Moni is not just the abbreviation for a woman's name. Moni is also a tiny uninhabited islet just west of the island of Aigina in the Saronic Gulf. If you come - like us - from the south, it looks like a barren, grey rocky ridge whose walls drop steeply to the sea. Completely inaccessible and without any green. But: We anchored there beautifully overnight. Actually we didn't want to go there at all, but to the harbour of Perdika on the southwest side of Aigina. But it was full. So we looked for an alternative. We had just passed the narrowness between Aigina and Moni, when Moni showed her beautiful green north side. The slopes below the rocks were covered with light green pines and there was a small bay. The weather was predicted to be calm for the night, so we had found our anchorage. The last day's guests, who were bathing at the small beach, were picked up by a taxi boat one by one. Then it became quiet, only now and then a bird call. With wonderfully clear water we could see to the bottom and go swimming. And at night an impressive starry sky. When can you see the Orion directly above the mast top of your own boat?
