Alinda Hotel Dalyan

... Coast, Turkey

Bodrum Peninsula Turkish Aegean Coast, TurkeyBodrum Peninsula Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey
Bodrum Peninsula Turkish Aegean Coast, TurkeyBodrum Peninsula Turkish Aegean Coast, TurkeyBodrum Peninsula Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey
Bodrum Peninsula Turkish Aegean Coast, TurkeyBodrum Peninsula Turkish Aegean Coast, TurkeyBodrum Peninsula Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey

Bodrum Peninsula, Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey ronamaltz

... stagnant water/mud... There was a heated pool to the side and people were 'quite literally' being hosed down before they were allowed to get in (various pool attendants took turns at holding the hose!!)...
When I returned the boat, we had been joined by an organised tour and a lunch of chicken curry (that famous Turkish cuisine!!) was served, whilst we sailed around we passed a couple of ...

I was really overdue my holidays, finally getting to take it in October and I just signed up to two weeks of not doing much in Turkey with a couple of friends in a group. For me though not doing much isn't my cup of tea so I took every chance to re-live my old Turkey memories, from food, sights, sea, dancing and ahem, yes the men, again :)

Please come back soon as I update all the stories from the two weeks. Thanks.

... There have been quite a few places I have been and been grateful for the big and small things I am used to - whether it be a well prepared meal, a western style toilet or even just people able to speak English. I think the problem starts when an area actively TRIES to be a tourist haven.

In this case the local shops all stop trying to be pleasant shops of whatever culture or vibe they might normally choose, but instead try ...

... the mind already broke loose of the reins. The ‘no ejaculation’ part of my celibacy practice went flying out the window, my yoga practice was not as focused, and I started drinking coffee.


The August Storm
And then I left Cirali and traveled along Turkey’s magnificent turquoise coast having lovely experiences. Somewhere in the background, however, that familiar childhood conversation of “I’m all alone”, and “ ...

Awoke near Pamukkale and paid a scandalous amount to get in. 10 pounds each to see some tepid pools of water. Even the initially striking karstic rock was pretty much covered in faint brown footprints. The extorsion didn't end there as it turned out that Cleopatra's Baths, the hot spring at the top was an additional cost. We thought we could get away with just paying for one of us to get in and then swapping the ...

... bank for more cash anyway. So we drove to Selcuk and passed Ephesus...TIME 1.

We walked to the ruins of the Temple of Artemis, and really there is nothing there. It's pretty unimpressive, especially since, like with Pergamum, all the marble was removed and taken to the Hagia Sophia. We were there all of 3 minutes. Selcuk was nice, and we did have a good little walk around and made it to the bank, where, thankfully, by ATM card worked.

At 9:30 we met ...

... destination again today and this makes us feel great.

Bodrum is the Turkish name of Alikarnasos, once belonged to Greece. Greeks had to leave behind their belongings - businesses, houses, - and flee to other countries to be saved after the Turkish persecution in 1922. (My grandfather was one of them who left behind everything and went to the Island of Cyprus in a boat to be saved. His brother got in another boat for Greece, and they had never ...

Well, we finally have some free time to provide some updates. I'm hoping I can make these a bit faster as I know the layout of a Turkish keyboard now. Starting off with a laptop update - still no workey in Turkey. My initial suspicion of the dirty power supply was not correct. My next guess is the laptop AC adaptor says ýt requires 125V/7A whereas our adaptor will only provide up to 120V (make sense Ed?). As for what we have been ...

... price-fixing cartel, but I guess that's in the eye of the beholder. As it was, we enquired at a special desk that was established to control the boats in the cooperative and we were quoted 90 lira for a 90 minute boat tour. We kept on walking and a little while later we were approached by an independent guy (I knew there would be one) offering the same trip for just 50 lira. We said we were interested, but 'maybe later'. He walked along with us and said 'OK, 40 ...