Is this really a photo report on Rhodes?
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From Rhodes
yes, but about?
These pictures don't tell you much about the place.
Most are just neat enough pictures that could have been taken almost
anywhere.
You see though, that the whitewash and loopy, cascading town layouts are
gone. Suntanned sandstone and limestone is the color of Rodhos. And we are back to a
sort of "normal" maze of medieval streets.
Toto, I don't think we're in the Cyclades any more.
Actually,
Rhodes
Town looks and feels less like a Greek island, and more like
the start of the Middle East.
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![Caretaker at the Synagogue white-haired man sitting on a low wall with some visitors](pix/2009/img_1969.jpg)
At the bottom of these stone stairs is a mass of souvenir shops and
overpriced mediocre
restaurants, many with very aggressive touts out front urging you in.
A peaceful place to read above the fray has real class.
The old man on
the stone
bench is the caretaker of the local synagogue, the grounds of which are
open to the public.
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Most streets are
paved
with large pebbles. Often, light and dark pebbles are combined to make
designs in
the pavement.
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As usual with old mazes of twisty littlle passages, it is real easy to
get lost. One thoughtful homeowner has saved visitors the
trouble of asking the way back to the port, the central hub
and reference point here.
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My very classy and
friendly boutique hotel, run by Lee, the perfect host and local informant.
plug for The Spot Hotel
My three days here have been the most rewarding busting of my budget I
can recall. Still, they are busting the budget, so
I am moving tomorrow to cheaper digs just inside the town wall.
The cheap guys claim to have in-house wireless too, so I should be able
to report from there on how I am.
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