As always there is always a counterrhubarb to anything on the island, even at first glance. Well, hardly a glance—one cannot miss it: the planned new super cruise ship to visit Hydra on a regular ...

Here is one example of  behind the scenes Red Tape idiocracy. A common potential health hazard to the village thwarted by ludicrous bureaucracy . The leaky Vothros (septic tank) of ours, will take months and ...

Usually a lethal combination, however there is always an exception. For example, traffic into Kamini harbour in February doesn't pose much risk by them what's relinquished steerage. Spotted here, a local mate (anonymous by request ...

We do periodically get some unusual requests through the site but this morning’s was a first, one of the best in fact. The offer of “live” donkeys at only $ 500 a head to be ...

Traffic on the hill, runaway vehicle disturbs an otherwise tranquil morning coffee on the terrace. Who needs this kind of stress to start 2016? ...

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Sometimes evidence to the fluctuating rumours and rhubarbs of our village appear truthful. Dimitri, owner of the Kodeylania taverna had said he was going into competition with Seabird, one of our popular water taxis, and ...

As is often the case of events like this, some reports instantly claim a tragedy of awful preportions, other sources may play the whole thing down. Tsunamis and earthquakes can have initial casualty numbers way ...

Hollywood made a movie about it, an event that shocked the world. At the time of its occurrence the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking made world headlines, a drama mainly remembered for a poor fellow ...

I don't know about you, but the staff and management of the Kamini Comet have become increasingly annoyed by websites that are designed to hijack your information gathering experience with irritating pop-ups, loud commercial videos ...