A little bit of indulgence today

Today was a short day if about 200km and we hit the road early to escape the worst of the afternoon heat. Thus we arrived at the very pretty fishing town or village of Kas. The trip winding down the coast wth the colour of the sea was amazing. Little bays everywhere.

And in inland places there were huge areas of " glasshouses"

The sea just got bluer and bluer

And the flowers brighter and brighter

A morning tea break at a typical roadside place

And then to finish off the sensory load was our hotel for the night - paradise

The view from our balcony

We spend the afternoon swimming,lazing, swimming, having a beer, having a late lunch,swimming, lazing, swimming again - do you get the picture

I call a trip planning meeting as the sun goes down . First item on the agenda was - woops I forgot. I have got it now , Piña Colada or Daquirie ?

Diana does her share of thinking

The setting sun rolls down the side of the hill

So it's a quiet dinner for two - here's to the the rigours of the road !

And thus refreshed we rolled out of Kas the next morning very happy campers. Well for the first half kilometre. Then Diana has an absolutely brilliant idea. Her best of the trip. " Let's go back and get our passports that we have accidentally left at the hotel " she says. Now you can't argue with that logic.

That was a close call!

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