THE PINK PALACE!!!!!

OH MY GOD!!!!! THE PINK PALACE!!!

I have no idea if theres any other way ot start this travel blog other then that... that place was so freaking insane!  But here comes the story leading up to it!!

Alrighty well it all started at 5:00 in the morning when Ras's and mine alarm went off to tell us to get our butts to the train station so we could start the epic journey ahead of us! We had to catch the train at 8:05 in the morning and then get to the port in Bari to catch our 12 hour Ferry to Corfu.  The whole day was super mellow it seemed and we were just destined for a boring ferry ride until we were sitting in the port and we saw a canandian flag on 4 girls backpacks so we approached them and had a good old conversation while we waited for our ferry together.  Next thing we knew this crazy awesome guy named casey from New york sat down with us and busted out his ukalaly and started playing for us.  Such a rad dude and he passed alot of time while we waited.  After a while his sleeping friend and cousin showed up (mike and jesse) and we had a good chat with them too.  FInally it was time for us to hop on our ferry so we bought our top deck passes (you sleep overnight on the top deck of the boat outside) and headed out there.  Once we claimed our spot on the deck ras and I set out to see what we could find around the boat... and wouldnt you know it we just happened to come across a duty liquor store on the boat, so now it was on for the night with our new found canadian and 3 american and we knew dang well it was going to be crazy.  SO anyways we bought a few bottles of Ouzo (the preffered alcholic beverage of greece) threw on some michael jackson and the night began!!  Anyways after a few drinks ras and I were actually able to convince our three american friends that they were heading to the wrong part of Greece (even though their friends was there waiting for them) and that they needed to come to the pink palace with us!!! SO when our stop came along we woke the guys up and in their drunken stupors they proceded to get off the ferry with us!! SO amazing!!!

Anyways when we finally got off the bus and were at the palace we realised we were honestly in heaven!!  Free Breakfast, Free welcoming ouzo shots, Free three course dinner and all the fun you can handle.  It was basically a giant summer camp but with absolutly no rules!  We didnt have to worry about  thing except for how much alcohol we were putting in our bodies haha exactly what we needed!!  Anyways ras and I were totally worn out after the night on the Ferry so we just decided to sleep on the beach all day and body surf in the crystal clear waters!  Definately not a hard day to handle thats for sure!  But it turns out the night is when this place goes absolutly insane!!!  The first night we were there just so happened to be saturday night and is apparently the most happening night at the place cause you guessed it.... GREEK TOGA PARTY!!!!! IN GREECE!!!! oh man we were soooo pumped!!  We got dressed right up in our bright pink togas naked of course.. except for me who decided that it would be a hilarious idea to wear the g string under my toga that I bought in Prague!! BUt man was this ever a night ot remember.... or not!!  So amazing,  There were professonal greek dancers, greek music, plate smashing (on our heads), and an ouzo circle.  Again ras and I dont remember much of the night but judging by my nickname (jesus) and all the compliments we recived on our dancing the next day it must have been a freaking amazing night!!

Alright so we woke up the next day and we realised we were still extremely drunk so we figured hey what the heck theres no reason to get hungover it only our second day... so we just kept drinking!!! haha and amazing strategy if you ask me! It worked out perfectly too cause every other day the palace runs this event called the booze cruise which basically is everyone who wants piles on a boat and you just get wasted, go cliff jumping, visit and bat cave, and the head to a private beach!! Another day that defnately didnt dissapoint it start off with everyone shotgunning a few beers and dancing and drinking before you get to the 45 and 55 foot cliffs you then proceed to jump off of.  Theres only one catch though... Once you get to the top if you take off all your clothes... guys get one free and girls... well girls get to drink for free for the entire booze cruise!!! So you can imagine ras and I... and mean dang we probably would have gotten naked for free but with beer on the line I think we each climbed up there twice and jumped totally buck both times!! I mean dang its for free beer whats the shame in that!!!  Anyways pretty much all the guys went nude and a couple of girls did it too!  Such a funny time!!!  BUt then they decided that for your free beer we all had to do a beer race.  Which is basically two teams line on on either side of the boat and then you chug down the line and the last team done loses. Pretty simple except for one catch again... you gotta whip off your patns before you can chug!!! oh man you should see the video I have from this one absolutly hilarious so one pansied out or anything right in front of about 50 people hahahahahaha!!! OH WHAT A GOOD TIME!!  After the amazing beer race it was off to a bat cave that you swim right into and then they get the whole group to scream and turn on a flashlight.  Once the flashlights on you can honestly see hundred of bats flying around over your head ... such a cool experience.  There was also another cliff there that you could jump off of... which also ended up in of course... some nudity!!  After that we hopped back on the boat for more drinking and headed off to the pink palace's private beach to snorkle sunbath and play frisbee!  When we got there though we'd had a few to many to drink I can came up with the wise idea to naked sun bath... which now gave my bum the nickname of Jesus's white shorts! so awesome.  After the beach we started to head back to the Palace for another awesome dance party but not before there was some body shots to do.  Basically people lie down on the bar and get alcohol poured on them... then if they've met a guy or girl they proceed to enjoy the drink off of there body... such a funny time.  Alot more amazing pictures and videos to come from that too!!!  Anyways we headed back to the palace with an amazing boat dance party and when we got back it was time to eat our free three course dinner of Chicken legs, Potatoes, Greek salad, bread, and soup!!! WOOO WOOO for vegetables!!! so much better than Nutella on plain bread!  Once that was done we picked up a few beer before we headed back to our hostel for some awesome awesome predrinking (or continue drinking) drinking games!  After that we headed back up to another night of another forgetful epic Dancing party.... but the pictures tell me it was insane!!!  OH yeah!!! I almsot forgot!!! the three guys we met from the states Mike Casey and Jesse left that night too except for Jesse decided we were way cooler so he figured he would just hang out at the palace with us and try and find his cousin again once we left!! EPIC!!

Alrighty!!!  Day three.... oh gosh day three I can't even remember haha.  I pretty sure if I remember correctly though we had planned to do the quad safari (ride around on atvs all day) that day but I think we woke up and again didnt want to be hungover so we just started drinking again.  And once we started drinking I think we lost all ambitions and just decided the beach looked far far better than riding on quads.  So again we just hung out on the beach, body surf and slept the day away (what a tough day).  We managed to pul ourselves up for free dinner again though and once again pick up some mores beers for another dance party.  This one was isnane though Ras and I were pulling moves out like a magician pulls rabits from hats! We had everything!! I think at one point the floor was even on fire!!!  I mean... Electric slide, Pepper grinder, shopping cart, lawn mower, and the skier just to name a few... we kept that place pumpin... LOUDER!!!  And at the end of the night when the club closed a staff member, name Tate, and us convinced the entire club that we needed to have a skinny dipping party down at the beach!! Literally like 50 people followed us it was insane!! I dont remember much after that but apparently ras bought my shirt back to the room for me and couldnt figure out how the heck I got in cause he had the only key for the room.  But we asked reception the next morning and I guess they were sleeping behind the desk and woke up to me rummaging thru the drawers.  Apparently they asked me what I wanted and I procedeed to say I need the "massive key" which i guess they managed to translate to the big key ring with all the keys for the whole place on it and got me to my room and  let me in!! Another amazing night!!

The next day we woke up and same old story... we couldnt imagine the pink palace with a hangover so the four day binge continued!!!  Beer at breakfast as per usual!!  But today was a little different cause it was an even day on the month so that meant it was time for the booze cruise all over again!!! Oh god ANOTHER repeat of the last one just this time it was completely sold out which meant double the people and double the fun... and nudity unfortuneatly (sorry grandma and gramps and families!... I know you feel a little uneasy.. but dont worry we're still the same old chaps!!!)  After the booze cruise it was time for dinner again... more drinking games... and another killer dance party... but somehow this place never seems to get old at all!!!  This time after the club closed we all headed up to reception and enjoy a good old in depth drunk conversation with everyone about god knows what and Im not going to write about it but lets just say it was freaking hilarious!!!!

Finally the next day things changed.  Ras and I decided that our bodies simply couldnt handle a classic beer at breakfast so it was time to deal with all the punishment we put onto our bodies with a good old 4 days of drinking straight hungover day of sleeping on the beach! Sure as hell beats a hungover day at work though Im not going to lie!!!  We basically wasted away on the beach again all day but hey... you should see our stinking tans now!!!!! UNREAL!!!  The waves were crazy that day too cause it was so windy and when we tried to body surf we basically just got pile driven into the ground. Alot of injuries that day hahaha!!!  Afterwards we hooked up a shower and hung out with our receptionists (Susan and Steph... the ones who sleep behind the counter all day and night and just let you do your own reception work hahaha) before we headed up for dinner which was some mystery meat on rice!! Good thing we were hungry though cause the mystery tasted pretty dang good!!!  After we picked up a few beer and heading down to HI (what our section of the hostel was called) for some more drinking games.... but this time My body finally gave up and before I could head to the clubs I couldnt help it I had to just get a good night of rest!!  Ras  was able to keep on keeping on though and said it was one of the best dance parties of his life (i tihnk he was just trying to make me jealous though haha) until he ended up having to hold an irish girls hair back all night while she was praying to the gods of porcelin!!! Poor Raspoutine!!

The next day was a rough one though... it ws our last day at the palace before we headed out to Athens on the bus that night at 11:00.  But because the pink palace is a pretty smart hostel they make you check out at 9 o clock in the morning and if you arnt there right on time... you guessed it.... they make you pay for another night!!!!  But ras and I are too amazing for that we set the alarm for 8:00 and somehow managed to make it there for 8:59 (god only knows how) and were able to check out and book our bus tickets before we stumpled down to the beach and just passed the heck out for another amazing day soaking up the beach.  We actually managed to do something productive that day though and we walked to one of the smaller towns in Corfue and checked out the little town. Super laid back and unfortuntely we ended up at a bar and enjoy a couple beer... again! God our poor livers haha!  Before we knew it it was time to head back to the Hostel for our last supper and get ready to hop on the bus!  We were absolutly devestated though, we met four amazing girls from cananda who were so gung-ho to start drinking and dancing that it was really tough to leave.  Before we hopped on the bus though we grabbed two of them and we got us all to throw our spare change on the bar and we able to scrouge up enough for a few beer and 16 shots!!!! not a bad way to kick off a bus ride!!  The bus ride totally sucked though it was so unfortable and if I had to guess I'd say we maybe got 3 hours of sleep each during the 11 hour ride whatever though at least we made it to Athens in one piece... surprsingly after that insanity!!!

All in all though,  Pink Palace, you run my life and I hope to god I get to come back to you at some point in my life.  Defiantely one of our favorite spots on the trip and I totally suggest it to anyone else who is thinking about travelling or headed to Corfu!! WHAT AN EPIC ADVENTURE!!! WE LOVE BACKPACKING!!!

lots of love

Radam and Assmoose