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Center of Balıkesir
Balıkesir is a city in Marmara Region.Even if i just visited the center of it on this trip,there are much more beauties on coasts,it was just a short stop by.Balıkesir have coasts on both Marmara and Aegean Seas.
Anyway if we talk about the center of Balıkesir;you should visit Zağnos Paşa(Pasha) Mosque which constructed in 1461.This mosque is one of the ...
Only open closed camp site
Decide to head out early and get as far as possible towards Gallipoli, the map showed good roads and we made excellent progress. We avoided all temptations to stop at any fallen piles of stone, yes it was hard for me however I chose to make the sacrifice for Lisa's sake as she was going stone crazy. Don’t tell Lisa but I think there are castles in France & England, so I am saving some browny points.
Instead of playing 'I Spy with my Little ...
Beach day.
... the same approach. Then as a bolt from the blue... I was looking for the boat times and realised that the dock is are only listed as Marmara Island. Which is 20 km long and has four towns. Two are unlikely but the map suggests one town while logic suggests another. Looks like a tour of this mountainous island is in prospect. Gah why are things so difficult. Anyway I decide to go with Marmara. The rest of the day is spent faffing around. ...
A unusual port and interesting day.
... late departing and as a trip the views were great. There were lots of ships and even dolphins. It cost 20 lira ( about £8 ). As we got closer you could see the quarries above the town. This place has been producing Marble since roman times. And its very good statue quality. So the streets of the town are lined with failed statues. There are three ships being loaded and two huge cranes. A dedicated road from the quarry to the port is filled with rumbling trucks. On the back is ...
Feeling weird again...
... hard work. But mostly I slept. The TV has BBC world too so its slightly distracting. But ultimately its a loop and thus irritating. I also went for a walk around town and established that its modern without a lot of interest. It was definitely cooler today being merely hot. Aircon though makes it unattractive to go outside... So the day passed sleeping walking and on the net; maybe it was the buffet breakfast. Tomorrow I will do more... 15/06/09 ...