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Plakias / Plakias 2006

« on: October 03, 2006, 09:56:40 PM »

Levicon and Dionysis made for the usual pleasant evenings, (and no SL's)
"SL's" - dont get it george???

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PlakChat / What I'd like is...

« on: September 03, 2006, 10:47:45 PM »

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yeh i'm the clown who didn't see the fountain - but after this years visit i realise i had seen it but not properly finished.
finikas is the old hexagon if that helps - if not go behind the platia and you'll find it there

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Announcements / An appeal

« on: September 01, 2006, 08:17:42 PM »

i remember the the pre - tarmac days and also traveling with sunmed....dont know when you were there but i can tell you that the meltemi opened in 1984. so it must have been before then

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Where to stay / Accomodation in September

« on: August 16, 2006, 10:01:10 PM »

the block you stayed in is called zorbas apartments, which is owned by costas chrysoulla - sorry i have no idea about availability but guess it will be busy and booked up quite early

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PlakChat / What I'd like is...

« on: August 14, 2006, 10:12:16 PM »

yes - not a patch on the meltemi in my opinion.  different atmosphere and music - or maybe i'm getting to old.  we only ever went a few nights and that was enough for me - we spent more time going between the ostraco, smerna and the beach bar

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PlakChat / What I'd like is...

« on: August 12, 2006, 02:53:44 PM »

yes its really closed - shame really they could of had one more season out of it...it's still standing but they have ripped out the bar and done away with the outside part. they could have left it till october if they weren't planning building just yet

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Holiday Companies / Olympic Holidays

« on: August 05, 2006, 09:02:16 PM »

sorry ali   - just having a laugh- i'm sure you'll get out and about before the end of the season

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Holiday Companies / Olympic Holidays

« on: August 03, 2006, 05:39:34 PM »

i hope i've got this right,even though the spelling is a bit dodgy - if i've missed something tell me and i'll change it

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Holiday Companies / Olympic Holidays

« on: August 03, 2006, 04:52:43 PM »

I dont know if this helps anybody, but i tried?

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Holiday Companies / Olympic Holidays

« on: August 03, 2006, 03:36:14 PM »

from landing up until we got to plakias was about three - three and a half hours. that included waiting for our suitcases and time spent waiting on the bus.  that was on a split transfer - bus to rethymno and taxi to plakias....there is only 1 time i remember having to wait for another flight to arrive and thats been over 20years.  i think at that time in the morning the chances of having a taxi transfer are quite high and should cut the transfer time to about 2hrs.  most of the time on the longer transfers are taken up by the bus having to stop at alot of hotels in bali and rethymno before it eventually heads down to plakias - i know it drives me nuts now but in the first few years ( and in daylight ) i quite liked seeing other resorts and accomodation on the way down and would compare it to plakias

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Holiday Companies / Olympic Holidays

« on: August 01, 2006, 10:20:08 PM »

sorry if i worried you
there isn't a problem with olympic or morvan, although she does stay in rethymno
there will be a rep to meet you at the airport, and one to put you on a bus or taxi - if you are left on your own you will have all the details you need to get you to your room and the reps will be there the next day for your welcoming meeting and to answer any questions.
you will not be kick out in the middle of plakias and expected to find your room.......the couple i refered to in a recent post only looked at the first bit of the accomodation which was costas chrysoulla and never told the taxi driver it was the zorbas apartments
i have never had a problem with olympic but can understand how it goes wrong sometimes

as for wakening up ali..........just check the beach bar  eh ali - or am i a bad influence???

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Plakias / Hotel Lamon

« on: July 31, 2006, 09:48:58 PM »

i'm sure she is looking forward to welcoming you back george
i also passed on regards to denis and georgia from the skilos club - he tried to explain the story

the confussion is with olympic, not morvan....dont think the big wigs understand the workings of a place like plakias where there isn't a rep on site

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Where to stay / Kostas-Chrysoulla Studios

« on: July 28, 2006, 07:28:09 PM »

i put a request in for a room number with olympic this year - it was noted and even though the room wasn't available they did give me the 1 next door.....no complaints here

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Plakias / Mosquitoes

« on: July 28, 2006, 07:20:49 PM »

travel in old smelly trainners - stick them on the balcony for a week and nothing will come in

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Plakias / Mosquitoes

« on: July 28, 2006, 07:07:16 PM »

only 2 bites for me in 2 weeks, usually find that if you go to certain places at night your more likely to get bitten.  but not this year,it must be the wind because the locals are complaining the the wind hasn't stopped for over a month now.. it was just starting to die off when we left - i didn't blow away the flies though