fishing in Mykonos

As fishing around Leros and other small islands between Leros, Kalymnos and Lipsi becomes more and more unproductive, due to the over fishing of the waters around these islands in the last fifty years, the fishermen of Leros should probably try their luck in other places.  Alternative fishing places may seem a little bit far from their home island and it would be worth them staying for a couple of months in islands such as Mykonos, Paros and Naxos which could be very good places. 

Fishing around Mykonos can be very profitable, especially during the summer months when the restaurants and the hotels can ay to a fortune for a kilo of first class fish like red mullet (barbounia) or lobsters. The problem with Mykonos is the summer winds (Meltemia) that could almost make fishing there impossible, although there are still a lot of fish to be caught on the north side of the island still, on the straights between Tinos and Mykonos.  A lot of fish are ideal for nets around the small bays south of Rinia between Delos and Rinia on the west of Mykonos.  The south of the island of Mykonos is well protected from the winds, so line fishing is probably very productive.  As Paros is very close, a fishing boat can stay in the port of Mykonos where many of the northern parts of Paros are also easily reached within a couple of hours.  The market of Paros is also very profitable because both islands, with the development of tourism, now do not have many locals who chose to work as fishermen.

Leros rooms to let - Λέρος Δωμάτια

Αντε παλι ηλθε η Ανοιξη ήλθαν και τα πρώτα χελιδόνια (Οι  τουρίστες). Καλή δουλειά παιδιά. Στο λιμάνι της Αγιά Μαρίνας με το ταμπελάκι όπως πάντα περιμένοντας τα Δελφίνια και το Καταμαράν. Αλλά αμα δε τρέξεις δε θα φας. Οχι μονο αντε καναμε μια σελίδα στο ιντερνετ και θα ελθουν να μας βρουν οι τουρίστες. Η δουλειά θέλει τρέξιμο  Λακκί, Αγια Μαρίνα Ξηρόκαμπος…Βαστιέμαι να μην πω το όνομα και του πρώτου δρομέα . 

Εν Παση περιπτώσει η Λέρος καλωσορίζη και φέτος το Ελληνα τουρίστα που θα περάσει αξέχαστες διακοπές στο νησί μας.

Δωμάτια για ενοικίαση υπάρχουν πολλά στο νησί. Η  δική μας πρόταση ειναι το Παντέλι, το πιό γραφικό μέρος του νησιού, ταβερνάκια και εστιατορια για μεζέδες και φρεσκο ψάρι, ουζάκι στη παραλία απο το Καστέλο και διαμονή στα στουντιο Βαγγέλης για περισσότερες πληροφορίες επισκεφτέίτε τη σελιδα http://www.lerosisland.com/vangelis.html

Καλό καλοκαίρι και καλές διακοπές.

Food in Leros Greece

Surrounded by the sea the most dominating plate is fish and crustaceans! Grilled,
marinated with rosemary, fried or boiled and always deliciously seasoned with herbs.
Vegetables like fresh beans, okra, eggplants cooked with a generous “dose” of virgin
olive oil are a must to try and don’t forget Kakavia the fishermen’s soup. The food in Leros taste better than the typical Greece food that you will eat in a restaurant of a big city of Greece because in our island we use many of our local products and spices.
Taste the famous local soft cheese “Myzithra” (from sheep or goat milk).
Lerians seem to have a sweet tooth! There are plenty of pastries shops all over the
island which offer delicious sweets like “Diples”, “Poukakia”(stuffed with almonds,
sweetened with honey), macaroons, specially eaten at weddings and many, many
more…
Don’t forget to try Soumada, an almond drink, on a hot summer day together with
cold water what else can you ask for …
There are plenty of fresh fruits like, melons, watermelons, vanillas, grapes,
Frangosika (fruits of cactus plants) and in October “Gavafes” (a tropical fruit from
Egypt) and only found in Leros due to its mild climate. Also you should try Greek pickles or toursi made from various vegetables. But most in Leros you will enjoy the fresh fish.

Λέρος παράδοση Λαογραφία

Από την αρχαιότητα μέχρι σήμερα οι Λέριοι δέχτηκαν πάμπολλες επιρροές από τους ξένους και οικείους που προσέγγιζαν το νησί. Κατάφερναν όμως πάντα να απομονώνουν τα θετικά στοιχεία κάθε κουλτούρας και να διατηρούν μια γνήσια παράδοση. Ο χριστιανισμός βρήκε πρόσφορα έδαφος και αναπτύχθηκε από την πρώιμη εποχή του. Κι αργότερα ο Όσιος Χριστόδουλος ενέπνευσε το βαθύ χριστιανικό αίσθημα στους κατοίκους. Είναι η περίοδος που η Λέρος, γνωρίζει ιδιαίτερη πνευματική άνθηση και ευημερία. Άνθρωποι νοικοκυραίοι, ζεστοί, ανοιχτόκαρδοι και φιλόξενοι, οι Λέριοι αγαπούσαν πάντα τον τόπο τους και ό,τι τους έδενε μαζί τους. Σαν νησιώτες ήταν πάντα δεινοί ναυτικοί και ψαράδες, οι περισσότεροι. Λίγοι είναι οι αγρότες μια και το νησί είναι μικρό και τα καλλιεργήσιμα εδάφη λιγοστά. Ανάμεσά τους όμως υπήρχαν και άξιοι τεχνίτες, μάστορες στο να φτιάχνουν πλεούμενα και στο χτίσιμο των σπιτιών τους. Σήμερα στο νησί υπάρχουν δεκάδες διάσπαρτοι παραδοσιακοί οικισμοί. Με κατοικίες χαμηλοτάβανα σπιτάκια, με πολλές «τράβες», μικρά παράθυρα, κατάλευκους τοίχους και μπλε μαντώματα που κατά το παρελθόν φάνταζαν μυστικά σαν την ελληνική σημαία ενάντια στους τότε κατακτητές. Κάτι που μαρτυρά το έντονο ταπεραμέντο των ανθρώπων που δεν σηκώνουν εύκολα ζηγό επάνω τους. Που δεν ξεχνούν. Ανθρώπους με πνεύμα αδούλωτο. Οι σημερινοί Λέριοι αγαπούν και καλλιεργούν την παράδοση και την πνευματική κίνηση. Στον αναπαλαιωμένο Πύργο του Μπελένη στεγάζεται σήμερα το λαογραφικό και Ιστορικό Μουσείο της Λέρου με σπάνια εκθέματα. Στο Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο της εκτίθενται αξιόλογα ευρήματα, επιγραφές, επιτύμβιες στήλες, νομίσματα, ψηφιδωτά και αγγεία. Στις πολιτιστικές και καλλιτεχνικές εκδηλώσεις που διοργανώνονται κάθε καλοκαίρι από το Δήμο σε στενή συνεργασία με τοπικούς συλλόγους περιλαμβάνονται αξιόλογες συναυλίες θεατρικές παραστάσεις, ναυταθλητικοί αγώνες, εκθέσεις ζωγραφικής και διαλέξεις.Τόπος φιλόξενος η Λέρος έτοιμη να καλωσορίσει καινούργιους κόσμους, νέες τάσεις, παραμένοντας αυθεντική και ανθρώπινη. Κι οι σημερινοί Λέριοι χωρίς να προδίδουν τα έθιμα και την παράδοσή τους, έχουν κατορθώσει να συνδυάσουν και τα θετικά στοιχεία της σύγχρονης ζωής. Έτσι στη Λέρο συναντάς από τη μία τους ψαράδες να ξεψαρίζουν τα δίχτυα τους και από την άλλη ένα τζετ σκι να σχίζει τη θάλασσα. Βρίσκεσαι μπροστά σε σύγχρονες τουριστικές μονάδες που προσφέρουν όλες τις ανέσεις απόλυτα εναρμονισμένες στο φυσικό περιβάλλον του νησιού. 

Λέρος Τουριστικός Οδηγός

Σύμφωνα με χθεσινή ανακοίνωση τού Προέδρου της ΑΝ.ΣΥ.Λ , Φίλτατου Χάρη Χαρινού που διαβάσαμε στο leros.gr η Αναπτυξιακή Σύμπραξη Λέρου, στα πλαίσια του Υποέργου Β΄ «Δημοσιότητα - Ευαισθητοποίηση » του Μέτρου 4.9 «Ενίσχυση νέων μορφών οικονομικής δραστηριότητας ν. Λέρου», με την υπ. Αρ. 131 / 28-12-2007 του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου  προκηρύσσει εκτύπωση Δεκαεξασέλιδου τουριστικού οδηγού σε 15000 αντίτυπα……κλπ.

Καλα ρε Χάρη μπορεις να μας πείς πόσο θα κοστίση ο Τουριστικός Οδηγός και τι θα προσφέρει στη Λέρο γιατί οταν πέρυσι σας πρότεινα να κάναμε μια μηνιαία διαφίμηση στην Gurdian με 2000 λιρες θα είχαμε πείξη απο άγγλους τουρίστες, αλλα εσείς το βιολί σας παλι Μαλακίες και λεφτά στο βρόντο για να μασείσουνε παλι οι μαγκίτες και οι γάτες. Α ρε Χάρη δεν έμενες καλίτερα στο παλειό μας σύλογο της Αγια Κυριακής……. Χρόνια Πολλά από Λονδίνο και πολλούς Χαιρετισμούς , ο παλιόφιλος και καλλίτερος διαφιμιστής της Λέρου. ΄Σαραβάκος.

Eurovision 2008 Belgrade Serbia another comedy circus show

Here we are again in a few months the whole world waiting to see that GREAT COMEDY of the EUROVISION 2008 SONG CONTEST. What the hell wants Greece to be there, ( and not only Greece but all the western European countries including Cyprus as well) we got a first position a few years ago with Paparizou thats all, the rest is only our taxes money that ERT uses to promote some unknown “artists” promoted from some TV channels and Greek record companies. Who is Kalomoira or Kakomira, we never knew about her until she was promoted from the usual Greek channel 3 years ago, after she won a stuped “American idol type” show. She even become a co-presenter with another “Blond`Greek Beauty”, an ex unknown flower pot of another old TV show and today a big name in the morning stuped shows off the Greek television breakfast TV and one day from that show she mad some bad references about our island because of her ignorance and she had to give a “pardon” after people of Leros got really ungry . The other person elected as candidate was someone with the name Martakis (who and the other one is a Pagona or Chrispa (Που τους βρισκουν ρε παιδια)…… . Finally I personally with a few hundred more millions of western Europeans believe that Greece as well as France, UK, BENELUX, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and all the rest of WEST EUROPE should stop taking part in that rediculus contest that have become an internal affair among the east European countries and the countries of former USSR and former Yugosavia, Albania and Turkey. I believe West Europe Greee and Cyprus should stop partisipate in that cuture insulting circus.

 Now Watch some really good music from the early Eurovision

Ferries Piraeus Santorini Mykonos Leros and tourist development

It looks like a dream a ferry connection of Leros with the islands of Santorini and Mykonos from Piraeus. The island will burst of backpacking tourists like the good old days back in the 70’s when the M/V MIMIKA use to come to Lakki from Mykonos with hundreds of backpackers and rooms studios and hotels use to see the first tourism coming to Leros from the begining of April and not as today that we have the first tourists by the end of June (exept the usual KAPI groups of SKYBI) . Unfortunatelly the tourist season is too short for Leros, too many hotels and accomodation for a hanful of tourists unlike the huge tourist industry of Mykonos, Santorini, Rhodes or Kos with millions of websites advertising hotels in Mykonos or Rhodes accommodation, apartments in Paros or Santorini accommodation. One of the main reasons is the Ferry connections and the airport of course. If the money that have been spend on useless financial projects (not to mention them here, all Leros knows about them) have been spend wiselly on investing probably with the cooperation of Kalymnos and Lipsi and variuous investors from the Dodecanese in effort to buy a Ferry and create an indipendent Ferry company, things good have been better not only for Leros but for the islands of Kalymnos and Lipsi as well. What we need is ferries, Santorini ferries , Mykonos ferries and Paros Ferries. Well bluestar ferries have connection with Paros and Syros but still the route is not ideal for island hopping. As about Agoudimos ferries that’s another story. The other main subject is the development of a largest airport but this is something very difficult due to the tourist competition of some well known islands of the Dodecanese and hard to say but is mostly a political problem. If a Greek ministry deside to extend the airport that is all. But go figer out who is going to do that.

Leros tourism

It makes you lough when you see the last years how many internet crows, sharks and organised travel internet companies getting interesting about our small island. All those years the only thing where interesting about was the “Psychiatreio” .Now every spring poor unemployed students and other persons calling on the phone or visiting almost every tourist business in our island asking you to pay an annual fee so you can be listed in various websites tourist guide books and whatever. Yes they have smell money in our island and now they are interesting to suck that money. But thankfully Leros has its own presentation on the internet thanks to some local guys. It was one of them that he that he started advertising the business of the island, hotels, apartments, restaurants for a few EURO ,now those sharks asking you ten times more for an advert or the creation of a website that will never rank in Google or Yahoo. Well its up to you to support your local people insted of suporting various sharks that have put the Greek Tourism under their shoes and exploiting the naivity of the Greek tourism businesman in the islands that does not have the knowledge of the internet.

Corfu island Greece

The Greek island of Corfu or is the northernmost and second largest of the Ionian Islands. Corfu location on the map of Greece is in the Ionian Sea, the part of the Mediterranean Sea that has to the north the Adriatic Sea. Corfu lies at the level of the southern Italy coast and very near to the Albanian coast. The island has lush vegetation is also known as the green island of Greece. Together with some smaller islands Corfu is the Prefecture of Corfu or Kerkyra in Greek. Corfu has an international airport and is the home of the Ionian University with faculties of history, Greek music, languages, and social stdies. Corfu is one of the most prosperous regions in Greece.
The capital city is Corfu, the island its widest in the north, and narrows to the south. The coastline have a total length of 217 kilometers and form several bays and capes. The territory is mostly mountainous, particularly in the north. Foreigners call  the island Corfu, the two peaks appear as the visitor on the island.

Higher peaks is the Pantocrator 914 m and Stravoskiadi 849 meters. Corfu,  is one of the most densely populated islands in the Mediterranean with a large population density. Among th famous cuisine of Corfu is the traditional dishes of pastitsada, the sofrito and the bourdeto . Corfu Town has a population of 29000 residents   and is one of the oldest cities in Greece.
In 1815 Corfu was part of the Republic of the Ionian islands under the British protectorate. During the British period a large part of the modern infrastructure, was made`such as the 700 km long road network, which is one of the densest in Greece . On 21 May 1864 Corfu was part of  Greece.
Corfu is a popular holiday destination for packages and individual tourists. The island also offers educational interesting tourist destinations. The largest group of visitors come from Britain, followed by tourists from Germany and Italy.

Best Greek websites for maps

If you are looking for maps of Greece and the Greek islands you can find at the official site of Greece National tourism organisation GNTO .In2greece is another good page is that provides a very detailed map of Greece with maps from all regions of Greece ,another good surce is the For your navigation in Athens streets use the maps of Driveme.gr .Another good page is the viamichelin maps .Some other pages with Greek maps are http://www.united-hellas.com/map-of-greece.html http://www.gogreece.com/maps/ .

Here is a map of Leros Greece