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GET BORED ON THE BEACH?

Beside a good book, a towel is a good idea and a straw roll up mat to lay on, which may be purchased locally on your Greek island sometimes or in Athens.

snorkel set for greeceBring your mask, snorkel and flippers and you'll greatly enhance your beach/swimming experience! You can buy these here in Greece too but you'll save time bringing your own. If you like to spear fish buy your spear gun here in Athens. They even have the CO2 kind that I couldn't find in the states. A collapsible fishing rod is a great idea too!! Frisbees are fun but rare so bring your own. Paddle ball is common as is volley ball.

Now, if you are American and reading this your thinking: Jeepers I have been swimming in the Atlantic or Pacific and see no need to buy these things. You cant see anything in the waters anyway. Well that's true but in Greece you can see deeply into the water usually, except in Santorini because of its black sand shallows. Its like the Caribbean with out the sharks and barracudas. There are basically no tides in the Med too or very small ones.

frisbee for greece A FLOATING frisbee is also a good item to bring to the Greek Beach. Frisbees are not well known in Greece and are widely unavailable too so bring your own. White is not a good color as it can be impossible to find in the surf - bright orange or green is better. Also a full size frisbee is not necessary! buy a smaller circumference frisbee and you'll spend less time chasing it in the wind. Plus that attractive foreigner you are playing with may not be the ultimate frisbee player that you are either!

RADIOS, WALKMEN AND IPODS

athens greece greek travel tourism hotel island food news maps language links aegean ionian dodecanese cycladic guide directoryA quality, small battery operated/plug, multi-band transistor radio is a fun toy too, as at night, from an island say, you can pick up stations all over the SE Med and the Levant. I have heard some great music this way. Tunes you would probably never hear back home! Certain Arabic music is pretty wild played in this environment but you'll hear rock, jazz, pop and other stuff too! I was in Algeria years ago and the poor people there were so repressed by the Communist regime in power, it was frightening, but they still had soul.. all you could get on the radio was American rock and R & B. Chuck Berry got something on his finger etc.

SEE THE LUGGAGE SECTION FOR SOME TIPS TOO!

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