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Selcuk Slideshow
Selcuk
Travel Blogs from Selcuk, Turkey
Swimming in the Sea....amazing
... every little thing you do do, rather than worrying about what you don't do?? I seem to be craving these wrap kebabs in Turkey, Travis has done about 7 so far, he is setting the record. They hare just so yum, think I need to introduce these to ...
Last day's in Milos
... elections. If people had to vote they would probably pay a little more attention, which could make things better. OK, the trip to Turkey from hell (over exaggeration). I left Milos at 12:00 (story using 24 hr clock) and arrived in Athens at 17:00 and ...
Ancient Cities and Oil Wrestling Carpet Sellers
I got the bus wıth a Swiss couple from the hotel called Phillip and Veronica who I then shared a room with in Selçuk (ç is pronounced ch). It's a real beauty of a town, much more than just a stop over to see Efesus, wıth lovely hoses, storks ...
Ephesus
Took a bus from Bursa to Selçuk, got there really late and ended up sleeping on a park bench. Was actually sleeping fairly well until the broadcast of 5 AM prayer. Later, went to Ephesus which was very impressive. Will upload some ...
Selçuk - Closer to the Real Turkey
... - A History Lesson Ephesus is widely regarded as one of the best preserved classical cities and is at the top of most agendas in Turkey. At one time, about 250,000 people inhabited this famous city. The Great Temple of Artimis, one of the 7 Wonders, was ...
Spooked
OK...I've said from the beginning that I want to be honest in this journal and the time has come to be just that. This, despite the fact that I know the truth will affect many - will worry many. Those back home in America will wake up in the next few ...
selcuk
... Selcuk. Choosing to go there was just one choice out of several, and I wished that we had more time to explore Turkey. Our last day in Selcuk, I spent collecting my thoughts, and trying to put them down on paper. Erin walked to the beach, and Josh ...
Ephesus
... of Troy looking at the 9 different cities that were built on top of each other; drove along the west coast of Turkey down to a small town called Selcuk where we have been based for a few days; strolled around Ephesus today and saw the ruins of the ancient ...
Running through Ephesus
... , they occasionally make the rounds to dole out squirts of a lemony hand sanitizing liquid we've only ever encountered in Turkey - very civilized. Finally, these waiters make sure they know your destination prior to take-off, and they will wake you and ...
Ephesus Updated
... 305;n the East. It was buılt over the grave of John, who dıed ın Ephesus (the nearby town, now called Selcuk, was named after hım before the Turks changed the name). The ruıns were very extensıve and had a lot of ...
Seven Wonders of the World: No. 1
Today I saw what is left of the Temple of Aphrodıte, whıch was one of the seven wonders of the ancıent world. There are two columns of the orıgınal 125 left. It's not that impressıve. Far more ınterestıng were the ancıent ruıns of Ephesus, ...
Underground Cities and More Valleys
... plan was to visit the ancient town of Ephesus tomorrow, but since it was still early evening when we got in, we drove down to Selcuk to spend the evening instead of staying in Izmir. We are staying at this cute little family run hotel tonight. It was a ...
Ephesus
... complete with personal entertainment screens and a steward serving tea and breakfast. Once at Izmir we then caught a local dolmus to Selcuk arriving by 9AM. Our host, Ramazan, picked us up from the bus station and took us to our ...
A Long Day's Travel South
Well, what happened today? I had a proper sleep last night for the first time in almost a week. In the morning we had an option of visiting Troy, but after two days of massive head aches, and after being told that there was not much to see at Troy, I ...
The Dreaded Turkish Bath
... me that he got roughly the same treatment as I did and was also glad that it was over. Anyway the next day we could both look back and laugh at the whole thing and just chalk it up as one of those memories of Turkey that will stay with us for a long ...
Selcuk!
... of dominos. I think that 98 percent of the town's men were out playing. They were everywhere! So that's how Turkish men in Selcuk spend their Sunday's. The women were nowhere to be seen... Basilica of St. John was in its time the biggest church in the ...
Getting Stiffed in Selcuk
... there were calls from the shops and pushy sales tactics. Here's looking forward to moving away and seeing some 'real' Turkey again. We had a great time going through the museum and seeing some interesting sites. As well, the food's ...
Ephèse**
In English En espanol German Ephèse Comme d'habitude, entrée à 10 euro, mais le site est vraiment trés impressionnant..le nombre de groupes touristiques aussi ! Merci France loisirs ..lol Cité antique romaine trés bien conservée, Ephèse ...
Letter from Ephesus
November 7, 2007 Selcuk, Turkey We really enjoyed Istanbul. It is a big city, but still has that intimate feel with its narrow winding streets and many little shops and restaurants. We've had our Turkish baths (36 YTL for 2), which were luxurious, and ...
Beach Camping!
Left Gallipoli for Selcuk today on a ferry but were later departing than expected as the ferry we wanted to catch only took 10 tonne trucks and ours is 32! Also went to Troy....really nothing to mention there. Troy was terrible. Just a few ...
first impressions
... contradictory info from all of them, so I think there will not be any carpets purchased by me! Which is probably a good thing. Selcuk is a bit bigger than most of the towns I saw in the Greek Islands, and there is a wonderful blend of traditional ...
Ephesus
Day 7: We were up early to get a bus to our next destination, Selcuk. A puppy who was hanging around the hotel followed us down to the bus stop and was wandering around being cute while we waited for the bus. It chased off a cat that had a fish hanging ...
The flag, cigarettes and lemon cologne
One of the strıkıng thıngs ıs the number of people that still smoke cigarettes. The government has been able to ban smoking on busses but the driver and the crew stıll smoke lıke crazy so you want to sit near the back. The other ...
G'day Selçuk
Our accommodation in Selçuk (said Sell Chook) was the Boomerang Guesthouse, and one could be mistaken for thinking we had arrived back in Melbourne somewhere. The walls were adorned with NRL footy jerseys, beer paraphrenalia and stuffed koalas. ...
Walk on by....of the side of a cliff!!
... experience. After wards we celebrated with another wrap kebab, which now happen to be Travis 8th or 9th Kebab since arriving in Turkey, he is trying to set a new record I think. So tonight Bobotie was on our menu, the dish which the lovely Ruth ...
Pamukkale
... out the ruins of Ephesus, which was a mojor Ionian city (someone on the tour today, who saw Ephesus already and came to turkey from greece, said that the ruins at Ephesus puts the Acropolis to shame). on sunday i check out three other city/ruins, ...
EPHESUS INCREDIBLE RUINS - TURKEY
March 31, Tuesday. We are running late today. We didn't realize that the clocks had been put ahead the 1 hour on Sunday. Oh, well, I am sure we will catch up one of these days. The Wallabies Hotel offers a free shuttle to the upper entrance of ...
Ephesus.. Land of Manufactured Fun.
... about things for a while and Lilly introduced us to here friend from New York who has been traveling for a while. She likes Selcuk so much that she's thinking of buying a house there and living there year round. As Kelly looked at carpets and Kilims, ...
SW Turkey: Seaside Romps (another epic tale)
... Pamukkale (in english: “cotton castle”) was the second reason (after Cappadocia) that I decided to visit Turkey. It's this incredible mountainside with hotspring water cascading over giant calcium covered “steps” (travertines). ...