[Romantic Old Bird]

The Island of Rhodes been on the news a lot this past couple of weeks for all the wrong reasons.

What do you think about the current crackdown on 'lewdness' in Faliraki?

SEE SUN ONLINE
ARTICLE HERE

I applaud it, and think it's a great pity that foreign countries have this over-riding opinion of the Brits abroad. Humiliating in the extreme.

A few years back I went to Crete, and stayed in a lovely area. I thoroughly enjoyed it. We hired a car and toured round the island's resorts.

We ventured into Malia one morning to find a ghastly place covered in signs like 'Brits you come, get pissed here very cheap'. One bar was clearing up from the previous night, sweeping up the glass and hosing down the blood splattering the pavement outside. The owner told me they had called the police to move them on and they were all from our glorious Isle.

I know the Islanders make a lot of money this way, but what price our national image.

I have always thought I would like to visit Rhodes, and I am sure most of it is still unspoilt.

This is an island that has seen the Minoans, the Acheans, the Dorians, Alexander the Great, The Romans, St Paul, the Knights templar, the Venetians, Suleiman the Magnificent, the Italians and then for 2 years after WW2 by mandate, the Brits, before unification with Greece.

How will history look back on this period?

Will archaeologists unearth the broken bottles and thongs and fragments of an ancient 'ere we go, " 'ere we go, 'ere we go" emblazoned tea shirt and ponder on the nature of this brutal invasion?

[cc100]

club 18-30??

is that the IQ you need to go on one of those holidays?

can u imagine going on one of them?
the girls are ,er, loose to say the least and the boys think its fun to go out, drink 100 gallons of heavy and end the night with a brawl.

but then again, arent these the normal things that happen in every city centre in the uk??

[Kaz]

I applaud it too, ROB.

I sometimes stumble upon the 'Ibiza Uncovered' type programmes during my flick through the Sky channels, and I'm absolutely gobsmacked at how some of the males AND females behave! And somehow it's even worse because they know full well they're being filmed and they just don't care.

It does reflect badly on the Brit abroad, and we avoid those types of resorts like the plague!

[Legally blonde]

Finns are horrible holiday makers, too. Some Finnish people are horrifying on holiday, and when abroad I'm often ashamed to to tell people where I'm from.

Ok, 8 months jail for showing your boobs is a bit too much, but hopefully it can serve as a warning example for other people. But, I mean, what kind of people do that?!

[Princess Pink Pants]

Originally posted by cc100
club 18-30??

is that the IQ you need to go on one of those holidays?

can u imagine going on one of them?

Cheers, I just gotback from Faliraki about a month ago.

[miss little glitzee]

im sure he didnt mean decent people like you.

i bet faliraki is a nice place ruined by yobs

[Princess Pink Pants]

I really enjoyed it, I went to Tenerife last year and Faliraki seemed more tame that Tenerife to me!

I didnt see any fighting or flashing, its not as bad as they make out at all.