In 1983 I stayed at the Continental Palace Hotel just outside Kos town. Only six years previously in his guide to the Greek Islands, Lawrence Durrell described the place as “an unspoilt backwater where the visitor will find good beaches, unsophisticated but clean little hotels and cool breezes even in summer… ”. Prior to travel there had been cases of typhoid on the island so as a precaution we had to have inoculations before leaving the UK.
The Continental Palace was a large hotel (and although modernised and refurbished it is still there today) and much of the holiday was squandered away in pointless days around the swimming pool whilst surrendering to the anaesthesia of the Mythos lunches and the sun frazzled afternoons but for some of the time we rented a flame red open top Suzuki jeep from Stamatis RentaCar, (also still there) and made some attempt to see the island.
Have Bag, Will Travel 
Haha! I visited Kos in 1986, I think, and like you didn’t keep a journal but do remember visiting the Asklepion, and seeing the platan tree… Plus I did take a few photographs. We hired a scooter, and tried to see a bit of the island.
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I went back in 2012 and compared my pictures. I was shocked at the amount of change.
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Which you will be showing on your blog?
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I did that a while ago!
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Delightful red jeep. Where has the time gone? Sigh.
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It seems like only last week.
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I know what you mean. I look at pictures and wonder where the time has gone. 😮
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