Do you see a guy swimming behind the hovercraft in the painting?
Well, the story is that the guy, let's call him Demian, visited us on the island and when we were about to take the 15 minute walk from Kamini to the next beach in Vlychos, he said it was almost as easy to swim there. Well, actually he said that he could swim there, no problem. Like he was the best swimmer on the island.
So when being questioned about this he chose to get in the water at the Kamini harbor and start to swim.
The rest of us walked to Vlychos and found a nice spot in the shade and started to look out for the great swimmer. But it really took some time; boats came, the Flying Dolphin came, waves rolled in from the boats - but no sign of Demian.
We started to worry but at last he turned up, he swam around the bend and showed up outside the cliffs. He was fairly exhausted and this was probably his longest swim ever. He lay in the shade the rest of the day.
My theory is that he swam out from Kamini, out behind the cliffs were we couldn't see him, had a smoke and listened for the next Flying Dolphin. When he heard the Dolphin, he swam out and waited and when the hydrofoil passed he grabbed hold of it at the back and got a ride over to Vlychos.
If you look at the painting again you see him there behind the hydrofoil, with his cigarette. That's how I remember this.
Well, the story is that the guy, let's call him Demian, visited us on the island and when we were about to take the 15 minute walk from Kamini to the next beach in Vlychos, he said it was almost as easy to swim there. Well, actually he said that he could swim there, no problem. Like he was the best swimmer on the island.
So when being questioned about this he chose to get in the water at the Kamini harbor and start to swim.
The rest of us walked to Vlychos and found a nice spot in the shade and started to look out for the great swimmer. But it really took some time; boats came, the Flying Dolphin came, waves rolled in from the boats - but no sign of Demian.
We started to worry but at last he turned up, he swam around the bend and showed up outside the cliffs. He was fairly exhausted and this was probably his longest swim ever. He lay in the shade the rest of the day.
My theory is that he swam out from Kamini, out behind the cliffs were we couldn't see him, had a smoke and listened for the next Flying Dolphin. When he heard the Dolphin, he swam out and waited and when the hydrofoil passed he grabbed hold of it at the back and got a ride over to Vlychos.
If you look at the painting again you see him there behind the hydrofoil, with his cigarette. That's how I remember this.
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