I have never been abroad before, I have never flown before so the last 2 weeks have been a bit of a shock for me!

We stayed at the Sunlight Hotel which is midway between Aghios Nicholas and Elounda on the North East Coast of the Island. There was fairly regular bus service 1 bus an hour going each way between the 2 towns, the main problem was they stopped running at 9pm. It cost 1 Euro each for the bus or 7 Euros for a taxi from either town.

Elounda was the other town closest to us and although not as big as Aghios we spent a lot more time there. The people are very friendly, it isn't as touristy as Aghios, there are nice beaches which are small and the water is clear. Sunloungers and umbrellas could be hired for 2 euros each a day. There were changing rooms on the larger beaches and toilets nearby were clean.
Elounda also has boat trips to Spinalonga costing around 8 euro per person. The trip only takes about 15 minutes from Elounda so it is better if you aren't a keen sailor.
Again there are lots of cafes and restaurants with prices about the same as Aghios, around 6 euros for a main course and 2 euros for a coffee. I would recommend anyone wanting to try a full English breakfast try the Ferryman Bar. It is run by a couple from Nottingham and we visited it several times during our stay. We were made very welcome there.

We hired a car for a couple of days as otherwise the only way to see anything beyond Elounda and Aghios was taxi, or coach trips which worked out very expensive. It cost us 70 euros to hire a Hyundi Accent for 2 and a half days, this inclued full insurance and the car was half full with fuel when we picked it up. We filled it up and it cost us 20 euros for the half tank.
Getting used to the roads was a problem, they are often very narrow and one side is inches from a steep drop down a mountain, most roads are only just wide enough for 2 cars to pass and some aren't really wide enough for one car (or thats how it seemed!)
We drove to Vai beach which was 100km from Aghios, it is the only tropical beach on the island and is lined with palm trees. When we got there we didn't stay as we were very nervous about driving and it was very windy, so we had the choice of staying there all day in the wind or driving back before the traffic started building up. We chose to drive back. Our journey there had all been at night as my husband drives on a night in his job so we found it easier.
As it got light the traffic started to build up so we stopped of at town called Sitia.
Sitia is where a lot of the Creten wines are made. The difference between Sitia and Aghios and Elounda was amazing, it isn't geared up for tourists at all, there were very few tourist shops, and the public toilets were the worst i have ever seen in my life. I was at the stage those where I was desparate and HAD to go. We asked a man who was cleaning along the harbour where they were and he pointed to either end of the harbour, so we figured that there were 2 lots and headed for the nearest end, when we got there we found holes in the ground with foot plates either side to stand on. Had I been able to hold on any longer i would have, but there was no way I could so I did the bare necessity and headed for the other end of the harbour hoping they would be a bit more upto date. They were! They were actually proper toilets but, they were disgusting, I don't think they had been cleaned from the day they were installed, so we headed of in search of a cafe with a loo. We found one after several minutes of searching and what a relief that was!

If you decide to go to Crete I think the latest you should go is the first 2 weeks of October because after that the smaller towns seem to close completely, we spoke to a local bar owner in Elounda who told us that there are only about 10 hotels open in the town through the winter months and only 3 bars and 4-5 restaurants.

We did have a problem with ants, there were thousands of them and we went through 2 cans of Raid insect killer.