It's all go during the summer months on Greek islands like Mykonos which all seem to have a quite different character and charm. Thought of as the Greek Capri as well as being famed for it's white windmills and mascot Pelican, Mykonos has a good deep harbour big enough to support expensive boutiques selling clothes and trinkets for the Mediterranean cruise ships that berth here whilst it's more colourful cosmopolitan side makes it a gay and nude beach paradise. Indeed there are even two famous beaches, one mixed where tourists like us gathered called Paradise and the other for the more brave called Super Paradise which was very gay and colourful. To them you could take a breezy ride on a boat or stand and bake inside rugged buses like this typical Greek locally bodied forward-control Mercedes where the bouzouki music somehow managed to make itself heard above the rattles and groans from the hard working German engine. Still 1981 was a long time ago but I expect Mykonos is just the same, but of course the old buses might still be there on the quayside but sadly they will be a lot newer than this classic beauty.
P.S. Sorry this is Ios, but I'm sure you won't mind reading about Mykonos instead.
Great photo. Makes me go back to my holidays in The Cyclades. According to my Greek bus friend this picture was taken on Santorini. The bus (PK-7370) is a typical Mercedes LP322 with Greek Biamax coachwork from the KTEL bus company, that never left the island.
ReplyDeleteIt is possible that it might be santorini as I had to fly there before taking a chartered boat to Ios. I have a few of these Greek Island buses.
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