Excursion from Ermioni

5th day in Ermioni, we decided to rent a car and visit the other beach. Driving from Ermioni about 20 minutes, there is a big harbor call "Portohei". Last year, we found very beautiful beach near the town and wanted to visit again this year.
We drove through the coast. Along the coast, there are some big houses standing there almost middle of the nowhere. I always wonder what kind of people are living, or staying here. Of course, the house is huge but it standing there all alone. Road are offenly not smooth. Sometimes, it look like the asphalt only poured from a backet and spread on the soiled ground. The trip from Ermioni to Portheli is always interesting.

This time, as we looking for a new beach on the way to Portoheli, we happened to found "Beverly Hills in Greece!" Many beautiful huge holiday houses along the coast. It was the feeling of "Lost in Beverly Hills".

The view from Beverly Hills.
Since we saw such a beautiful sea from the hill, we absolutely wanted to swim somewhere in the area. And we found perfect one!

Sand beach! As I knew only stoned or rocky beach in Ermioni, I was soooo happy to find a sandy beach! The feeling that I can walk in to water without wearing a beach shoes was great!

And then we arrived Portoheli, where you can check around cool boats at the harbor. We enjoyed lunch at a nice restaurant and moved on to the beach which we found last year. The beach is named "Yuka Beach".

Yuka beach was there like last year. Long beach with beautiful small stones and super transparent water. Two things were different from last year. First, the restaurant where serve good Soublaki was closed. Second, wind was so strong and caused lots of wave. Last year was totally still and I enjoyed snorceling but this time, I enjoyed jumping among the waves.


When we came to the beach, there were 3 Greek people. I instanly thought that they were also here last year and kindly told us "you are beautiful couple". Surprisingly, they remember us as well and asked us "you were here last year, right?". Just one encounter in a year before, but I was toched by their warm heart.
Another surprise. Last year, we wrote our message down in the water. We picked white stones and placed them in a big heart shape. We had to dive into water a lot. After one year has past, surprisingly my husband found it in the water!! Of course, stones are not there but we could see the trace of heart even now. Among the trace was many beautiful fish. It seems like they were protecting our heart message for q year.


It was very beautiful day and beautiful excursion. Compare to the family of my husband, I haven't had that many memories in Greece yet. But like this, slowly slowly like a layers, I will make my memories in here as well. "Yuka Beach" will remain as my special place in Greece.