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Week One Blog
... in
the Aegean Area". It still amazes us just how many battles, that our
generation learnt about at school, took place in the lands around our home town
of Akbük, with well known people such as King Darius, Alexander the Great,
Hannibal and King Zerxes.
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Jewels of Turkey
... are very friendly and family orientated and I was surprised at how open they were with us. Loved it so much I have decided to save every penny for next year. Keeping an eye on the deals. Arranged through Travel Monster family holiday last year and will maybe try a different location in Turkey through the same company. Keep you ...
The Datca is good!
... It was so beautiful here. The Datça Peninsula is a long, narrow, mountainous finger of land that stretches west of Marmaris for about 100 kilometers. It extends into the sea like a long green dagger, a slice of green creating a natural division where the Mediterranean and Aegean seas meet. "
It was the complete opposite of Bodrum as far as lifestyle goes. We had found a good deal at a place called the Flow Datca Beach and surf ...
Party on Wayne!
DAY THREE
Today we decided to go on our first Gullet Cruise. A Gullet Cruise is a wooden batch or sailboat that cruises along the turquoise Rivera. There are options for week long tours, or daily trips. After our experience in the Whitsunday Islands in Australia, I was very sick after being on a boat for that long so we opted for the daily cruise rather than the week long cruise. ...
Yes Please
... then after the sun goes down. Our real alarm went off shortly after when we had to get up to go explore Ephesus. Ephesus wasn't on my top list of things to do, but with it being one of the oldest ancient ruins that remains today , I had to take the opportunity to check it out. We decided to rent audio sets so we could actually understand each artifact and what it use to be. The ruins in Turkey compared to other places in ...