Antalya
Travel Blogs from Antalya, Turkey
Pantless in Pamukkale
... steep grades, roads under construction, and Chris G.'s super small 15 dollar ipod speaker playing super quiet American tunes. Driving in Turkey is as insane as you think it is, but, surprisingly, I haven't had road rage episodes like I do in ...
Relaxing in Antalya
... and ate some fruit for breakfast. Everyone we have spoken to has been telling us that we should rather go to Olympos than Antalya before our cruise and I was growing rather skeptical of Megans insistence that we go to Antalya. But it didn't take long ...
Turkish baths and buses
... in Syria, it's a fact of life for countries like that. Besides, I'm going there to study - not to stir up trouble. Here in Antalya the rain has been relentless. It rained all day and I as I decided to stay an extra night only to find the five star ...
Hiking the Lycian Way
This morning we checked our of our hotel in Kas. Carey wasn't feel too well so she and Chris G hung out by the pool all morning. Anne, and Tanya convinced me to go on a hike. I was reluctant as Chris G and I had been out a bit late the night before ...
Off to see the sea - Antalya
Antalya is a gorgeous seaside town - sparkling green water, yellow cliffs, snow capped mountains and bright sunshine. Pity its winter. In a fit of insanity, we hire a car and promptly discover that petrol is 3 dollars a litre. Bevan has now perfected ...
Antalya
I could only wonder why the Greek Islands were so popular when in front of me stood one of the most impressive beaches I had seen. It was about 23 degrees and everything was picturesque. This was my first moment as an intrepid traveller. I dropped any ...
Boat landed in Olympos
... had just finished college and they new everything or so they thought. I had to bite my tough a lot. The coast of southern Turkey is incredable, rocky and mountaines the entire way. There are lots of little islands and a few old castles from the middle ...
Easy in Olympos
... me since ive updated this but i am alive and well- just not a whole lot of internet available these days. I am currently in olympus turkey, living in a tree house...but how the hell did i end up here? I bummed it around greece for a while, did the ...
Sulcuk to Olympos
Hi folks hope everyone is well we having a great time seeing some amazing stuff and mixing hardout sight seeing with some flatout relaxing GOOD TIMES!! So Sulcuk was a nice laidback town and we went to the ruins of Ephesus which were in pretty good ...
FORSA YACHTING BLUE VOYAGE TOUR
... of Turkish and international jet-set in the streets,as well as the magnificent neighbouring coves. MORE INFO These scripts and photographs are registered under © Copyright 2006, Forsa Yachting / Kemer - Antalya - Turkey. All Rights ...
Our trip to Olympos
... Turkish breakfast... very healthy and fresh... explored more ruins tucked in the forest... swam, snorkeled, played backgammon... invented in Turkey... Turks are very proud of and love playing this game... Aidan beat the owner in a game... big smile... an ...
Flashback to Cambodia
When I was in Kampot, Cambodia my blog entries were short and included mainly epiphanies that enlightened my blissful time there. On one of my adventures there, unknown to me, I met another writer. Here is what he wrote about our meeting: ...
Food Glorious Food!
... And I still would not have done so if there was an alternative in some of the places we have visited. In some neighborhoods of Antalya, standing in one spot you could see 5 to 10 of these "elephant legs" spinning about in the kebab shops that line the ...
Heat, beach, bazaars, and...a pigeon
Yesterday, I got up around 8, had breakfast, typed on the travelpod, and headed out to the Antalya Museum. The museum was quite impressive, considering there wasn't a single stuffed bird or dinosaur display. What they did have was an archeological record ...
Sea Kayakıng and Paraglıdıng ı
... them are Brıts who faıthfully return to Kas every year or Russıans who seem to be everywhere ın Turkey) for the deep sea dıvıng, Canyonıng, Kayakıng and boat cruıses that are plentıful ...
Koprulu Canyon
Day 19 of Trip: 1. White Water Rafting Trip 2. Koprulu Canyon 3. Transfer Cappadocia (12 ...
İstanbul to Salcuk
Hi everyone - thıs blog wıll turn out funny as we're on a Turkısh keyboard. We arrived in Istanbul 28th Aprıl to spend a few days checking out the sites before heading off on our middle east tour. We stayed in the backpacker district ...
The Foggy Bottom Boys
... recording impossible. So we decided to go have tea at the "Melek" restaurant that I had noticed on the road connecting Antalya and Bogazkent. The restaurant is apparently owned by a famous actor in Turkish movies, who Hakan knows personally. We went and ...
Eternal Flames.....
Hello its Katie, Last night after we stopped for a cup of Turkısh tea, we hiked up to the Eternal Flames, after a day on the beach and in the ruins. The hike up was pretty short, only about 20 minutes to get up to them. The first thing I saw were ...
All Tombed Out
Had a beautiful day of cycling along the coast today. I can't believe the colour of the water! I can see why it's called the Turquoise coast. Rugged cliffs plunge to the water below where waves beat the rocks into sand to create ...
BODTUR YACHTING BLUE VOYAGE TOUR
... own, our sailing yacht fleet with the mono hulls and catamarans will allow you to explore the Turkish Riviera. MORE INFO These scripts and photographs are registered under © Copyright 2006, Bodtur Yachting / Antalya - Turkey. All Rights ...
More Than Just a Bicycle Tour
... for a place to stay, as well as the exchange of ideas and learning of one another's respective cultures. Before arriving in Turkey we looked through the Servas host list. We noticed one member listed cycling as one of his many outdoor sports interests, ...
OLYMPOS!
... they make rose oil and rose water there this time of year) between the sea and the mountains. at around 8am we got to Antalya, a big city on the coast and I switched to a minibus which took my to Olympos. Olympos is in a national part and i ...
The Sea Side
I can here for a day or two and have been here 4 nights and am only just managing to pry my self away now! Olympos is a valley with hostels and beach and beer and ruins ın a forest and shady cushions and backgammon, table tennis, people, fires ...
Unite in Paradise... (I'm going to Iran)
... use frigging solar panels, if they can manage to power the whole of Bıg Green Gathering on wind and solar then in hot hot turkey at least some should be possible. Anyway, Don Carlos played and it was ace, they did a great set butit felt a little ...
Turkish Delight on a Moonlit Night
... weeks of coming home. But before then there’s still a country to explore. We land late afternoon into Antalya along the southern coast of Turkey, it’s hot, humid and sticky.... like Melbourne in the height of summer. We have friends in Turkey ...

