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... as Manuel from faulty towers - only he got everything right, he did all the cooking (he was a bloody good cook!!)...
Koycegiz is a small village/town set on a lake - on the west coast of Turkey, inland from the Aegean Sea, famed for it's bird-watching and thermal baths.
I took a day-long boat tour the next morning (I unusually woke early, but that was more of a direct result of the ...

... of the world is explored, and that some areas can retain a look and feel unique in the world.

For me some of the best places are areas that retain a pleasant and unique environment, whilst subtly presenting me with the things that allow me to be more comfortable. Simply presenting me with an English menu describing the local cuisine would be a good example - not one filled with pictures of overly sweet iced-cream desserts.

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 ...

... quite a kick out of the "little shine" that Hayden had going on after the wine tasting. Hayden did look a bit flushed. When Hayden went to the bathroom Ali pointed in his direction and then gestured with his hands that Hayden had been drinking a lot. Then he used his hands to motion that Hayden's face was flushed and then did a little lazy eye/drunken head nodding/ We all laughed quite hard at Ali's non-verbal joke at the expense of his "hard drinking" mate.
Koycegiz, Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey jimmyandkristen

... or travel agents. I noticed that many of the travelers got different prices for this trip. - It seems that they liked us !!?

This time we did not choose a speed ferry. We thought it is not worth it since the weather is good, no wind and we want to enjoy most of the trip on board. Besides it is so nice getting a seat up the deck and enjoy the sun and the fresh sea breeze covering our whole body!
With just 39 euro the two of us, can visit a ...

... smaller one's tail, and was seeking a higher clutch. Which, in a blur of motion it managed. There they froze, not even to move when I prodded them with a length of dried grass. They just froze there, each of their hearts visibly beating away. (Picture at end of story).

I went on; returning in an hour or so, not to see them again.

Usually I do not take so many pictures of the sights I visit, as most places are well documented in ...

... the Lycian Way, itself, would continue in an east direction, for on a previous visit to Kas I had hiked the segment east of Kas. I didn't realize that I was actually at the segment end of the trail coming to Kas from the west.

As a consequence, I bushwhacked through the loose rock and thorn bushes, only to rejoin the trail near the top. I thought that was ironic.

The other irony was that I had bought the Lycian Way guide book the day before but hadn't gotten around ...

... do not want to repeat but at least I can say I did it), cruised the Dalyan river and we managed to see 2 loggerhead turtles and a possible third (I saw a head come up to breath but I couldn't defınıtively ID it). This was apparently quite rare as Furkan said only 2 turtles were seen throughout all of the tours he ran last year (Cynthia says it was because she prayed really hard!). I managed to capture a picture of the turtle but ...

I'm back on the road again. But so very far behind in attending to this travel blog that it has become impossible to keep up with much detail. But what follows here is an attempt to encapsulate the events of the past month and a half. Well, almost two months, really.

I last left off in late March when I broke my travel routine, of moving south along the west coast of Turkey, to go in to Ankara. Two reasons: the main one was that my ATM card was ...