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Kusadasi Slideshow
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Travel Blogs from Kusadasi, Turkey
Turkey
We visit several ancient cities being uncovered. We were in Hierapolis where there was a well preserved grand theater..There were lot of sarcopheses (caskets) here. St. Phillip was martyred here and many people wanted to be buied at the site. We ...
Kusadasi & Ephasus
We sailed from Mykonos at 11.30pm & woke up in Turkey. Absolutely beautiful dawn as we came into port. Ephasus - what can I say?? Will write more Incredible - met the local Turkish cats & dogs - luckily they all speak the same language (feed ...
Travelling in Turkey
Today was Kusadasi, Turkey. The main attraction is the ancient city of Ephesus. Also the home of the Mary, the mother of Jesus is just outside of the ancient city on a hill. This is where she spent the last years of her life. ...
Kusadasi and Ephesus
Ephesus in one word would be desribed as awe inspiring (ok 2 words). There have been 2 places in the world that I have been overwhelmed with a sense of peace and this would be one of them. (for the other, please see my Aussie adventure) The history of ...
Kusadasi Rugs Throw down every rug in the store
No tour today only Rug Shopping in the Bazaar. This is supposed to be the best and least expensive place to buy a "hand-made" Turkish Carpet. They are Right. Not more than 500 meters from dockside there were more than 50 places to ...
Interior Turkey More
... failed diplomacy, bad decisions by generals, or greedy politicians and the terrible waste of life. Just for the record, Turkey, as the Ottoman Empire, wanted to stay neutral in WW1 but got pulled in under a German protectorate agreement. In ...
Our last day in Turkey. We will miss it.
Day 10- Hello from Kusadasi, Turkey. We arrived here around 0900 to yet another beautiful port. Kursadasi is one of the most attractive cities on the Aegean Sea, and is actually a resort town. We are going to be doing a Biblical ...
Day 9: Ephesus
... such ancient things up close that made it so memorable. Whatever it was, visiting Ephesus was a trip through ancient history. We docked in Kusadasi at 8 AM. We opted for a private tour here, as it wasn't that much more than a ship's tour. I also ...
Kusadasi, Turkey
... trip. The 1st time, last Tuesday, we toured the ancient city of Ephesus. This time, we decided to stay in Kusadasi. There are four cruise ships docked here today – Louis (Cristal), RCI (Serenade of the Seas) and Celebrity ...
Ephesus
Happy to be back in Turkey! The weather has taken a good turn and this visit to Ephesus is much cooler than last time. double bonus for having less crowds. ...
Shake? Rattle? Roll?
I swear an earthquake just woke me up. Then,of course I woke Jill up/ she woke up from it as well. I am waiting for a tsunami to come, but Jill said they don't happen in seas. I went to the computer to look it and found ...
Honeymoon - Pt. 4
... and we drove to the ancient city of Ephesus. Then we visted the ampitheatre at Didyma, with a stop for a traditional lunch. We then drove to the Temple of Apollo, before returning to Kusadasi for a "rug show" at a local rug ...
Ephesus & Virgin Mary - Information overload
... a chick! It was a very long day. Some of the group flew back to Istanbul, we went back to Efe Boutique in Kusadasi - weary but quite satisfied that we'd "done" Ephesus! We both agree though that we have been spoilt in some of the other ...
Nov 01, 2011
Revolving door
June 26 - Kusadasi (6) Another couple crew members are disembarking in Istanbul (2 days away). Crew I hang out with :-( It seems the international send off activity is eating - you know, the last supper. In this case, the last lunch! We went back to ...
Gocek to Kusadasi
We say farewell to the crew this morning, and transfer our baggage to our bus. We have a couple of hours' drive ahead as we make our way to the ruins of ancient Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Other sites visited today include the house of the Virgin Mary, and ...
the agian sea (is trying to kill me)
LaLaLa---- oh hi so we went on a ship but we weren't aloud to wear shoes OK that's fine i guess we went to four bays Bay 1 at bay 1 we stayed for one hour 30 minutes it was 10 feet deep and you could climb down the ladder or jump i climbed down the ...
Still Fantastic
... . I have never used the word fantastic this much in my life, isn't that fantastic. Didyma is about 100 kilometers from Kusadasi so I had a chance to stretch the legs on the car. Peppy little thing, the highways are Saskatchewan grade. Stay out of the ...
2 hours sleep!
It is 6.46 am on wednesday 31 Aug - had two hours sleep. about to got for breakfast then on the road for another full day sightseeing. Hangover hasn't hit me yet, so feeling ok.... think that may change within next couple of ...
Ancient cities
Yet another early start to visit Troy. Then onto Pergamum Ancient city. Also a visit to a carpet weavers co operative (purchased family heir loom!) followed by lunch at a tradtionnal nomad ...
Ephesus and The Virgin Mary's Home
Today we visited Ephesus and the Home of the Virgin Mary in Kusadasi, Turkey (I have officially made it to 4 contients!) The Home of the Virgin Mary was really intense. It was strange to be walking where the Mother of Jesus lived out her final ...
Ephesus, Turkey
Kusadsi was amazing. It is pretty much a tourist town with a laid back feeling. We took a bus to the ancient city of Ephesus. I'm sure that the pictures don't do it justice, but it was unbelievable. The city was under the control of many different ...
Kusadasi.
Kusadasi is a beautiful beach location, a lovely looking port as we sailed in with the sun shining brightly. Along with half of the ship, we then went on our tour to Ephesus – this involved stopping at St John's Basilicia (a ruin), the house ...
Last time :-(
June 30 - Kusadasi, Turkey -(7th and last time) Two outings, one at lunch, one at night. I'm feeling a little gut wrench that my time is up. I decided to visit. Dani and I went for lunch which lasted all afternoon. I pretty much had to run to make my ...
This Greek Salad is All Green to Me
Days 243 to 245 On our way to our final stop on our Turkish tour, our bus finally arrives in the city of Kusadasi at about 9PM, where someone from our hotel is meeting us. After standing on the side with our backpacks for about 20 minutes and no sign of ...