Last night's anchorage at Skala, Patmos Island: North 37*19'648 East 026*32'701
First anchorage in Greece on Lipso Island: North 37*16'787 East 026*46'199
Our entrance into Greece two days ago was extremely smooth and enjoyable, after leaving Bitez in Turkey we sailed 30 miles North West to the island of Lipso. The anchorage is beautiful with great holding in sand and picturesque white buildings lining the hills overlooking the bay. The next morning we had a great sail 12 miles to the town of Skala on the island of Patmos where after anchoring we headed ashore to check in. Straight away we could tell we were in another country with Tavernas and pretty little shops lining the winding alleyways with beautiful white washed walls that are so common here in Greece.
The check in process was quick and easy; first we visited the Police to check in with immigration, they gave us a form to take downstairs to Customs who charged us 30 Euros for a cruising log to be filled in at every port we visit. Then on to the Port authority who checked our boat papers and charged us 15 Euros for entering the country, they filled in our first entry of our cruising log and also charged an 11 Euro fee for spending three days in the port. Within half an hour we were all checked in to the EU and we're surprised at how simple it was after hearing not such good reports from other cruisers.
This morning however we were asked to move from where we were anchored as a large ship was coming into the port, instead of tying up to the town dock as offered we decided to move south to another beautiful anchorage called Ormos Stavros. We're currently anchored beneath a lone Monastery perched on the hill side and have the place all to ourselves...beautiful. There's even the wreck of an old airplane that crashed during the war just a short swim from us that we can explore snorkeling...so far we're loving Greece!!
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