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Ela Rei!

So I just arrived in Greece and it’s effin WARM!

I love it! Warm and Breezy!

In NYC it was raining and grey so this is a breather.

I saw some friends in Day 1 and had a tourist day in thecity

Visited the Acropolis and the museum.

On the way to Rafina (Port) we passed through a traffic jambecause there was some sort of rally.

In a country that is in economic crisis the first thing thatyou cut cost on is your advertising and marketing budget.

The greek TV station just retrenched 2/3rds of theiremployees due to cost cutting.

This is sad to see all those advertising artists especiallywho has dedicated loosing their art and soul (kidding) in working for anadvertising/main stream TV firm and they get fired. L

This sucks.

I’ve been eating greek food for the last two days and it’samazing!!

One of the main reasons why I like to kite here in Greece isbecause I love the vibe here.

People are chill

It’s sunny.

The beaches are great

The social life is good

And the food is healthy.

Plus of course it’s very windy.

Check out whatsup in Paroskite.gr to know more about thisplace where I will be for the summer.

Am really excited to go now.

We are currently in the ferry to Paros.

I got in contact with the local BEST rider from Greece, MikeChatziliadis, who I also met here on my first year visiting Greece.

Last year if you remember mike and afro are the ones thatpicked me up in the airport where prior to that mike sprained his ankle reallybad. Now he is better that ever and of course riding with BEST.

Stayed tuned on what we have in store for you this summer.

The House is set and we are ready to shred, Greek style!

PEACE!

Saronida Sling

i haven't updated my blog lately

due to a couple of things which includes packing up my stuff from 

Paros and come to Athens for a few days before departing.

I am really bummed that am leaving this place. i wish i can stay longer.

this whole 90day shengen visa sucksss. but o well, it can be worse.

i had a great summer, it's all that matters

and now am headed back to manila to see some old friends,

surf, kite and am really excited with the new cable parks that just opened.

wiiiih!

PS: this is my first post from the new macbook, although i have some bad news, i lost my GoPro the other day, i took it wake boarding and the rope took it. i posted the picture of the rope taking the GoPro during a crash.



Yo Za tried wake surfing which seems really dangerous since your too near the boat prop, and a good friend nicos showing some skills.

Taking photos this session was fun, having the greece landscape on the back was just perfect.

here are some pics from the Wakeboarding in Saronida.

PS: make sure you pack your fins before heading out to the ocean. and never everrrr use your GoPro without your floaty backdoor, even though you just outta do a cruise session.

The Gyros Pita Man and the best dessert in the world

one of the best things about the med is the food. it's always amazing.

especially for somebody like me who snacks a lot.

yes, i eat A LOT!

Greece thrives a lot from farming, especially Paros.

I never go wrong with any munchies here in Greece.

The Gyros Pita is a staple. a 2.50euro goodness of meat, fries, onion, tomatoes and tzatziki.

Different places have different ways of making Gyros pita, we try to take time to go to different places with this amazing Greek Staple.

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Frozen Yogurt and Homemade Ice cream

are few of the famous greek desserts but

The Best desert in the WORLD

is the traditional Loucoumades.

it's fried dough balls smothered with warm merenda (greek nutella)

or honey and cinnamon

topped with your choice of ice cream,

need i say more?

it's orgasmic. I LOVE Loucoumades!!!!

if you observe the guy who makes the Gyros pita ( The Pita man ), he is very passionate about it, so i took some photos, this was from the gyros pita place in Lefkas, a town situated in the hills of Paros.

Also there are exceptional Pita Men, who gets annoyed when you ask to change something in your gyro, like extra tzatziki. it's kind of like a big no no.

haha, it took me a while to get it, no asking for extra tzatziki.LOL

Aside from the sweets, the fruits here are to die for.Our house is actually a watermelon farm, so when the owner comes in every once in a while to pick out the ripe ones, he would give us a few of these delish watermelons. XO

Goofing around with my GoPro on a no wind day, eating frozen watermelon in our porch.

wiiii!