Hotel Azka Bodrum

... 05.00 we met a Brit woman who was importing a mini moke into Greece and was having some trouble getting the Greek Customs service to let her into the country so we helped her fill in the registration forms and were chatting merrily away. At about 05.30 Rob, whose back was giving him problems, wandered up to the departure area to check on the flights. To his amazement he was told that the flight was leaving in 10 minutes (i.e. 3 hours early) and we missed it ...

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 ...

... am heutigen Tag geschlossen, den Rest d** Stadt macht ein Shop neben dem and**en aus. Zum Teil zu absurd üb**teu**ten Preisen w**den Plagiate und and**** Touristennepp angeboten. Mein Friseurbesuch kostet annäh**nd das Gleiche wie daheim, die Stange Zigaretten, als Mitbringsel, kostet imm**hin we***** als bei uns.
Am Strand gibt es die ein od** and**e nette Sitzgelegenheit im Schatten bei Efes Bi**, ab** insgesamt enttäuschend - lieb** in die ...

... Etagen, halsbrecherische Wendeltreppe, viel zu warm und mit Brumm- und Plätschergeräuschen ...

... to return to Amman or Damascus.. where I could get my felafel meals for 20 cents. Bodrum is also super touristy which also isn't my cup of tea. I've never been a real beach person.

I stayed at Bodrum Backpackers, met 2 badass Turk guys and partied with them the first night. The next day I island hopped over to Kos, Greece. Also not my cuppa, but an experience nonetheless.

Turkey.... eh. My ...

After my dissappointment in Marmaris, I have trudged onward to Bodrum where I have come to visit an underwater archaeology museum. After arriviýng in the early evening, I made another video along the lines of Marmaris, but with more details... thought I would post it as well... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid =7439346374095542383&hl=en

... an employee cafeteria of sorts where we attempted to get manti and karpus but were told that we could not. Instead, we settled for crackers and water in the visitor's section. Many sections of the museum closed down from 12-1 for lunch, but you can still wander the open-air areas. Another interesting aspect of the museum is that there are many artists who display different kinds of work throughout the museum that you can buy. Josh got a handblown glass ring with the nazar ...

... or Antalya/Antalya (Gulf of Kekova) : Lycian archeological sites: Phaselis, Olympus (Chimera), the ancient city of Myra and the sunken city of Kekova. Optional touring of important sites like Aspendos Theater, Perge... Boats Built in the tradition of the local sponge divers and fishermen, our boats are magnificent and luxurious wooden yachts that can accommodate from 6 to 24 people (some air-conditioned cabins are available). Our boats have 4 to 12 cabins ...

... else I was saved the anguish of paying for a site in which most of the displays were closed and which was itself closing in 40 minutes. The old crusader-built castle did yield two interesting faces to me though: a proto-graffiti of carved crests and writings in latin in the English tower (mostly 'I was here' sort of thing, as far as I can tell, will try to put up photos); and a dungeon! The latter was excavated in 1990 after 470 years of being shut up behind rubble. Upon ...