提过希腊咖啡是这样serve的?看来我真的喝到了非常传统的希腊咖啡泡法了!
Greek coffee, the traditional way of making Greek coffee is to cook coffee in a steel pot (as shown in the picture).







咖啡很浓,喝完的时候都会在被地下留下很厚、很厚的咖啡渣。不懂是不是因为用那个金黄色的铁直接煮咖啡,我感觉到那杯咖啡有很浓、很浓的锈铜味。好喝吗?老实说有点恶心。但奇怪后来在其他地方喝的希腊咖啡没那么浓的铁铜味道了,其他餐馆喝到的都很香及超浓!
How was the taste? Not good at all… with strong iron smell. It is brewed thick with grounds at the bottom of the cup.




飞来希腊之前又做了功课,听说这里的番茄很甜很好吃,然后来到这里一定要尝试Gemista。Gemista是希腊的一道传统食物,把米饭和香料塞进番茄里一起烤。红色的是番茄,青色的是灯笼椒。
I ordered Gemista for lunch. Gemista is an authentic Greek food, by stuffing rice/meat into the vegetable. The red one is stuffed tomato with rice, the green one is stuffed capsicum, also with rice. Good aroma, great taste! So delicious!




小华这次叫了猪肉souvlaki。 这餐馆的souvlaki同样的端上Pita面包、猪肉kebab、salad、一些生番茄和生葱、还有一些炸薯条和沙拉菜。我想待应一直听到我们都要’Greek food’,当小华跟他想要一杯可乐的时候,待应竟然说:’Cola-cola no Greek!’ 哈哈哈!笑翻了我们!那天我们吃了2人€17.80。
Hubby ordered pork souvlaki. Same as the other restaurant, it was served with Pita bread, pork kebab, salad, fresh sliced tomatos and sliced onions. The waiter was asked to introduce traditional Greek food to us, when hubby ordered coca-cola, the waiter told hubby: Coca-cola no Greek! Hahaha… so funny! The lunch cost us €17.80.









旅馆背内陆的另一方,风景也一样宜人。
Another side of hotel, also with breathtaking view.







旅馆的周围摆了很多这样的石头。我想这些石头应该是从不同的海边拾回来的火山石吧?
There were lots of stones placed around the hotel.



还是在旅馆拍的。早上吃早餐的时候旅馆的餐厅对着这一面风景。想想看早上起来一面享受早餐、一面看那么漂亮的风景,是不是很写意呢?
This is the view we saw every morning while having breakfast at hotel’s restaurant.




这就是我们房间的外貌咯!
Our room at Hotel Apanemo!



小华好像很想试驾这种4轮沙滩摩多到处在圣岛到处跑。但我可不想,一来白天的时候会被太阳直晒,肯定晒死我!二来晚上的时候会被风直吹,肯定冷死我!三来汽车和4轮沙滩摩多的租金相差不多,那我何苦犯贱花钱虐待自己?(以上纯粹是个人感想,当然骑4轮摩多有很多乐趣,但要小心会翻车,曾经读过某某游记有人翻了4轮车必须赔上€800,刚好那个人没买保险,真的是衰到。。。)
It’s fun to ride 4 wheels beach motor bike on the island. However, you will definitely get sun burn in the day time (direct sun exposure) and catch cold while motorcycling at night (very cold and strong wind at night).


可怜只能骑不会动的过一过瘾。



还是骑这个好啦!小小架,你看它多可爱!哈哈!

5 comments:

  1. 好特别的房间, 外观。。。
    好美的石头照!

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  2. 听说那些屋子的外形都是圣岛传统的房子,后来火山爆发后很多当地的屋子被毁掉了,真可惜!这些都是新建的。。。

    那些石头五颜六色、圆圆滑滑的很可爱!:)

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  3. 你好,我是从佳礼论坛看到你的旅游分享,非常棒!
    我即将前往圣岛旅游,希望你能提供一些资料。

    在那里驾车需要国际驾照吗?需要特别文件吗? :P

    谢谢。

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  4. Hi Mao Hong,

    Sorry that I am unable to write in Chinese at the moment. Thanks for visiting my site in Cari.com. You are not required to have international license to drive in Santorini. Any driving license that is issued with alphabet (A to Z) will do. For license from other countries such like China, you are required to bring a translated copy of driving license for them to process. Hope that helps toexplain. Have a nice journey!! :)

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  5. Trishalavittae, thank you very much for the info. I had booked a car online. Really excited for this trip. :P

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