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The sun has got his hat on, hip, hip, hip HOORAY! 

Our first swim in the sea today, it was freezing!  BUT, as always, once you got in a swam around a bit you could actually begin to feel your body parts again.  I was dreading getting out, but there was not even a breathe of breeze today, and we ran up and down the beach to get dry.  Heaven!

The children are shattered and so am I!  Plenty of fresh air and exercise, and maybe too much sun.

This is the beach  in TINGAKI (a popular, but not too overcrowed tourist resort), where I was today.  It  is only about 15 mins drive from Kos Town.  Easy to get to by bus in the summer tourist season May-October.  Long beautiful sandy beaches, and perfect for swimming. 

 Shallow waters when you can just keep on walking out and out, ideal for children.  It's still early, but during season time there are plenty of sunbeds and umbrellas to choose from along this coast.  There is also an excellent  choice of restaurats and snack-bars too!

From TINGAKI you can see the island of Kalymnos (famous for its' sponges).
AND....
Imia, a small uninhabitable  island which was at the centre of attention in  1996.  This was when Greece and Turkey were on the brink of a war for a few days over who's island it actually belonged to.  Thank goodness the crisis was defused with the help of foreign intervention.    A frightening time for all of us, that were living here then!

The coast line of Turkey is very clear and the sunsets from this beach are out of this world.

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We also had a lovely morning at Xara (again!) which was spent with friends drinking coffee, whilst the children bounced up and down and ran over each other on automated cars and motorbikes!