HERE IS A COMMENT MADE ON THE "TIPPING ETIQUETTE ON IOS" PAGE:
I'm aware that most of my fellow Italians & indeed Europeans do not tip. Unfortunately, it's not a custom in Italy as the salaries for waiting are half-decent. To avoid any bitterness, I would recommend taking the American approach: when handing the bill to tourists, also leave a small 'brochure' explaining tipping etiquette. I'm sure it would work wonders.
FEEL FREE TO SCROLL DOWN AND FILL OUT IOS POLLS
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
DRUGS AND IOS
DRUGS AND IOS (UPDATE)
(UPDATE: MANY TRAVEL BOOKS SAY THAT GREECE HAS NO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WITH OPIATES IN THEM AND THAT IT IS ILLEGAL TO BRING THEM TO GREECE AS WELL. THESE BOOKS ARE 100% WRONG. IF YOU HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FROM YOUR HOME DOCTOR OR FROM A GREEK DOCTOR..YOU ARE 100% LEGAL. IF YOU ARE ON IOS AND YOU FORGOT YOUR PAINKILLERS BACK HOME AND YOU ARE BUGGING OUT..NO WORRIES!! GO SEE DR. YIANNIS ON THE MAIN ROAD AND TELL HIM YOUR AILMENTS.)
MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO IOS WONDER IF THE RUMOURS OF IT BEING A WILD AND CRAZY PARTY ISLAND ARE TRUE. WELL, IT IS DEFINITELY A PARTY ISLAND BUT DUE TO THE CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL DRUGS MANY YEARS AGO...IOS WENT FROM AN ISLAND WITH DRUGS SOMEWHAT AVAILABLE TO A PLACE THAT IS ALMOST TOTALLY DRY OF ANY PILLS, POT, OR POWDER. EXCEPT FOR THE TOURISTS WHO RISK SMUGGLING IN STUFF THEMSELVES, MANY PARTIERS ON THE ISLAND HAVE TO STICK TO ALCOHOL TO GET WASTED. HERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM NORML.ORG:
Greek law makes no distinction between hard and soft drugs, although an interesting distinction that the law does make is between addicts and non-addicts. Drug use is only an offense when the user is a non-addict. Addicts obtaining drugs for personal use are compelled to treatment. An addict is defined as "any person who, having succumbed to the habit of drug use, is incapable of overcoming it without the help of specialized therapy." A specialist is enlisted by the court to draw up a report on anyone accused of or claiming to be an addict. Dependent users cannot be criminally prosecuted, but they are mandated to treatment for up to one year at a detoxification center. Non-addicts acquiring drugs for personal use is a crime punishable by two to five years of prison. The length of the sentence depends on the amount of drugs obtained and/or possessed. Possession by non-addicts with a view to use is not a specific offense, but it is covered indirectly under the laws of acquisition. Trafficking through negligence results in up to one year imprisonment while trafficking given aggravating circumstances carries a penalty of up to eight years in prison.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER YOU CAN GO TO JAIL JUST FOR SMOKING A SPLIFF WITH YOUR MATES. I RECOMMEND THAT YOU STAY CLEAN WHILE YOU ARE IN GREECE. BUT IF YOU HAVE TO DO DOPE, PLEASE TRY AND KEEP IT OUT OF VIEW. I SEEN SOME KIDS SMOKING POT AT FAR OUT BEACH IN FRONT OF EVERYONE WITH BIG, DUMB SMILES ON THEIR FACES. LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT AN UNDERCOVER COP THAT LOOKED LIKE A 17 YEAR OLD BUSTED SOME BLOKE DOING THE SAME THING THE WEEK BEFORE AND THEN RAIDED HIS ROOM AND CONFISCATED A WHOLE KILO OF LOW GRADE SMOKE. IF YOU SMOKE POT, DO IT ON YOUR BALCONY OR EVEN BETTER INSIDE YOUR ROOM. CHANCES ARE, THE HOTEL OWNER WANTS YOU TO HAVE FUN AND WILL NOT SNITCH ON HIS CUSTOMERS ANYWAY. IF YOU DO HARDER DRUGS, MAKE SURE YOU DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND HAVE THE EMERGENCY ROOM PHONE NUMBER ON YOU AS WELL. TRY NOT TO CARRY STUFF AROUND THE ISLAND AS YOU PARTY. BELIEVE ME, THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS CALL YOUR PARENTS TO TELL THEM YOU ARE SPENDING THE REST OF YOUR VACATION IN JAIL. REMEMBER, UNDERCOVERS AND THEIR INFORMANTS ARE ON THE PROWL.
MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO IOS WONDER IF THE RUMOURS OF IT BEING A WILD AND CRAZY PARTY ISLAND ARE TRUE. WELL, IT IS DEFINITELY A PARTY ISLAND BUT DUE TO THE CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL DRUGS MANY YEARS AGO...IOS WENT FROM AN ISLAND WITH DRUGS SOMEWHAT AVAILABLE TO A PLACE THAT IS ALMOST TOTALLY DRY OF ANY PILLS, POT, OR POWDER. EXCEPT FOR THE TOURISTS WHO RISK SMUGGLING IN STUFF THEMSELVES, MANY PARTIERS ON THE ISLAND HAVE TO STICK TO ALCOHOL TO GET WASTED. HERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM NORML.ORG:
Greek law makes no distinction between hard and soft drugs, although an interesting distinction that the law does make is between addicts and non-addicts. Drug use is only an offense when the user is a non-addict. Addicts obtaining drugs for personal use are compelled to treatment. An addict is defined as "any person who, having succumbed to the habit of drug use, is incapable of overcoming it without the help of specialized therapy." A specialist is enlisted by the court to draw up a report on anyone accused of or claiming to be an addict. Dependent users cannot be criminally prosecuted, but they are mandated to treatment for up to one year at a detoxification center. Non-addicts acquiring drugs for personal use is a crime punishable by two to five years of prison. The length of the sentence depends on the amount of drugs obtained and/or possessed. Possession by non-addicts with a view to use is not a specific offense, but it is covered indirectly under the laws of acquisition. Trafficking through negligence results in up to one year imprisonment while trafficking given aggravating circumstances carries a penalty of up to eight years in prison.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER YOU CAN GO TO JAIL JUST FOR SMOKING A SPLIFF WITH YOUR MATES. I RECOMMEND THAT YOU STAY CLEAN WHILE YOU ARE IN GREECE. BUT IF YOU HAVE TO DO DOPE, PLEASE TRY AND KEEP IT OUT OF VIEW. I SEEN SOME KIDS SMOKING POT AT FAR OUT BEACH IN FRONT OF EVERYONE WITH BIG, DUMB SMILES ON THEIR FACES. LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT AN UNDERCOVER COP THAT LOOKED LIKE A 17 YEAR OLD BUSTED SOME BLOKE DOING THE SAME THING THE WEEK BEFORE AND THEN RAIDED HIS ROOM AND CONFISCATED A WHOLE KILO OF LOW GRADE SMOKE. IF YOU SMOKE POT, DO IT ON YOUR BALCONY OR EVEN BETTER INSIDE YOUR ROOM. CHANCES ARE, THE HOTEL OWNER WANTS YOU TO HAVE FUN AND WILL NOT SNITCH ON HIS CUSTOMERS ANYWAY. IF YOU DO HARDER DRUGS, MAKE SURE YOU DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND HAVE THE EMERGENCY ROOM PHONE NUMBER ON YOU AS WELL. TRY NOT TO CARRY STUFF AROUND THE ISLAND AS YOU PARTY. BELIEVE ME, THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS CALL YOUR PARENTS TO TELL THEM YOU ARE SPENDING THE REST OF YOUR VACATION IN JAIL. REMEMBER, UNDERCOVERS AND THEIR INFORMANTS ARE ON THE PROWL.
Monday, June 23, 2008
MAIN ROAD IOS: DREAM
NIGHTCLUB NAME: DREAM (FORMERLY SWEET IRISH DREAM)
OWNER: NOT SURE YET
LOCATION: MAIN ROAD (NEXT TO PLANET IOS)
DATE OPENED: JUNE 19, 2008
VIP SECTION: NO
BARS: THREE
RESTROOM: (I RATE IT 4 OUT 5)
DETAILS: DREAM IS AN INDOOR NIGHTCLUB WITH A KIND OF IRISH PUB FEEL. IT'S NOT THE BIGGEST CLUB ON THE ISLAND BUT IS BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD AT LEAST 500 PEOPLE COMFORTABLY. THE WOOD DECOR GIVES IT A WARM FEEL AND THE BARMEN THERE ARE GREAT. THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING, DIMITRIS ZACHEOS, HAS DECIDED TO RENT IT OUT TO SOMEONE ELSE AND CONCENTRATE ON HIS OTHER CLUB, SCORPIONS.
OWNER: NOT SURE YET
LOCATION: MAIN ROAD (NEXT TO PLANET IOS)
DATE OPENED: JUNE 19, 2008
VIP SECTION: NO
BARS: THREE
RESTROOM: (I RATE IT 4 OUT 5)
DETAILS: DREAM IS AN INDOOR NIGHTCLUB WITH A KIND OF IRISH PUB FEEL. IT'S NOT THE BIGGEST CLUB ON THE ISLAND BUT IS BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD AT LEAST 500 PEOPLE COMFORTABLY. THE WOOD DECOR GIVES IT A WARM FEEL AND THE BARMEN THERE ARE GREAT. THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING, DIMITRIS ZACHEOS, HAS DECIDED TO RENT IT OUT TO SOMEONE ELSE AND CONCENTRATE ON HIS OTHER CLUB, SCORPIONS.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
MAIN ROAD IOS: PLANET IOS
NIGHTCLUB NAME: PLANET IOS
OWNER: JOHN BASIL
LOCATION: MAIN ROAD (NEXT TO SWEET IRISH)
YEAR OPENED: 2004
VIP SECTION: YES
BARS: THREE
RESTROOM: (I RATE IT 3.5 OUT 5)
DETAILS: PI IS AN INDOOR/OUTDOOR NIGHTCLUB WITH A BIGGER OUTDOOR THAN INDOOR. IT CLAIMS TO BE THE BIGGEST CLUB ON ISLAND AT 2000 SQUARE METRES. IN 2004, IT WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY CLUB ON IOS TO BE FEATURED IN DJ MAGAZINE WHEN THEY SIGNED WORLD CLASS DJ'S LIKE ANTHONY PAPPA, ANDY FARLEY, MISS BEHAVIN, SARAH G, SCOTT PROJECT AS WELL AS OTHERS. IN 2007, PLANET IOS BECAME THE KING OF WET TSHIRT NIGHT WITH BIG CASH PRIZES (I THINK 1ST PLACE RECEIVED €500) AND GIGANTIC CROWDS. ONE NIGHT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE FOR THE 1ST CONTEST OF THE SEASON. IT GETS PRETTY WILD AS THE CONTESTANTS EVENTUALLY GET PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY NUDE!! WITH SO MANY COUCHES, BEAN BAGS, AND HIDING SPOTS..PI IS KNOWN FOR A PLACE TO BUMP INTO A DRUNK COUPLE HAVING SEX RIGHT THERE IN THE SHADOWS!! AND SOMETIMES EVEN IN FRONT OF EVERYONE WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CHEARING IT ON!!
OWNER: JOHN BASIL
LOCATION: MAIN ROAD (NEXT TO SWEET IRISH)
YEAR OPENED: 2004
VIP SECTION: YES
BARS: THREE
RESTROOM: (I RATE IT 3.5 OUT 5)
DETAILS: PI IS AN INDOOR/OUTDOOR NIGHTCLUB WITH A BIGGER OUTDOOR THAN INDOOR. IT CLAIMS TO BE THE BIGGEST CLUB ON ISLAND AT 2000 SQUARE METRES. IN 2004, IT WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY CLUB ON IOS TO BE FEATURED IN DJ MAGAZINE WHEN THEY SIGNED WORLD CLASS DJ'S LIKE ANTHONY PAPPA, ANDY FARLEY, MISS BEHAVIN, SARAH G, SCOTT PROJECT AS WELL AS OTHERS. IN 2007, PLANET IOS BECAME THE KING OF WET TSHIRT NIGHT WITH BIG CASH PRIZES (I THINK 1ST PLACE RECEIVED €500) AND GIGANTIC CROWDS. ONE NIGHT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE FOR THE 1ST CONTEST OF THE SEASON. IT GETS PRETTY WILD AS THE CONTESTANTS EVENTUALLY GET PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY NUDE!! WITH SO MANY COUCHES, BEAN BAGS, AND HIDING SPOTS..PI IS KNOWN FOR A PLACE TO BUMP INTO A DRUNK COUPLE HAVING SEX RIGHT THERE IN THE SHADOWS!! AND SOMETIMES EVEN IN FRONT OF EVERYONE WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CHEARING IT ON!!
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