{"id":2113,"date":"2015-05-18T15:32:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T15:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.downhillonly.com\/wordpress\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2015-05-18T15:32:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T15:32:39","slug":"sivota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2113","title":{"rendered":"Sivota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night was very warm. We had a lovely meal of squid and prawns at a restaurant on the beach at the north end of town.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Meal\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Meal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"600\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After breakfast this morning we caught the bus southwards. We are going to a village called Sivota, but the bus doesn&#8217;t go there. It drops us off on the main road and we walk a couple of miles down to the bay.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Siv1\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Siv1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"600\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sivota wouldn&#8217;t exist without the yacht business. It&#8217;s a bit like a purpose-built ski resort &#8211; there was very little here before the mid-seventies when a few small British firms started operating flotilla holidays. These days the quay is busy with yachts, and there are a dozen or so restaurants serving expensive fish dishes.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see from the chart plotter, the bay is almost landlocked, making it a perfect haven in almost any weather.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Chart1\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Chart1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-json=\"\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that it&#8217;s a bit of a fraud it&#8217;s hard not to like Sivota. It has safe berthing, lots of showers and laundry facilities, good restaurants and some great bars. There&#8217;s still an olive press here &#8211; now converted into a bar, but if you look closely you can still see a bit of traditional Greece.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Siv2\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Siv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"600\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"bpp_credits\" style=\"clear: both; float: right; width: 200px; height: 70px; text-align:right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogpadpro.com\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"text-decoration : none;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: middle; font-size: 8pt; color:#999;\">Edited with BlogPad Pro<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/files.blogpadpro.com\/images\/speech-bubble.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night was very warm. 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