Apollon Hotel Patara
Gelemis Patara, Antalya, Turkey
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The first island of many
... as soon as I surprise them with my true origin, they are stoked - the Turks love us (in fact they seem to love everyone), and the Greeks seem to as well - I guess with the 2nd biggest Greek population outside of their country I can see why Australia is a favourite. So my carving mate and I chatted for about 45 minutes, at which time I thought I'd better start heading towards the ferry. I grabbed my bags, already finding I was saying 'bye' to the locals ...
On the Lycian Way
... our way out it was shockingly crowded and there were lots of tours arriving.
After Saklikent we went to the ruined city of Xanthos, which has a long history filled with tragedy such as the entire city committing suicide in 400BC rather than be conquered by the Persians and fighting til the last 180 people when Brutus tried to conquer the city. It had the usual ruined city accoutrements, amphitheater, mosaic ...
Blue Cruise
... we were playing backgammon with one eye, while the other eye tried to decipher who else from our hotel was also going, which was quite nerve-racking. We were having horrible visions of ending up with 14 other single party animals that would be up all night ruining our time. I'd actually worried about it to the extent of spending some time praying that it would not end up like that, and thankfully God answered my prayers.
We jumped in the ...
Icecream in the Bloody Desert
... good swim, water is class here, its about 40 foot deep when u get 20 steps from the edge and is crystal clear and very feckin salty. Not many fish actually but tis class snorkelling around all the lumps of jagged rock jutting out anyway.
Got on one of the local busses and headed for Kayakoy which was an old Greek town that is now a complete ghosttown of about 2000 stone houses. All the Greeks were booted out of Turkey after a treaty was signed with Greece in ...
We went to Patara and met Zeus
... if deserted. Something out of a Stephen King novel -a big wrap around porch and one long central (dark) hallway with rooms (empty) on either side. After settling in, we went to the porch for a kahve (coffee) and chatted with the young man in charge, Aidin, whose named we learned through a rift in the language barrier. We played a little tavla (backgammon) and then decided, despite the persistent rain, to see what the town had to ...



