Hotel Votsala Lésbos

... nkıng ıt ıts a lıttle tıny cup of really sweet apple tea that you add extra sugar to and ıts such a rush but hurts your teeth.

When we went back to the hut I was doıng some packıng up and next mınute notıced that the goat was poppıng ıts head through our door probably lookıng for ıts goat coat whıch ıs Ians bed cover now! It had escaped ımagıne the ...

We left at about 10 ıts been great just chıllıng out for a couple of days ın thıs lıttle fıshıng vıllage but glad to be on the road agaın. We got the bus to Ayvalıc whıch took us a lıttle longer than we thought ıt would and we got dropped off at a servıce statıon ın the mıddle of no where and had to waıt for a lıttle mını bus to come and pıck us up. No one really speaks ...

... off we certainly did - it was Baltic!

Another favourite stop became the covered market where during our stay we bought a 5 lira (Ł2) bottle of wine (not recommended!), admired the tomato wearing watermelons and enjoyed numerous cups of cay and bakery products - the guys there were so friendly they even gave us figs to accompany our beverages!

We really had to drag ourselves away from Ayvalik but our first ruins were calling...

No surprise the men in the group got a kick out of visiting this island just b/c they got to try out every lesbian joke they've ever heard, and perhaps ...

... executing all the adult males. Though the edit was voted down before any action was taken, the idea of Lesvos with only female inhabitants was born -- hence the term "lesbian".

This was a charming Greek island with a rich history. Lesvos was considered the very center of Greek culture and society. At one time Lesvos had many famous residents such as Aristotle and Aesop.

Blind luck lead us to Assos (it's in the back assos of nowhere! Boom boom), we'd been planning on travelling quite a bit further but for once our reading of scales on the map let us down and we decided to take our chances down a coast road. Thank God we did, the place is amazing, a ...

... to be visitors berths, was full of wee local boats. A South African yottie told us to go to the North Quay where we could tie up. 5 minutes later we were approaching this wall when the same South African was waiting to take our lines, he had cycled right round the harbour just to help. We were grateful for his assistance as a nasty westerly wind comes round the headland and catches the boat beam on as one approaches the quay. This wind gave us plenty of excitement ...

... we froze on the walk back to our hotel. I wrote this limerick to celebrate our time here: If you happen to wind up in Dikili Your temper could turn rather prickly From the liver they serve To baklava hors d'ouvres You may end up feeling quite sickily We finished the day with an excellent buffet dinner served at the hotel. When they offered us a meal for 5 lira ($4.50) I was a bit dubious but we couldn't be bothered going out. It turned out to be a marvellous buffet. Strike a point for Dikili!

... Men den křre Thomas, ihvertfald ind til videre, for tror bare jeg vil komme til at farevild deroppe.. Men nu har jeg som sagt en halv fridag, sĺ tror jeg vil smutte til stranden og lćse, skal nemlig křre ř rundtur i morgen, og det er vores střrste udflugt, og det er rigtig ,mange gćster med. I eftermiddag skal jeg sĺ rundt pĺ trćf i Phytagorien by, det er nu meget hyggeligt med de trćf rundter, bare lidt svćrt at holde tiden og komme videre til nćste ...

OK with this part you need to have the Gallipoli movie song in your head, you know the one when Mel Gibson is running across the field with machine guns firing at him.... (Dint, Dint, Dint,Dint, Dunt Dunthhhh) ok maybe not. But bear with me... * * * * * * * * * From Istanbul, we jumped in taxi to the Bus Station (Otogar) where after some running around we found out that our bus to Cannackle will be about 4 hours away - so in ...