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Wednesday 21 June 06

Oh, what a night. Turns out that my room/dog kennel's shower system is linked to the hotel's cold water mains. Yes, quite logical. However, this means an almost instant increase in the shower water temperature whenever anyone flushes their toilet. I now have scolds covering various parts of my anatomy and ONE part in particular! 

10 AM Meeting with MedHotels Rep

After feasting on French Toast and baked beans I turned up at the MedHotels Rep's meeting at 9:55 (5 minutes before the parade). Unfortunately, the Scottish people had arrived early and I had to make do with a brief summary of tours and excursions.

Priorities are everything, so when the meeting concluded I crossed the road to the local supermarket and purchased a case of beer, some wine and a small bottle of water.

My plan for the day:

• Get Internet access
• Explore the City
• Find a better venue to watch the football
• Take some panoramic photos for my business meeting tomorrow

Things got off to a bad start. I was assailed by the most awful stomach cramps shortly after returning to my room with the essential items recently purchased from the supermarket. The cramps were probably due to my use of the tap water when cleaning my teeth last night. Although, 3 liters of cold beer and a bottle of wine consumed during the match might have some share of the blame.

Wearing out the Sideways Toilet

Me and the amazing small "sideways toilet" (see 20-06-06) became well acquainted during the next 6 hours.

Internet

The Internet Cafe's manager was incredible helpful and although a wireless connection was not possible, we did manage to get a LAN set-up and it cost me... wait for it Cunard... 1.5 Euros for 1 hour.

Exploring

Just got back from exploring the bars in the harbour area and have found a first class venue for football fans of ALL nations. I sat with a group of Dutch people and although the match was a bit crap, they were in great spirits.

On returning to the room/kennel I found an extra two rolls of toilet paper had been placed just inside the door. Maybe I wasn't so accurate when using the sideways toilet??

Roll on Sunday.

Tomorrow I plan to take the Dolphin Cruise and explore some sea caves and other things. 

The business meeting has been cancelled until next week, which is fortunate, as I forgot to bring an USB cable for the camera... oh, I also forgot my travel iron. The hotel charges a rental for using the irons. Not 4 star service, more like half a moon, which, if you can picture it, is a very close image of me when using the sideways toilet!!

More later... and hopefully some pictures.

JackonLand

This diary will be updated regularly (20th June to 4th July 2006) and primarily it is intended to keep my family and friends informed about my progress during my working holiday in Crete. Hopefully, I'll be able to publish some memorable pictures and descriptions from each excursion and visits to historical places of interest.

Other Internet users are welcome to read the pages and download pictures for their personal use. I would also encourage visitors to send recommendations of places to visit or tour companies to use in Rethymnon, based on their own experience or research.

1st & 2nd Legs of Our Voyage/Adventure 'round the Horn

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Happier times, great pictures, finally 'round the Horn, some funny stories along the way.

Blog/Diary Events 8 to 22 Feb - Valparaiso to Los Angeles
A sad tale of sickness and quarantine with some memorable tours and a "cunning plan"...

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