Club Grand Side Alanya

... to Alanya, I opted to take the coach this time instead of hitch hiking. I got into the station at 6:30 and then took a city bus to get closer to the beach. I think I was pretty much in the wrong neighbourhood for cheap hotels but was able to negotiate a room down from 50 to 30 TL. The apartment had a living room, kitchen, dining area and bedroom!<br><br>Now for a walk-about town for the evening...

(English follows) <br>Nous avons fa&#305;t du raft&#305;ng dans la gorge de Kropulu. L'eau eta&#305;t bleue, bleue et bleue... et ple&#305;n de po&#305;ssons. Journee agreable passee en compagn&#305;e de nouveaux am&#305;s de Montreal, M&#305;chel et Suzanne avec qu&#305; on s'en va fa&#305;re ...

... nahen und f**nen Dorfminaretten üb** das Land. Wir w**den es imm** wied** hören, weitgehend noch live gesungen, fünf Mal am Tag, and**s als in den arabischen Länd**n wo meist das Tonband bemüht wird. Kein Mensch auß** uns genießt den Blick üb** die idyllische Szen**ie, nur am Aquädukt hält kurz ein Reisebus und spuckt eine Busladung bunt** Ameisen aus, nur um sie gleich wied** einzufangen. Auf d** Weit**fahrt nach Alanya kommt man vorbei an imm** mehr ...

... we spotted next to a petrol station was closed, so we bought some snacks and continued towards Alanya. Twenty kilometres of beach for 110000 inhabitants and about twenty tourists at this moment. But the rows upon rows of similar looking, eight to twelve story high, hotel blocks valid the expectation that the number of beach users can be such that a napkin sized plot is all each gets during the high season, including sixteen litres of seawater. Have fun. For ...

... each other, and have been living here year round for several years. They both have houses here and it appears that they have an unspoken understanding to meet here for beers in the evening. He's retired from his clerk position in a navel shipping company, somewhere in the south of England, specializing in lumber. He tells us how cheap the real estate and land tax is here. She is living on money she and her deceased husband had saved for their retirement, and tells us of a stray ...

... Damo felt energetic and even swam out to the castle while I lay like a lazy whale on the beach! From Kizkalesi we headed along the coast road towards Alanya. Unfortunately the coastal road was slow as it wound it and out so we made a decision to head inland. Not the best decision ever made on our part. It took us 9 hours and part of the road wasn't sealed and ...

... open by the river. Ants and I chose the under the stars option and it was another relaxing evening playing with the puppies(tree house owners 4 fluffy wee things) and a couple of quiets after a scramble up the gorge. Yesterday was a drive day with only a short stop for lunch and a shop in Kos. We in Olympos now some more ruins and a relaxing day at the beach. Gotta fly so more latter Cy and Ants

... Tuesday mornýng headýng towards Anzac Cove to spend the nýght at the Banana Bar ýn tents on the shores of the Dardenalles or however you spell ýt. Next morn&#305;ng we had a gu&#305;ded tour of Gall&#305;pol&#305; wh&#305;ch was awesome to see w&#305;thout the crowds. From there we caught a ferry across the Dardenalles and then headed South to Troy to check out the ru&#305 ...

... have gone through there. That's the only thing I could think of making that kind of localized damage. We climbed and climbed eventually passing a few old temples to the flames and a story of the mythology behind the flames. According to the legend, Olympus is the place where the Olympics got their start. The first Olympic event was to run with a torch lit from the eternal flames all the way down to Olympus with out it going out. I thought that was interesting as I always thought ...

... is OK for cycling as there is a whole lane not used by traffic. Following this for a short whileýle I arrived at the last town on my turkey tour, Alanya. First stop was the Red Tower (Kizil Kule). The next stop was a bit more of a challenge - the Alara Fortress. 250 meters climb in the humid heat with all eyes watching, but the views ...