Last off the plane and excitedly, ready to grab my suitcase from the luggage carousel at Bogota airport, I noticed a white powder puffing its way out of a seam, depositing talcum powder on the black rubber belts in a most suspicious manner.
I was not the only one to notice, the customs agents were already advancing toward me and the case.
When asked what the powder was, I naively and foolishly mischievous, said “well it’s obviously not cocaine” (for who would Import such To a country some think may actually produce the product ? ) .
In a rare display of good humor among the bureaucrats of the world, they saw the joke, sniffed the heady fragrance of a quality talcum powder and welcomed me to the country.
What has my arrival some years ago in the capital city of Colombia to do with a hotel in Crete that has all too rare rooms available in April and May? What has it to do with a charming and tasteful, well-located, most hospitable, a little stylish, a lot relaxed hotel in Crete positioned on a splendid beach, just a handful of minutes from the romantic Venetian harbor of Chania? Is there a connection?
Well, the many travels and the adventures they delivered in numerous regions of the world, have added that rare perspective – the perspective of the actual traveler or visitor – to the design and unique descriptions of place and hotels, to the service ethic that powers the websites CreteTravel.com and Crete-Hotels-Rooms.com . Amazing advice and consideration of what You want, wish for and relish when on vacation…a drive to find that magical place to stay that will create lifelong sweet memories.
And after all, which hotel is in such demand, but as luck would have it, has a room for you (or a better than usual chance of one) in April and May this year?
Take a look> http://www.crete-hotels-rooms.com/Reservations/Ammos_Hotel.htm
But if you also have yet to get a feel for which out of so many places you (not anyone else just You) ?must visit? on Crete’s wonderfully large, varied and atmospheric island – there is a place to learn the answers easily and it is here> http://cretetravel.com/Where_in_Crete/Cities.htm
As April comes to an end – weather is warming and sunny and spring flowers abound on Crete’s fields, verges, mounds and mountains. Just be sure the talcum powder is wrapped well when you travel.
