Hotel Mutlu Fethiye

Stayed here for a Week long Holiday after our university exams, nice place good food, it was an all inclusive resort, with fresh salads and cooked breakfast every morning, dinner ranged from barbe-qued fish to roast meats. organised trips down to the beach everyday and trips to the largets market in Fethiye. Also organised trips and tours around Kayakoyu 'the Ghost Town' altogether a fun relaxing trip cheaply organised by Thomas Cook.

... Selcuk... It's a small world in Turkey. We had lunch with some people that Tonielle had met in the hostel the night before and I got a taste of how different Fethiye is to the rest of Turkey. This is where the gulet (boat) tours usually start and finish as well as having a massive harbour for island tours - there is just a different type of tourist that comes through here and as a result the prices as twice the value of ...

... stagnant water/mud... There was a heated pool to the side and people were 'quite literally' being hosed down before they were allowed to get in (various pool attendants took turns at holding the hose!!)...
When I returned the boat, we had been joined by an organised tour and a lunch of chicken curry (that famous Turkish cuisine!!) was served, whilst we sailed around we passed a couple of ...

... jusque dans la falaıse... lorsque les pıeds ne touchent plus a terre... tu voles pour 30-40 mınutes. Oooofffff! La vue etaıt ımprenable maıs la tensıon dıffıcıle a supporter et les pırouettes pour descendre graduellement assez fortes pour causer de bonnes nausees. Quelle experıence folle ... a ne ...

... the weather cleared up, so we went on a 12 Island boat tour. Our wooden boat had a sun deck, water slide, and diving platform. Of course, Tom's first order of buisiness was to dive off the platform, which turned into a graceful backflop instead! Our favorite stop was Aquarium bay, where we snorkeled. The water was so clear you could see 20 feet down, and there were fish all around. The last stop was red beach ...

... a bush on the beach, the only shade we could find, until at 5 our ferry taxi was to take us back to town. We had decided the walk down the cliff was enough. We can tell you the ferry taxi back was unbelievably rough, maybe it would have been easier to climb the cliff.

That night when reaching our hostel we were so exhausted we dropped down into our unexpectedly comfortable beds and were out like lights.

Tomorrow we head to Rhodes.

... should be a marker every 100 m or so. We don't think we were ever really on the right trail that day. but we dýd see some excellent výews and met some nice Turks so all was not lost. The next morning we climbed down from our pension into butterfly valley. The path was right along the edge of a steep cliff and at some points there were ropes that we had to use to lower ourselves down the rocks. Once in the valley we walked to the ...

... two chairs and an umbrella and began to settle in. Within moments, two workers came up to us and let us know that it would be $15 ($5 for each item) to stay there. Yowza. We had brought our own beach mat which is what we normally use, so we paid for an umbrella and relaxed in the sand. After much reading and jumping in the water - we decided to check out the Blue Lagoon down at the other end of the beach. An extra 6 Lira got us to that side of the ...

... with umbrellas and steps into the water from the low cliffs on the right hand side. Walk past these to the poor man's access down old steps through the bush. Find a small cove with the steel remains of some sort of restaurant with a couple of locals sitting around. The water looks pretty good, clear and green, with rocky underwater terrain, but it is bitterly cold due to a layer of cold spring water on the surface. It is bearable when ...

... I got along great with, and we were inseparable for the next four days. My first night in Fethiye was spent getting organized and figuring out how to get to the places I wanted to see. I woke up the next morning, which is when I met Ahmed from Australia, and invited him along for my plans for the day - I was heading to Saklikent Gorge. He decided to join me and off we went, on a minibus tour where the tour guide didn't speak English. Lucky for me, Ahmed is ...