FEEL FREE TO SCROLL DOWN AND FILL OUT IOS POLLS

FEEL FREE TO SCROLL DOWN AND FILL OUT IOS POLLS

Friday, August 10, 2012

IOS NEWS HITS 25,000 PAGE VIEWS

ON MARCH 13, 2008, IOS NEWS WAS LAUNCHED AND SINCE THEN..WE HAVE HAD 25,521 PAGE VIEWS. WE ALSO JUST BROKE OUR OWN MONTHLY RECORD WITH 1,663 PAGE VIEWS DURING JULY, 2012.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AUGUST MAY COME CLOSE TO THAT RECORD SINCE IT IS ALREADY OVER 400 PAGE VIEWS. BUT MOST LIKELY THE RECORD WILL STAND UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT SEASON.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIEWERSHIP OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS AND WE HOPE THE NEXT 4 YEARS ARE EVEN BETTER.

THANK GOD FOR THE AUSSIES..ER, UH..SORT OF!!!



THE AUSSIES ARE COMING, THE AUSSIES ARE COMING!! NO, ACTUALLY THEY HAVE  BEEN ON IOS SINCE MAY AND THEY KEPT COMING IN DROVES.

WHY, ALL OF A SUDDEN ARE THERE SO MANY AUSTRALIANS? WELL, THEIR ECONOMY IS BOOMING HARD CORE. A YEAR AGO, ONE HUNDRED AUS DOLLARS CONVERTED TO SOMETHING LIKE 70 EUROS. NOW, ONE HUNDRED AUSSIE DOLLARS GETS YOU AROUND 80 EUROS!! THAT IS ALMOST 15% MORE FOR YOUR BUCK. THAT IS A LOT AND AUSSIES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE.

SO, I GUESS IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THE AUSTRALIANS HAVE SAVED IOS THIS YEAR. FOR SURE!! YOU GOTTA LOVE THE MEN WITH THEIR ROUGH AND TUMBLE ATTITUDE, THEIR "BED HAIR", AND THEIR TATTOOS. BUT I NOTICE THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AUSSIES ON IOS.

1. DIRTY FOOTED AUSSIE: WOW, REALLY..YOU GUYS WALK AROUND BAREFOOT ON IOS? EVEN THAT NASTY ROAD WITH ALL OF THE OLD CHOCOLATE SMEARED EVERYWHERE..LOL? 99.9% OF THE TIME, THE DIRTY FOOTED AUSSIE IS A WORKER ON THE ISLAND. IF HE IS A GUY, HE MIGHT HAVE A MUSTACHE AND TATTOOS BUT NOT ALWAYS. HE MAY ALSO HAVE "ROD STEWART" HAIR. IF SHE IS A GIRL, SHE IS MOST LIKELY ATTRACTED TO THE MALAKA DESCRIBED ABOVE !!

2. GREEK DIASPORA AUSSIE: THIS IS USUALLY THE AUSSIE WHO HAS PARENTS WHO ARE GREEK. THIS SORT OF AUSSIE IS NOT ONLY COMING TO GREECE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT CURRENCY EXCHANGE..HE IS COMING TO GREECE TO SPEND MONEY AND HELP HIS ANCESTORS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IN ITS TIME OF NEED. MANY TIMES, THEY ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, CLEAN CUT, AND SPORT A FEW TATTOOS. THEY USUALLY STAY FOR ABOUT A WEEK ON IOS AND THEN BOUNCE TO ANOTHER ISLAND. 99.99% OF THE TIME THEY ARE TOURISTS AND NOT WORKERS.

3. "TOMMY LEE" AUSSIE: YOU REMEMBER TOMMY LEE RIGHT? THE DRUMMER WITH ALL THE TATTOOS WHO MARRIED PAMELA ANDERSON. WELL, YOU HAVE THOSE AUSSIE GUYS WHO LOOK JUST LIKE HIM FILLED WITH TATS AND THEY ARE ALSO SPORTING BASEBALL CAPS. I SAW ONE GUY THE OTHER DAY WEARING AN OAKLAND A'S CAP. I WONDER IF HE CAN NAME ONE PLAYER ON THE TEAM. THEY WEAR SHOES SO THEY CANNOT REALLY BE CONSIDERED DIRTY FOOTED BUT THEY LOOK KINDA LIKE DIRTY SONS-OF-BITCHES!!

4. NORMAL AUSSIE: THIS IS YOUR NORMAL, RUN-OF-THE-MILL AUSTRALIAN WHO MIGHT HAVE A FEW SMALL TATTOOS BUT NOTHING "IN YOUR FACE"!! THIS AUSSIE IS GREAT!! THEY ARE SOMEWHAT HEALTHY BUT CAN STILL PARTY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THE BEST OF THEM!!!

LASTLY, WHETHER YOU LIKE THEM OR HATE THEM..THEY ARE SPENDING MONEY ON IOS WHILE YOU ARE MOST LIKELY BACK IN THE UK, GERMANY, IRELAND, ITALY, SCANDINAVIA, USA, ETC THINKING GREECE IS IN CHAOS OR THAT YOU WANT TO "SNUB" GREECE BECAUSE THEY ARE CAUSING A CRISIS. IF THAT IS YOU..THEN ALL I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU SHEEP IS "BAAA!! BAAAA!!" 

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

SEVEN ELEVEN RESTAURANT

THERE ARE PLENTY OF RESTAURANTS ON IOS BUT NOT ALL OF THEM SAY YES TO JUST ABOUT EVERY REQUEST YOU HAVE.

THERE IS A PLACE UP THE SIDE OF "ROLLAN MARKET" NAMED "SEVEN ELEVEN" OWNED BY BROTHERS NIKOS AND DIMITRIS KOSTOPOULOS. THEY BASICALLY HAVE JUST ABOUT EVERY INTERNATIONAL MEAL YOU CAN THINK OF EXCEPT FOR MAYBE SOME GREEK PLATES.

NIKOS COOKS THE FOOD AND DIMITRIS RUNS THE BUSY FRONT WHILE THE WAITRESSES ZIP BACK AND FORTH SERVING THE PLATES AND DRINK.

THE FOOD IS GOOD BUT WHAT REALLY SEPARATES THESE GUYS FROM A LOT OF OTHER GREEKS ON IOS IS THAT THEY REALLY WANT YOUR BUSINESS AND DO NOT LIKE SAYING "NO" TO REQUESTS.

IF YOU GO TO "DEL MAR CAFE" ON MYLOPOTAS BEACH, YOU WILL BE SERVED BY THAT SAME GREEK "BUTCH" GIRL WITH GLASSES WHO ACTS SUPERIOR AND SAYS NO TO ANY REQUESTS YOU MAY HAVE.

I WENT TO SEVEN ELEVEN AND THE SAME REQUEST WAS SATISFIED WITH A BIG SMILE. THEN ONE NIGHT, FIVE MINUTES BEFORE CLOSING, FIVE ITALIAN GIRLS SHOWED UP AND ASKED IF THEY COULD EAT. NIKOS CAME OUT AND SAID "SURE, NO PROBLEM" WITH A BIG FRIGGIN' SMILE AND THE GIRLS STAYED UNTIL 1AM AND SPENT A LOT OF EUROS AS WELL. THE WAITRESSES WERE NOT VERY HAPPY THEY HAD TO STAY LATE THOUGH, BUT THE CUSTOMER CAME FIRST!!

I GUARANTEE IF YOU EAT HERE ONCE, YOU WILL EAT HERE AGAIN AT LEAST ONCE A DAY, IF NOT MORE. DO NOT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. GOOGLE THEM AND SEE THE POSITIVE ACCOLADES THEY RECEIVE!! KALI OREXI!!!

Saturday, July 21, 2012

NO GREEK CRISIS HERE!!!

REALLY PEOPLE..DON'T BE WUSSIES!! WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT ELECTIONS AND THE EURO? WHAT ABOUT RIOTS, YOU SAY? IT HAPPENED ONLY DOWNTOWN ATHENS AROUND MAJOR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. OTHER PARTS OF ATHENS ARE THE SAME! THE GREEK ISLANDS ARE STILL JUST THE SAME ISLANDS YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH!

Sunday, July 8, 2012

FUCK IBIZA...

...COME TO IOS!!













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IOS COUGH: FACT OR FICTION?

ISN'T IOS GREEK FOR VIRUS? LOL


MANY PEOPLE COME TO IOS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO EITHER PARTY OR TO WORK ON THE ISLAND AND PARTY. THE ONES THAT COME TO WORK USUALLY STAY ON THE ISLAND FOR 4 TO 12 WEEKS. IT’S FUNNY HOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE DEVELOP A COUGH AFTER ABOUT 3 WEEKS OR SO. EVERY ONE SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT THE INFAMOUS “IOS COUGH”.


LET’S TALK ABOUT THE BACTERIA SOUP MANY BARS WASH THEIR GLASSES IN. ONCE AGAIN, RESTAURANTS AND NIGHTCLUBS ON IOS WASH THEIR DISHES AND GLASSES IN STEAMING HOT DISHWASHERS TO MAKE SURE THEIR CUSTOMERS DO NOT CATCH A BUG. BUT MANY BARS IN THE VILLAGE PRACTICE THE AGE OLD PRACTICE OF WASHING THEIR GLASSES IN COLD, SOAPY WATER OUT OF A BUCKET WITH BRISTLES. NOT ALL OF THEM BUT MANY OF THEM.

IF YOU SUSPECT THAT A BAR YOU ARE VISITING DOES NOT HAVE A DISH WASHING MACHINE, I RECOMMEND STICKING TO BOTTLES OF YOUR FAVORITE BEER OR BREEZER RATHER THAN DRINKING OUT OF THEIR GLASSES. BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY!!



WHAT ABOUT THOSE OLD AIR CONDITIONERS THAT HAVE BEEN OFF ALL WINTER? IOS GETS VERY DAMP AND RAINY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. TAKE A LOOK IN MANY OF THEM AND YOU WILL SEE MOLD. YOU ARE BREATHING THIS IN FOR HOURS AND THIS COULD ALSO CAUSE SYMPTOMS. PERHAPS SPRAYING IT WITH LYSOL OR SOMETHING SIMILAR MIGHT HELP.

LASTLY, I ALSO RECOMMEND YOU GO TO WWW.MESOSILVER.COM AND ORDER THE MESO SILVER AND TAKE IT BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT ON VACATION ANYWHERE. IT BLOCKS ALL VIRUSES AND PATHOGENS. BE PREPARED!!

Saturday, July 7, 2012

HEY IOS, THE 1950's CALLED....

HEY IOS, THE 1950's CALLED..THEY WANT THEIR FEDORA HATS BACK!!
ALSO, THE 1970's AND 80's CALLED..THEY WANT THEIR MUSTACHES BACK..LOL.

IT SEEMS LIKE FEDORA HATS ARE IN AND GIRLS ARE SPORTING THEM BIG TIME ON IOS. TO BE HONEST, I DO NOT LIKE THEM ON WOMEN BUT IT'S ALL GOOD!

LASTLY, THE ISLAND IS FILLED WITH AUSSIES AND THE GUYS ARE SPORTING MUSTACHES. I GUESS IF ENOUGH TIME GOES BY..EVERYTHING MAKES A COMEBACK!!

Friday, June 22, 2012

FIRST DAY OF SUMMER HEATS UP

THE WEATHER IN GREECE THIS YEAR HAS SHOWN TO BE HOT EARLY ON WITH SCORCHERS STARTING IN EARLY MAY AND NOW ON THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR THE TEMPERATURE WILL HIT 39°C (102.2°F). 

I SAID IT ONCE AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. <SUMMER 2012 IOS> WILL BE VERY SPECIAL!!!

Friday, June 8, 2012

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. 

MORE PHOTOS AS SPRING ENDS















Monday, May 21, 2012

IF GREECE GOES BACK TO DRACHMA...

IF GREECE NO LONGER USES THE EURO AND RETURNS TO THE CURRENCY IT HAD FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE DRACHMA, IT WILL BE VERY GOOD FOR TOURISTS.

BASICALLY, IT WILL MEAN THAT WHATEVER CURRENCY A TOURIST WOULD BRING TO GREECE..IT WOULD NOW DOUBLE. SO IF YOU BROUGHT ONE DOLLAR TO GREECE..IT WILL BE LIKE TWO DOLLARS. IF YOU BROUGHT ONE EURO..IT WILL BE LIKE TWO EUROS..AND SO ON.

IN 2002, GREECE ENTERED THE EURO ZONE AND IMMEDIATELY TOURISM WENT DOWN. AS THE EURO GOT STRONGER, TOURISTS FROM USA, CANADA, AND AUSTRALIA STOPPED COMING AS MUCH TO GREECE AND STARTED GOING TO NON-EURO COUNTRIES LIKE TURKEY AND CROATIA. BEFORE THAT, THE SAME PEOPLE CAME TO GREECE AND SPENT MONEY LIKE MAD. EVEN EURO COUNTRIES WERE NOT AS KEEN TO COME TO GREECE BECAUSE THEY TOO ENJOYED THE DRACHMA.

BEFORE THE EURO CAME TO GREECE, IOS WAS PACKED WITH TOURISTS AND MANY BARS, CLUBS, AND OTHER PLACES MADE PLENTY OF MONEY. NOW, EVERYONE IS GOING BANKRUPT AND MANY PEOPLE CANNOT EVEN PAY THE RENT FOR THEIR BUSINESS.

LASTLY, I DO NOT THINK THE INTERNATIONAL BANKER/MILITARY/INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WILL EVER LET ANY COUNTRY LEAVE THE EURO ZONE WHEN THEY WORKED SO HARD FOR DECADES TO GET EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO ADOPT A SINGLE CURRENCY. GREEKS WILL SOON VOTE ON WHETHER TO KEEP OR LEAVE THE EURO. TRUST ME, IT WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO GO BACK TO THE DRACHMA..EVEN IF "THEY" HAVE TO COMMIT ELECTION FRAUD!! IT WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME!!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

GREECE HEATING UP EARLY

IT IS ONLY MAY 6TH BUT IT IS ALREADY HITTING HIGHS OF 30 DEGREES CELSIUS (86 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT). BELIEVE IT OR NOT..TOURISTS ARE COMING TO THE ISLANDS EARLY AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL CONTINUE INTO SEPTEMBER. FOR SOME REASON I HAVE A SPECIAL FEELING ABOUT THIS SEASON.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

EARLY HOTEL AND TRANSPORTATION RESERVATIONS UP

It looks like people are finally coming back to the Greek Islands. Early indications like hotel reservations and transportation are looking strong and it seems like we will have a great summer for 2012 (according to the Mayans..the last summer on Ios..so you better rock fuckin' hard!!!).

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

HOW TO AVOID "IOS COUGH"!!!

I AM SURE YOU HAVE ALL HEARD OF "IOS COUGH" AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT 100% SURE WHAT CAUSES IT..I HAVE SOMETHING THAT I PROMISE WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ALL VIRUSES AND PATHOGENS. YOUR DOCTOR WON'T TELL YOU ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE CANNOT MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT. GO TO WWW.MESOSILVER.COM AND ORDER THEIR MESO SILVER WHICH IS BASICALLY A PATENTED FORM OF COLLOIDAL SILVER. YOU WILL NEVER CATCH A FEVER EVER AGAIN!!!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

LOOKING FOR WORK ON IOS???

HERE IS THE CONTACT INFO FOR A FEW PLACES TO WORK ON IOS, GREECE:

CAFE CYCLADES: CAFECYCLADES@YAHOO.COM
ENIGMA: IOSENIGMA@YAHOO.COM
FAR OUT CAFE: FAROUTCAFE2003@YAHOO.COM

GLOBAL GOURMET: 022860-91823 OR 022860-91555
HARMONY: MAIL@COM2GETHER.NO
KARMA: KARMA@CAFEASTRA.COM

LACUVA: 022860-92395
LORD BYRON: LOBYIOS@OTENET.GR
TERRASINI: TERASINI@HOTMAIL.COM

THE MILLS: 022860-91284
THE NEST: 022860-91778
MYLOPOTAS WATERSPORTS: IOSSPORT@OTENET.GR

YIALOS WATERSPORTS: RALFBURGSTAHLER@HOTMAIL.COM
WASH AND GO: FMACFAR@ATH.FORTHNET.GR

BARMACY: IODINO@HOTMAIL.COM
BLUE NOTE BAR: LUCASBLUENOTE@HOTMAIL.COM
DISCO 69: DISCO69@OTENET.GR

FAR OUT CLUB: ALLAN@FAROUTCLUB.COM
ORANGE BAR: IOSORANGEBAR@HOTMAIL.COM
SHAMROCK BAR: 022860- 91225