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... We walked up to 2 kilometres in the complex and passed several temples, the treasury and a couple of amphitheatres.

Finally we ran the gauntlet of the souvenir shops at the exit to get to the bus which took us back to Kusadasi which has a population of 60,000 which swells to one million in summer. Remind us never to venture here then! There we were tempted to go to see a demonstration of silk winding and carpet weaving at a carpet shop. It's hard to cedit that a silk worm ...

... both sides and marble pavements made a dazzling first impression. The Temples of Hadrian, Library of Celsus and the Great Theater were some of my favorites. We also saw the Temple of Artemis...one lonely column remains there. While there we also strolled a street on which Cleopatra and Mark Anthony spent their honeymoon!! As with the other ruins..feral cats everywhere. People actually brought cat food ...

... couples because apparently we don't look like we have much money to spend on carpets. They were right of course and we were able to slip by the merchants and out into the street. I couldn't find a patch for my backpack so instead of being hassled to buy something, we spent the afternoon on the beach.
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Ephesus was amazing. Usually, I am not really one for history, but this site was so intact it was easy to imagine ...

... eastern neighbor are the cradle of humanity, Here there are artifacts and sites that date back to 5000 BC. We visted ancient Ephesus
which is one of the greatist archeological excavations in the world. This is the home to the Great Theater where St. Paul preached. All of this has been really fasinating. Kusadasi is in southwestern turkey and is islamic, but as the interperter said yesterday the people here are "open" while ...

... coffee with creamy milk. Feeling a little out of sorts today bit tired after all the travelling and miss everyone back home including dan dan lots and lots.

Going to go out and have something to eat this evening and then up very early for the ferry to Paros but tomorrow we have booked a 4 star hotel with swimming pool on my fave Greek place Paros its so cool so excited about going there tomorrow.

... trip so not done too bad. As the waves where nearly 5 foot high it was impossible to swim on this part of the beach but Ian had saw that there was another part of the beach around the harbour where you could swim so we headed there and went for a lovely swim together.

Manchester united where playing Manchester City and we saw that one of the bars next to the harbour had it on so off we went for a few beers ...

... and I had a greek meat plate yum yum. After food we went for a walk along the shore this area has strong winds in September called Meltimi that make the waves really high like being in Cornwall so we were sat watching them when we saw either a shooting star or an UFO we are still not sure what it was it kind of fluttered in the sky for a bit then shot off convinced it was aliens!!!! Anyways after that experience off to bed before they try and come and get us.

... all summer in their house which is just in front of the apartments. In winter they live in Athens. A glass of nice cold Orange Juice was just what we needed before getting the key.

Nestoras was very helpful and he was the one who suggested different destinations that cannot be missed. We took his advice and visited different places.


SAMOS ISLAND, Northeast Aegean Islands, Greece greekcypriot

... of fact and I'm talking about their squat toilets. Turkish women here have cleaner toilet habits and consideration for others than most nations including some of those in the west. Maybe I've not been here long enough but in 3 weeks, I've consistently been able to experience or observe all of the above... Again, we watched the terrain change as we headed back out to the coastline towards our next destination. Selcuk is a really small town and is a base for ...

... at my destination I can just get a cab, show the driver the address I wrote down, and I am in my room in minutes flat with absolutely no stress whatsoever. It's SOOOO much better and easier this way! Gotta love the internet. Well, I'm in Samos right now and I need to find a hotel for Mykonos for tonight. Then tomorrow I will be heading to Santorini for a few days of relaxation, I hope. It's a touristy island but I also hear good things about it so we'll see.