Bac Pansiyon
Travel Blogs from Bodrum
Week One Blog
... of rain, coupled with some cracking thunder and lightning storms.
The rain is needed badly here in Turkey as we have only had a few inches
of rain in the last eight months. This has had a bad effect on the local
olive picking, with the crops down some 30% on normal levels. Now however,
as I am writing this we have just had nearly two inches of rain overnight so
that is good, well for us anyway.
The week started well with England playing ...
Jewels of Turkey
... are very friendly and family orientated and I was surprised at how open they were with us. Loved it so much I have decided to save every penny for next year. Keeping an eye on the deals. Arranged through Travel Monster family holiday last year and will maybe try a different location in Turkey through the same company. Keep you ...
The Datca is good!
... When we showed up we were amazing at how nice it was. The room, the pool, the beach, it felt like paradise. There were probably only 20 people staying at the hotel so it felt like Tracy and I had the place to ourselves. We went down to the beach and did some snorkeling, and then we tried to rent some wind surfing boards but just our luck the owner was having his siesta.
We had a nice relaxing night, and were treated like royalty :)
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Party on Wayne!
... the boat around 11:00AM where our fun fill day began. We stopped at 5 different lagoons, where we were allowed to jump off the boat and go swimming. I now know why it is called the Turquoise Riviera . The water was actually turquoise, and so many different shades of it. You could see the bottom of the sea, in spots where it was greater then 8M deep. It was awesome! The water was also ...
Yes Please
... many people and each of them told us a different thing. Turns out the hotel was 200m in front of us, down this little hill and we just couldn't see it.
After that frustrating ordeal it was defiantly time to hit up the beach and have a few Efes ( the main beer in Turkey ) We stayed on the beach until 8:00 and watched the sun set. The sunset obviously wasn't as picturesque as Santorini but still very nice. There are ...