Adam and Eve Antalya

An early Sunday mornıng saw Sarah and I stumble from the alley door of Erasmus Hostel ın Istanbul, after stayıng up all nıght drınkıng wıne wıth the local hostel dwellers. Our dear frıend, Gıovannı, from France, was the last to go to sleep, embracıng us deep ın hıs wıne-...

A trip will not be complete without a day at the beach and Antalya is our answer to the calling. This is a day of pampering so I used all my Marriot Reward Points that I've accumulated during the year to exchange for a night's stay in Antalya Renaissance. We arrived at the Antalya Otogar (bus station) around 8:30pm from Denizli then catch a dolm...

The flames of Olympos were sufficiently extinquished today with rain, hail, snow, and flooding.

Packing up to leave this morning was a bit difficult. A thunderstorm raged and caused the power to go out in the building. All over town I could hear car alarms screaming out their cry from the blast of tunder and lightening in the sky.
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We arrived at Side in the late afternoon. The drive into Side was pretty neat; it is a coastal town in the site of an ancient city, and the modern paved roads wind through the ruins of various buildings and walls. We parked just outside the theatre (yeesh, another one!) and wandered down toward the beach, eventually booking at the Lonely Planet-...

We woke very early to explore the Roman remains around Kaleiçi. We saw a Roman harbour - looking rather modern with its ring of cafes and its moored yachts - then worked our way to the tower. The 14-metre tower stood in a pretty spot - a lush green park overlooking the ocean. We took a few photos, t hen walked up the road to the Hadrian gates, w...

We rose early and had breakfast before getting back on the road. We intended to drive to Antalya and the big debate was whether to take the fast, but inland, E87 motorway, or the slower, but coastal and more scenic D400 route. The D400 won out just barely over Scott's objections, so we were in for an approximately 5 hour drive.

The coas...

Tocmai ce m-am intors din concediu, Antalya, Turcia…

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Antalya si riviera turceasca se intinde pe 200 de km de coasta mediteraneana. Intr-o zona fara vreo spectaculozitate aparte s-au construit 700 de hoteluri si resorturi si alte cateva sute de zone rez...

Mustafa's wife and son come to visit him at the hotel. They live in this area. I've been bummed about not finding any needy school age children. I've brought my bag of pencils, erasers, pens, books and stickers for the kids that cannot afford them. The only problem with this trip is we are not touring areas where I can give these items to kids t...

Sitting on buses, or in restaurants, virtually anywhere that there are people, I over hear Turkish. To my delight, I am starting to understand the odd word here and there. Don't think for a minute that I have any real degree of understanding of Turkish. But after spending yesterday with an American who speaks Turkish with great fluency, I have r...

We flew from Istanbul through to Antalya...over some amazing, sharp rock-topped mountains and down to the blue green Mediterranean. The sun was out and it was warm. We prayed for good weather, and I prayed for calm seas, a sturdy boat and no sea-sickness. This was to be the famed Blue Cruise--the small yachts that stay close to the shoreline and...