On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:38:26 -0700, Iceman wrote:
>On Oct 3, 5:46 am, Mike Lane wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:46:05 +0100, Iceman wrote
>> > If I go to Greece again I'll fly directly to the islands.
>>
>> I'm actually quite pleased when I read things like this, as it means that the
>> majority of islands with no airport may remain free from the horrors of mass
>> tourism for a little longer.
>>
>> Though why anyone would choose to fly if there's a reasonable alternative, is
>> an absolute mystery to me. Flying must be the most uncomfortable, stressful,
>> tedious and generally awful means of travelling yet devised by man. (I
>> suppose cattle trucks in WW2 came close, but I don't count that.)
>
>
>Compare a 45 minute flight to being on a ferry for 8 hours.
It took 12 hours from Rhodes to Karpathos with a following wind by ferry and
about 30 minutes on the return trip by air.
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Martin
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