I have copied some of what you have wrote and answer to some of your statements IMHO
you wrote;
no fisherman has let me hold alongside to
his
boat or give me a little place, some
of them got very aggressive
I go alongside many fisherman's boats and like anywhere and in any country some are fine with it others are not- it could be the way you ask them? No one wants other boats alongside but most of us allow it-in
Europe ---
you wrote;
• The so called cost free
anchor places
are nice in theory, however most of
them are unprotected at least from one
wind direction, I have only found
almost protected
anchor places in
Vathi, Nidri, Porto Heli and with someIn a county,
Perhaps You have not spent enough time to say this- many many places have great protected bays and ports- of coarse many do not- just like many other countrie-----
you wrote;
• where pedestrian crossings are
principally ignored,
• stop traffic signs principally
ignored,
• traffic lights sometimes ignored,
• cars and motorbikes are parked
on pavements that one has to
step aside on the street,
• cars are parked in second lane
with now care about the
following holdups,
• a country wide no smoking law
in restaurants, cafes etc. is never
followed,
• in the harbors and at the most
anchor places the Cafes deploy
untrasound
music to the area
until 6am the next morning,
humm i find this to be true so many countries including America, in many places, but more often than not its where you chose to cruise- I prefer the little village
ports where it's quite, not the bigger city places
weather in
Greece or any other country
-you wrote;
• police or any authority not
visible (only the coat guard is
visible, goes on your nerves and
is of no help at all if in some
need),
just about every port I've been in have the port police right on the
water front and like most country's the police are seldom there when they are needed, you have to call them on the
phone to get them there-on the upside I have never needed them and I have never seen nor know of anyone that has needed them in more than 5 years-
you wrote;
• the picnic remnants of the
parties at the mole are just
thrown into the ocean, inclusive
plastic bottles,
beer bottles,
glass bottles and all the paper,
I've personally never seen this happen, I have seen carless people leave trash in places where the
wind has picked it up and blown it in the water-I personally pick up trash as I'm walking if I see something blowing across my path- you would be surprised at the good will this creates with the locals-- I see trash near any city on the Med-Europe- garbage floating in the water so what's different here?
you wrote;
• Anglers next to the
boat bellow
all the night through and when
one is complaining only react
with laughter and the next
morning you can find all the
fish
bowels thrown all over your
boat,
I've never had this happen to me- ever- anywhere! I would say it depends on how you ask them, if you ask them in a nice way most people are friendly ,if you're not so nice -I can understand them throwing
fish guts at your boat, this will happen everywhere you go- -I have had a few angers
fishing at night near me once in a while, but mostly not making much
noise because they we're trying to catch fish---
you wrote;
it shows that the people have totally no
respect for other people or the
environment –
and in such a country we cannot live in the
long run.
Sad but true , but this holds true for people in every country in the world, there are far more people that are self centerd and care only about them self's -than there are people who care about and respect others and the
environment - so to me it seems like Greece is not much different in Many ways as many other places except that its Uniquely Greek - people are people where every you go !