Northern Ionian

Transitting the Lefkus canal bridge (out of sequence)

Lakka, Paxos (out of sequence)

Corfu town

Corfu Sailing Club

Corfu town

Mourtos

Anchorage at Lakka on Paxos Is

Lefkus town waterfront

Earthquake-proof bell tower, Lefkus town

Porto Spilia on Meganisi Is

Sivota on Lefkus Is

Myrtos beach, Cephalonia

Assos

Assos village on Cephalonia

Our travels have brought us north through Cephalonia, Meganisi, Lefkus, Paxos and now to Corfu. We collected our new crew members in Zakinthos and revisited Cephalonia where we toured by car and found it to be a very beautiful geeen rugged island with lovely fertile valleys and a spectacular coastline. We called at Sami, Eufimia, and Fiscardo again, then Sivota on Lefkus and Porto Spilia on Meganisi before checking out nearby Skorpios, the island owned by the Onassis family heiress, and on through the Lefkus canal to Lefkus town. Then through the remainder of the canal and up Gaios and Lakka, which is a beautiful village akin to Fiscardo but writ small, on Paxos. A quick visit to Mourtos on the mainland coast before arrival at Corfu town and berthing at the Ionian Sailing Club below the old fortress. Here Jim and Sue have departed bound for Morocco and we are completing preparations for our next stage, a visit to Albania.

Travels in the Ionian

Fiscardo

Fiscardo

Fiscardo

Overlooking the bay at Sami

Working fishing boat at Sami

Ionian sunset

Lunch at Methoni near Pilos

Pilos

Mystra

Kalamata marina

Since Pilos we have sailed north via katapolon, near Olympus, still on the peloponnese, then to Zakinthos town and on to the island of kefallonia, Captain Corelli country. Here we have visited Sami,a lovely port where we climbed a small mountain overlooking the town; Fiscardo, the picture perfect Greek island town and Poros. In Fiscardo we rendezvoused with Ron & Marjorie who flew in from London and had a magnificent villa overlooking the harbour. We are now enroute back to Zakinthos to pick up Jim & Sue flying in from Bris.