Colossus Apart Hotel Gumbet

... they had when we last met) who we hadn’t seen for a couple of years when we were all gale bound in Ermoupolis on the island of Syros. Naturally we invited them across for a drink. Just prior to them appearing ‘Caladh’ slid into the berth next door to us with Richard and June having just finished their cruising season who, likewise, hadn’t met up with Steve, Anna and family for some time. As a result a memorable get together ensued.
Kos Town, Dodecanese, Greece chickensafloat

Perser, Hellenen, Osmanen, Italiener und auch Deutsche - die Insel hat viele Herrscher und Besatzer gesehen und sieht sie noch: die Massentouristen.
Die Zeugnisse der vergangenen Perioden liegen zumeist in Trümmern, zum Teil verdeckt, zum Teil wieder ausgegraben - der Massentourismus hält noch an, und doch findet man sie überall: die Ruinen von "Burger Inn"s von Pubs, Restaurants und Souvenirshops. Zum Teil findet man ganze Straßenzüge, in denen ein ...

Strahlender Sonnenschein - wie gewöhnlich und eine sanfte Brise.
Mit dem Leihrad geht es die Küste entlang. Immer weiter, bis das Ende der Welt, genauer: der Straße erreicht ist.
Hier gibt es leider nur sehr wenige Schattenplätze an einer Imbißbude mit knatterndem Generator. Kein heimeliges Plätzchen, um die Aussicht zu genießen.
Weiter an der Küste entlang ginge es nur zu Fuß, am Hang entlang. Ob die Ödnis, die ...

... warum das Ehepaar neben mir denn nur 20 Euro zahlen müsse lautet die Antwort: "Special Price", denn sie wären von Ihr** Reisegruppe - das Ehepaar spricht all**dings Deutsch und von ein** Reisegruppe wissen sie nichts;-)
Am Ticketschalt** bezahlt man dann nochmals Passkontrollsteu**. Auf dem Beleg steht 3 Euro, v**langt w**den 4,20 Euro, mangels Kleingeld w**den es 4 Euro - int**essante Rechnung.
Muß man Bodrum gesehen haben? Die Festung ...

Im Flieger: Lallen statt Bordservice.
Im Bus: Geht noch billiger.
Im Hotel: Ein Appartement über zwei Etagen, halsbrecherische Wendeltreppe, viel zu warm und mit Brumm- und Plätschergeräuschen - Direktanschluss an den Swimmingpool - na danke-
In der Nacht: Schlaflosigkeit, ein Zimmer, das den Schlaf raubt, aber die Oropax sind daheim geblieben.
Erst am Morgen ...

... stocked with beautiful brass artifacts. Right away I was invited into the store for a cup of hot apple tea, served in small glass cups. The Turkish people seemed so friendly and what a nice gesture! Hot apple tea was served in almost every store.
While walking I noticed large bunches of Saffron, hanging to dry from the balconies above the street - gorgeous red contrast to the pale chalky buildings.

Hunger crept up on me from smelling the ...

... had to step in. There were also a fair number of cougars at the bar, and Evan tried his luck with them. Their children had to step in. There were also a lot of sketchy locals. Some had interesting haircuts, some of the men had larger boobs than us, and some pretended that they played for the lakers. İt should be noted that there was not one single turkish woman in the crowd.

Every bar had men standing outside of them trying to lure us in with promises of fun and free ...

... d wonderful longlastıng thıngs for thıs country. All of them belıeve that Turkey ıs the best place ın the world.



And of course, the friendliness and playfulness of the people we have met. It has been fun.



The thıngs I WON'T mıss:



1) Bargaınıng. I hate ıt. I'm horrıble at ıt. I leave every bargaını ...

... 305;ng the most obscure questıons that we could throw at them.



The bad thıng about a tour lıke thıs ıs that you don't get a chance to process any of the ınformatıon. I feel lıke my braın ıs frozen the way a computer freezes ıf you type too fast or ask ıt to do too much at once.



And that's why we are ın Bodrum for a ...

... over us and crack as many joints as they could. Suprisingly I actually felt pretty good afterwards. At Pamukkale there is more ruins and also natural springs. The cliffs are white from the calcium and the baths look spectacular with the white cliff back drop. Unfortuanely you werent allowed to swim in the nicest looking springs but you were allowed to walk down the cliffs to some other springs. We ended up sitting in the spring for about an hour before having to get back on the bus again.