Kos – A Greek Island Chill-out

5^th June we caught a 60 minute ferry ride from Bodrum ( Turkey ) to Kos for four days of catching-up, reading books + sitting in the sun.

We’d over estimated the driving distances for the last two days in Turkey, so a five minute walk to a sandy beach with warm water + blue skies was a very pleasant change.

The end of the Island where we were staying was very flat flat, so we hired bikes for two days and then a car for the last day to explore the other end of the Island + the hilly middle

Kos is a cheap package tour destination for Brits, Dutch + Germans which kicks in end June till September – so the beaches weren’t overly crowded + it was easy to find your own spot away from the $NZ10-12 a day sun umbrella + lounger sections of the beach.

We visited a hot-water thermal at the edge of a beach ( way too hot to swim in - although some did - but very nice on the edges or in the sea where the water filtered through the perimeter rocks ) / visited a few amazingly decorated Greek Orthodox Churches / swam out about 150m to an Island ( St Stephanos ) with a Church on it / finished off a few books + got somewhat over exposed to too much sun and started glowing in the dark - you probably wont want to know, but it was blue skies from dusk till dawn, a cooloing breeze + temps in mid 30's - enough said

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Kos Sun Umbrella Beach

Kos Thermal Beach

Kos Greek Orthodox Church

Kos Bike Transport

Kos - St Stephanos Island + Church