Wednesday, August 17, 2005


Here it is... my first "Hostel" on Ios!! What?? More like a resort.. I couldnt believe it! It was called the FAR OUT CLUB. and it had two pools a waterslide, huge patio and huge parties all the time.. it was really, really nice! And all this for 5euro a nite! Mind you i was stayingin a dirty little tent.. but I was only in there to sleep.. I was so happy and relieved to be here. The first thing i did was walk down the beach and look for a job at the watersports places. I ran into some Albanian guy named freddy in front of one of the watersports shacks. He didnt speak any english, but he directed me to Maria, the wife of Panos, the owner of Mylopotas Watersports. I had an interview with him the next day and got a job right away! He said he couldnt pay me at the time because it wasnt busy enough, but he could supply me with a place to live. That was more than enough for me.. I was just happy to find something!! Especially considering I only had about 50 Euro to my name at the time. ... Unfortunately, I had to make that 50 Euro stretch about two weeks.. before I started geting paid 15Euro a day..and then a whopping 20Euro a day.. Slave labor..Canadian and Aussie Slaves.. although.. its not a bad place to hang out.. Posted by Picasa