The Peavy Family Blog: Boat Tour

After sleeping past our alarm, we were hurrying out of our hotel for our boat tour at 8:30. Fortunately, I had packed the bag the night before and we had been in town the night before so knew exactly where to go, where to park, etc. (and the drive was only about 15 min). We ended up showing up a bit after 8:30 so it all worked out.

We hired a private boat and t was so worth it. We got out before the crowds (and on smoother waters). Our guide also amended our trip to do more cave exploration and less beach time. It was a beautiful day on the water. We hit a variety of little inlets, caves and a couple beaches. One of the caves, the blue cave, was very cool, but no pictures as I didn't have my water proof case.

At the beach spot where we had lunch, Drake and Marshall did a bit of snokeling (not much to see) and we had to swim out the boat as the police were at the beach (and you can't pull up on the beach, but all the boats obviously did it all the time). Thank goodness for young men that can hold the bag above their head and swim out to the boat!

We got back to Himare around 2:30 and were still hungry after our beach lunch so we headed to a Kebab shop that had a cute little courtyard and delicious food for cheap prices. We didn't have money to tip the captain so we tried to get it with Drake's debit card, but he forgot his pin so bye bye debit card! So, we took the boys back to the hotel and went to Himare to get the tip money for the captain.

We then had a relaxing afternoon/evening - naps, time at the pool (with an expensive G&T) - not Albania cheap at the hotel, etc. We walked down to Sunren Restaurant at the end of the beach strip we were on and had a yummy meal and also got gelato. We stopped at a bar associated with one of the campgrounds (tucked in behind the restaurant/gate) and grabbed cheap beers and watched Germany beat some team with three other people. Being up for adventure makes for a much more interesting trip.