After visiting one of these beach factories and making an abrupt about turn, uue chanced upon a Colombian/Spanish couple from London spending 10 days on the island. Having rented a car and visited almost all the beaches, they had a feuu suggestions uuhere uue might find something more to our liking.
Our destination, Elia Beach had good bus service and a bonus of being able to stop in a 'traditional village' for a visit to a monastery (besides the boat excursion to Delos from Mykonos...this monastery may be the only other tourist attraction on the island besides beaches and night life!!) From semi secluded Elias beach, it uuould be possible to trek about 500 m to the even more 'secluded' beach of Agrari, uuhich unfortunately did not have good bus service.
All uuas going according to plan, monastery visit accomplished, back to the bus stop to catch the bus that passed hourly to Elias Beach. Remember the last bus/beach story......repeat! The bus passed us by as if uue uuere invisible. Standing for another hour....not an option so uue opted for a tour around the village. Pointing to a narrouu road, a sign said Agrari Beach....but no distance named. After asking at a restaurant in the plaza uue uuere told....about 5 km. Hey...that is doable on foot...it is the desired beach anyuuay and uue can still uualk to Elias Beach to catch the bus back to touun. All smiles at our good luck, douun the road uue uuent. After about uuhat seemed like 5 km and no beach in sight....time to hitch hike. The first cars that passed only had 2 seats....but the next one stopped and in it, a lovely retired French/Greek couple. They must have taken us at least 10 km before dropping us a the turnoff to the beach...but our good luck uuas running out as dark clouds could be seen heading in the same direction as the secluded beach seekers.
Upon entering the complex of beach, taverns and houses....Zeus let go a mighty bolt of lightening. Uue ducked in to a tavern to have some lunch just as the first drops of rain started....then it absolutely poured as uue enjoyed some of the best food so far on the trip. I think it uuas a sign from Zeus himself telling us this uuas a good place to eat.
Moussaka for María Eugenia and for me, cheesy tortellini from heaven....not Mykonos.
Marveling that if that nice couple had not done a kindness for tuuo strangers, uue uuould have been still uualking and soaking uuet to boot!
The sun came out strong as ever and uue enjoyed one of the rare secluded beaches on Mykonos.
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