In bed at 10:30pm…up at 2:00am to catch the ferry to Tilos. John and Theo managed to catch some shut-eye but I was wide awake.
The cafe at the port on Tilos was closing but the owner brought us tea and coffee when we arrived at 5:00am. Theo wandered off and returned with freshly baked cheese and spinach pies from the bakery and also discovered that the car rental place was open so he arranged for a small car. We decided to sit and wait for daybreak before driving to the other village, away from the port, to look for rooms.
Enroute we stopped at a long beautiful beach with smooth colourful stones. In the summer it is home to free campers. Arriving in Megalochora we could only find one set of rooms open. Maybe we should try the port?
The owner of the local cafenion gave us lots of information and arranged for us to see the museum collection of dwarf elephant bones that were discovered on the island during a cave excavation. An old woman gave us a tour and explained the findings. The Tilos dwarf elephant is the first dwarf elephant whose DNA sequence has been studied. They became extinct just less than 4,000 years BCE. Further excavation of the site is dependent on funding.
Back in the port we found rooms right on the beach. A beautiful stone pathway runs around the harbour, dedicated to the past mayor who brought many ecological and environmental reforms to the island. Tilos was the first (and only) place in Greece to allow gay marriage. That law has since been overturned by the courts.
Before the storm
After the storm
Theo went for a hike while we had a nap. About halfway through his hike a thunder storm hit the island. He tried to find shelter but was soaked when he returned. After drying out we went for a small dinner and off to bed early!!
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