Artemis Selcuk

... the feral dogs, not quite as nice as the ones in Greece. But then I heard a meow, and we started to see the feral cats. They were very handsome, with sweet faces. But is is so sad to see these animals begging for food. We wondered how they survived out there as there is nothing around.<br> As we got down to the main temple, a three story wonder, something stirred the crowd. Many men in dark suits, earpieces, Ray bans, staring at the crowd. I've seen this before. We ...

H's Notes<br>We woke to find ourselves mooring in Kusadasi. Our tour to Ephesus had been planned for the afternoon so we took ourselves off for a walk along the seafront and out to Pigeon Island which gives Kusadasi its name. <br>The tour to Ephesus was quite stunning and the ruins were far more extensive than we had ever envisioned. According to our guide Ihsan who was born in Greece but who has lived in this area for over 30 years, only a quarter of the Ephesus complex has been ...

... of the earthquake, many buildings fell and dirt buried a lot of the city, which, actually helped to preserve it. In order to reveal the main walkway, archaeologists had to dig down 10 metres. The library that has been built as they think it looked is built with about 50% of the original materials. It is believed that when the earthquake happened, those that survived moved to another area nearby and when they needed materials, they simply ...

... the site itself is that only 20% of the ancient city has been excavated.The visit begins inside the Upper Entrance and basically follows a straight trajectory through the ancient city. You can get a fairly decent overview of the site by following the main street, but with so much of interest located in toppled buildings lining the route, you will definitely want to scramble around a bit to get a closer look. Plan on at least 2 hours for the basic overview, and double that if you're ...

... day at the beach. The beach was windy, which was a welcome relief from the hot turkish weather. That night they were scheduled to take an overnight bus to Istanbul to meet up with Brittany. They decided to split and Ambien to be able to sleep on the bus. Lindsey bit the ambien in half, and it shattered into smaller pieces and a lot of dust. Sarah took some of the smaller pieces, and Lindsey rubbed the dust into her gums. Within 10 minutes she ...

... the book I brought with me, TheLife of Pi (a book I really enjoyed, by the way, that was given to me by a parishioner). I was glad to see that this hotel keeps a bookshelf on the terrace where one can make an exchange. So I left that book upstairs and took a copy of John Grisham's A Painted House. I'm realizing that a good book is a crucial item to have when traveling alone. Tomorrow promises to be the most complicated travel day ...

... Istanbul, they should have registered the phone, but they didn't. When I went in to a Turkcell shop, they advised that I had two options. The first one was to have my contract mailed to me so I could get the phone registered, or I could buy a new sim card, and pay to have the phone registered. I couldn't believe they were telling me that I had to have my contract mailed to me, that they couldn't look up the information online. I explained that I was traveling all over Turkey and that ...

... sus/thumb.html After seeing so many ruins in Greece, I wasn't too enthused about seeing more, but I had heard great things and was told not to pass it up. I must say that even with what I had already seen in Greece, I was far more impressed by this city than almost anything else. It is a massive archaeological site that doesn't just have 1 or 2 ruins. It has the entire city! Everything from the public baths to the theater to the library and house of congress ...

... entire party comes up to the small square I'm standing in and begins to throw money at the couple. This led to an extended kind of line dance involving the majority of the crowd. <br><br>Women were still dressed conservatively, but they were definitely in their party gear...some even with sequins, which I did not expect. Some of the women on the sidelines saw me taking photos and offered me some tea, which I gratefully accepted ...