Samian dreamscapes / dreamscapes on Samos, part 1

Three years ago I thought about a series of videos showing the different landscapes of Samos island in HD quality. Not so much a video about the usual places (villages, beaches) where most of the tourists will go to, but places, that in my opinion, make Samos special for me.

In 2009/2010, excellent HD video camcorder equipment became affordable, so time was right for me to venture into the area of HD videos.

Since 1999, I have been on Samos many times, so I already had been to many beautiful spots taking photos. Now, equipped with cameras, camcorders, audio field recording eqipment and a tripod, I spent a lot of time driving around the island on a motorscooter to reach all those places I wanted to take videos of. Most of the video material was recorded during springtime on Samos. (months of May and June, 2010 and 2011).

So, 11 minutes long, here is the first part of a small series of videos about the natural beauty of the manyfold landscapes on this water-rich greek east aegean island.
And - like Ivan from Slowakia does right in the beginning of this video - jump and enjoy diving into the Samos experience!



Here is the link to the same video on YouTube!

Support the local people in Greece, e.g. on Samos island, during these hard times!
So please don't confuse watching a video about Samos with being yourself on Samos! ;-) Come and visit this year the beautiful east aegean island of Samos in Greece for a holiday!

Please, don't step in the footsteps of others! Take your time, try the new, find your own ways on Samos and discover your own dreamscapes there!

A visit to Ormos Marathókampos

Actually, it's about several visits I payed to the quiet village and especially the picturesque and peaceful harbour of Ormos Marathókampos in the south of the island over the years.

I searched my hard discs for all my digital photos of this place and found photos dating from 2004 up until 2011.


A selection of these photos I combined with videos I recorded 2010 and 2011!

So here it is, hope you will enjoy the video:
"A visit to Ormos Marathókampos":

Harbour of Pythagorio, now & then

Pythagorio harbour promenade, the area between Iliad Bar, Dolichi and Captains Bar, then (2002) and now (2010 & 2011)
What happened to the tall trees?

Pythagorio in autumn 2002

In 2002, as a visitor of "Dolichi", you had almost no view from the balcony through the trees on the harbour!
(all three photos © 2002 peter molz)


These were really nice, tall trees! Please take notice of that big tree on the site of Iliad Bar too!


Pythagorio in 2010

The balcony of Dolichi is clearly visible, the trees are small.


Pythagorio in spring 2011

Dolichi is closed down, no business there!

Ferry Nissos Mykonos / Karlovasi

The large ferry "Nissos Mykonos", serving the route between Piraeus and Vathy/Samos, filmed during stop-overs in the harbour of Karlovasi on the north coast, June 2011.

The arrivals and departures of ferries always fascinate me. Whenever possible, I like to watch them when I am on Samos island.

Musical encounters @ "Thanasis' Sister"

Way back in May I always had a nice time going to that place called "Thanasis" Sister" in the harbour of Pythagorion.
Here are some impressions of May 13th, 2011, the first day with live music for the season 2011 in that kafenion-ouzeri.

Also the first day for guitarist Alexis on the island for the season 2011.
We had a great day, lots of good things to eat and drink, and Alexis - after playing for many many hours - almost fell asleep at the end of the night while playing guitar.



Musicians (during daytime): Alexis Pappos (guitar, vocals), Vangelis (Tsouras) plus Maria Loulourgas on vocals.
Musicians (at night): Yannis Loulourgas (bouzouki, vocals), Alexis Pappos (guitar) and Makis Karavasilis (bouzouki, vocals).

The very best Samian Fairytales!

Some of the bar owners of Samos have finally discovered the internet and social media platforms and now are trying to promote their businesses via those so-called social media. Nothing wrong about that!

But some do a bit too much. And try to send tailormade fairytales to the internet community/social media platforms.
Unfortunately - I have to say this because I like Pythagorion and the port a lot - one prominent example is the "Corner Bar" in Pythagorion!

With "interviews" posted on YouTube by "seomaster" and "reports" on blogs they want to create some sort of virtual reality. Sort of: "Dreams are my reality"! Which has very little in common with the reality in the port of Pythagorion!

Watch this video by "seomaster" on YouTube: "Top Bars in Samos? | Corner-Bar in Pythagorion | An Unbiased Interview from Samos tourists"



and don't be surprised that the identical content (!) you will find again here, published again by "seomaster" under the title: Why worldwide travellers choose Pythagorion in Samos as the top destination?" Lol!

Maybe you will notice the same like I do:
Music is from Romania, the interior of the bar looks like it could be anywhere in Spain, South France, Italy, Turkey, the couple is from Norway, the interviewer talks in english .....

Are you sure, that place is in Greece? Why?
Due to what fact? Any hints there?

What is left here of Greece and greek culture in a bar in the port of Pythagorio?
I say: nothing!
Can you identify anything greek at all? Please check by watching this video again!

Maybe you start to think about the reason why you wanted to go for holidays to Greece?
Is it true, because you feel at home in all those places, that look all perfectly alike all over the international tourism sphere?

Want to know more of this new marketing genius located in the Corner Bar??
• 7/17/2014 - Why international travelers pick Pythagorion in Samos as the very best desired destination? Particular interview at Corner Bar
The identical text you will find in a different blog here

My opinion:
1.) the greek feeling & the greek heritage of the port of Pythagorion have been massively and effectively destroyed by these types of bars along the waterfront. Maybe the atmosphere was o.k. 20-30 years ago. But is is a tragedy nowadays!
2.) The bars all look the same. If you are slightly drunk, you cannot tell anymore one from the other ....
3.) Over the years of tourism in Pythagorion, many of the original trees in the harbour in front of the houses have been cut off or were felled to enable the spreading of this monocultures of streamlined cocktail and beer consumption temples.
4.) the young norwegian couple has been abused for a pure commercial!

You will find mostly scandinavian or dutch tourists there! Almost no greek people sitting there. Greek Alpha or Mythos beer? Come on, you are in Greece-for-tourists! You better ask for the higher priced Heineken or Amstel beer in bottles to fully enjoy your evening in Greece!

Local people avoid these bars in the port! Why?

btw: if you are looking for the "best supermarket on Samos island", any guess where it is? The genius "seomaster" found it out again! In Pythagorion of course! And posted a video about it on YouTube! Lol!

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supplement 13.09.2011
The marketing hero with a thousand faces has struck again!
"Where is Samos" & "SamosExclusive", videos on YouTube consuming a lot of lifetime of viewers, promising a lot (e.g. "Almost all Top Places to check out and Activities to Make") without offering anything but hot steam! (Vaporware!)

Hot summer nights: dancing on the square of Kokkari

Since some weeks, the singer/guitarist and entertainer Dimos Kassapidis plays every sunday night on the square of Kokkari. The tourists there seem to like the kind of music and the square is filled with dancers in the night.

Videos from several YouTube users have been uploaded:

these ones are from hot July 2011:





this one, taken by me, is dating back to the more relaxed June 2011:



From the first night on, the bar and tavern owners stood there with incredulous amazement in their faces, not believing what was going on there. Something they had not experienced for many many years in Kokkari, as they said.

Here is the link to the website of Dimos Kassapidis