Hotel Mare Ayvalik

... and was askıng ıf they knew where he could go and watch the football as Unıted where playıng ın the champıons league and playıng a team from Istanbul so he thought that places would play ıt they told us that a bar down the road would have ıt on and ıf we lıke they would take us there thats how nıce they are honestly they cant do enough for you. Anyways ın the end we went for a dr ...

... hıs Englısh teacher who then spoke to Ian ın really bad englısh. Ian was sayıng that he was goıng to do great as an englısh teacher as at least he can actually speak englısh lol. So we went all the way back to the taxı place and pıcked up the englısh teacher and went off down some dırt tracks out of town. We got to thıs place now how to descıbe ıt best to look at the pıcs but ıt was 4 huts on a b ...

... out the walk was a mere training exercise for what was to come the following day as we staggered seven kilometres up a mountain to see the Acropolis sounding even worse than the battered Renault 12s that asthmatically spluttered past us. Even the cab drivers at the top applauded us when we arrived and told us how impressive a climb that was. <br><br>Note to Tania, next year on my birthday can we just go to the beach please????

... after her sister was murdered here in unknown circumstances. We spent a nice day at Ephesus which was contrasted by our visit to Bergama the next. While Ephesus has a greater quantity and a few more elaborate structures, much less visited Bergama takes the cake for setting. In an attempt to avoid the mid-day tour groups we had left our visit to the ruins until the end of the day. This proved to be a risky tactic as we found ourselves walking up a huge ...

I woke up at 930 am today which is late for me. After breakfast, I went to the harbour to see if I could book an island cruise. I was lucky as I got there at 11:10 and all the boats left at 1130. There were many boats to choose from but because I didnt have much time to make a decision, I picked the one that had the loudest music blaring from inside. It was a good decision as everyone on the boat was young. There were a few hundred people on the boat (it was 3 floors high) and I was ...

... about half again long as a cat's. Its tawny color was pretty much the same as the dry dirt of the path on which it was running. I made a guess to myself that it was sort of like a fox. Later, when I text messaged G. (yes, we're still "together") she supplied the Turkish name tilkli. I looked it up on the Turkish Google site (google.com.tr), and sure enough there were pictures of enough varieties of the species to confirm my notion. Almost as noteworthy to me was the fact ...

... primus stove, frying pan, sausages, bacon, eggs, baked beans, bread for frying and, most important of all, HP sauce. The local Turkish fishermen, who successfully use a simple line and a hook, look on in astonishment at the intrepid pair. On arrival at their selected spot they put out their rods and lines, fire up the primus stove and cook a gargantuan fry up, the smell of which would immediately clog the arteries of lesser men. Rob was salivating at ...

... get to watch a movie with English subtitles. It is quite relevant really...although completely inane/a spoof that makes every group of people look truly stupid...starring a John Belushi type as an Iraqi who is trying to regain control of his oil so he can make some illegal money. Then the oil pipeline in Iraq gets invaded by these five Turkish guys who are trying to turn on the right valve to direct oil to Turkey. They say they believe they really ...

... came from very far away to be treated here. The bonus was the young kid up one of the fig trees who picked a nice fresh fig for Tina (who is reveling in the fact that its ripe fig season over here!). Then off out to the coast to find somewhere to stay. South of Bergama, there is a small peninsula which only really gets Turkish tourists. It was a series of small fishing villages, but has become extremely popular as a weekend/holiday area with people from nearby Izmir. Its very ...

... medical centre). See the Temple of Trajan and of course the Library, which in its time was said to rival the library in ancient Alexandria. We also visit the neighbouring asclepion - a Roman precursor to modern-day hospitals! Continuing to coastal Gumuldur, relax after a day of high-jinks. Dinner and overnight - Kusadasi.