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Duygupension is a homely lit-tle place and a popular family run backpackers inn. It has a great location on the west of the harbour.If you wish safe,clean,friendly,quiet,comfort and family place then welcome to Duygupension
We welcome guests from all around the world from backpackers, to seniors,to juniors and basically anyone who is looking for a great family ambiance and relaxing place to stay.We will always try our best to make your stay ...

Bodrum Peninsula Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey

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... the day...


Sadly no turtles, but a lot of birdwatching, including tiny little blue kingfishers, that looked like little kookaburras that had been dyed blue...
I came back to my hostel late in the evening to find that all the prices on the dinner menu had been increased from the night before!! cheeky *******s... Needless to say - I had no reason to stay here another night...

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.

... There have been quite a few places I have been and been grateful for the big and small things I am used to - whether it be a well prepared meal, a western style toilet or even just people able to speak English. I think the problem starts when an area actively TRIES to be a tourist haven.

In this case the local shops all stop trying to be pleasant shops of whatever culture or vibe they might normally choose, but instead try ...

... calming down. For the most part, however, it did not work; I just could not stop thinking about him.

His beautiful (and smart and lovely and very attractive) wife maintained an email contact with me. Turned out she fell in love with me. I think women students ‘falling in love’ with their yoga teacher is pretty common. At least it has been my experience so far. Having to gently reject their advances has always been an uncomfortable and even somewhat ...

Awoke near Pamukkale and paid a scandalous amount to get in. 10 pounds each to see some tepid pools of water. Even the initially striking karstic rock was pretty much covered in faint brown footprints. The extorsion didn't end there as it turned out that Cleopatra's Baths, the hot spring at the top was an additional cost. We thought we could get away with just paying for one of us to get in and then swapping the ...

... go on a night cruise. The night cruise is supposed to be very fun. The Fez website and brocuhure are full of picturews of smiley, muddy Fez Travelers.

Of course, you probably know where this is going... We only had 7 on our bus, 8 including Hayden. For the hostel we were staying at, which runs the tour out to the mudbaths, to take a boat out, you needed a minimum of 8 people... The older travelers weren't about to go mud bathing...and Phoenix and Jess weren ...

... the world, if it is not a pine tree, is probably a thorn bush. Even the ones with the pretty yellow flowers that look from a distance like Scotch Broom.

An irony was--well, two, actually--I began the hike/climb at the base where there was a sign indicating the beginning of a segment of the Lycian Way (http://www.lycianway.com/index.html). I hiked up the trail a short way to a point that, marked by a power line pylon, I thought was at the base of the "cleared" up slope line. I ...

... about 3 to 4 hours. Some folks go over for visa renewals, some for duty-free shopping (whatever that is), some just for the sights; and most for a lunch. The Turkish boat crew take passports and do all the rest of it.

I myself immediately headed up to the castle for the view, and then a walk around the back of the town for the view from there as well; then I went down to the quayside for a lunch, after which just enough time for a Greek ...