Club Dorya Datca

I was really overdue my holidays, finally getting to take it in October and I just signed up to two weeks of not doing much in Turkey with a couple of friends in a group. For me though not doing much isn't my cup of tea so I took every chance to re-live my old Turkey memories, from food, sights, sea, dancing and ahem, yes the men, again :)

Please come back soon as I update all the stories from the two weeks. Thanks.

... a bloody nightmare. Carrying heavy bags through the docks till we reached our ferry was a tad painful given our various ailments. However we settled into our 'couchettes’ and had an agreeable journey.

However, on our arrival at the yard at 03.15, despite our instructions to the yard, the boat was securely locked and the office well closed. Luckily Bob, the yard manager, woke up and after trying bolt cutters and hacksaw, eventually cut the ...

... Etablissement in andere starrt; unbrauchbares Inventar wurde am Straßenrand abgestellt und niemand räumt es fort. Genausowenig wie die unzähligen Plastikflaschen und anderer Zivilisationsmüll, der weit über die Insel verteilt ist. Oder die unzähligen Autowracks, die überall abgestellt wurden. Nichts photographierendswertes...

Es gibt auch schöne Ecken auf der Insel, aber zu wenige für die Massen an Touristen. Auch wenn die meisten fast ausschließlich in ...

... durch das lose Geröll den Fußmarsch lohnen? Ich werde es heute nicht erfahren, sondern genieße auf halbem Wege, den fast Menschenleeren Strand mit kristallklarem Wasser ohne Seegrashaufen. Es gibt zwar keinen Sand, sondern mit Kieseln durchsetztes dunkelgraues Granulat, aber darauf liegt es sich genauso gut.
Das Wasser ist angenehm temperiert und es gibt keine kostenpflichtigen Schirme und Sonnenliegen.

... rkische Rivi**a und dann mit einem Wagen raus aus den Pauschaltouristenlöch**n!
Die Bootsfahrt dau**t jeweils etwas üb** ein** Stunde und ist bei dem sonnigwarmen Wett** angenehm.

Am Abend, wied** in Kos Stadt gibt es dann noch h**vorragendes griechisches Essen in d** Tav**na Alexandros hint** d** Kirche am Museumsplatz. Die griechische Platte ist günstig, und d** rote Hauswein schmeckt fast wie Kirschsaft. Ein rund** Ausklang des Tages.

... ein Zimmertausch möglich, der Nachtrezeptionist kann nur in Listen.
Das neue Zimmer ist zwar nicht der Hit, aber eine deutliche Steigerung, der Urlaub kann beginnen!
Die Wanderschuhe werden angezogen und es geht auf Erkundungstour quer durch die Stadt - hinauf nach Asklepion und zurück.
Asklepion, die Tempelruine, soll eine der größten ihrer Art sein. Es stellt ...

... kebab meat layered, speared and roasted. Turkish Kebab and Turkish Pizza was amazing! Not to forget the Turkish red wine!
But nothing could beat the experience of a boat ride around the Turkish coastline.
A small group - us - paid the crew of a nice boat to take us out for a day. The water was amazingly blue, clean and the bottom of the ocean seemed so close. We threw anchor. While we jumped into the big blue, the crew brought out fishing gear, caught ...

... you will get a western style toliet.

Glums and Glows

Matt
Glum- He bought his ferry ticket ahead of time and paid 15 Euro more
Glow- While telling his story of geting scammed in Athens Brittany turned to him and said, "Wait" is this really true?!" (He was befriended by a man in the street who took him to a bar for a drink, and when he got the bill it was for 80 Euros)

Evan
Glum- Getting rejected by a 15 year old (İn his defense, he didn't ...

... waıt to sort them out and share them. So I don't really want to go ınto that rıght now. Thınkıng fırst and wrıtıng later mıght be a good plan.



But let me gıve you a few verbal snapshots:



Women ın Turkey generally decıde for themselves how covered to be. We have seen women ın full black burkas and ın bıkı ...

... we agreed to meet them, carried Jen's bags, and safely delivered us to our rendezvous point. By this time, Erol was calling us son and daughter, as we exchanged bear hugs and tearful goodbyes. We came to learn that this was the essence of the Turkish people. Full of warmth and hospitality. Turkish hospitality was given a run though by Californian hospitality over the next few days. Jeff's parents had met and cruised with GB and Sarah ...