Hulya Pansiyon Erdemli

... stairs.”
“What's the time? I thought the bus wasn't meant to be here until 6.”
“I don't know what the time is, but the bus is here NOW, so get the bags!”
Dino was very confused, but did as he was told and we made the bus. Mind you we shouldn't have had to get up that early as the bus passed our pension a further two times before it left the village.

We sat back to watch the scenery go by and get some sleep.

Cyprus really ...

... half-way blow off the pizza guy for hesitating too long in trying to frame an English language answer to my price inquiry rather than just giving me the fingers of sign language, the guy finds me the next day and invites me to coffee or tea. There is no charge. That's nice. If I'd known that I'd have ordered coffee, since I absolutely refuse to pay over a buck for Nescafe. The women on the Mediterranean ...

... their fragile ecosystem. It's of course easy to romantisize the nomadic lifestyle (and I have often been accused of doing so) but in the ASAL (arid and semi-arid lands) nomadic pastoralism is quite simply the most economic viable lifestyle there is. It will be interesting to see how the nomadic tribes of Africa such as the Samburu and Maasai will deal with transition and diversification of lifestyles that is needed to ...

... up of little white pebbles. The water is crystal clear and really warm, so you just dive straight in. We have had a lovely day just sun baking and reading, swimming, and doing it all over again. We had the most uncomfortable night sleep though, it was so muggy and still, that we just sweated and tossed and turned all night, and now, we are covered in mozzey bites! Well nothing can be perfect. Miles so Far: 10217

... our more succesful conversations/game of charades, and secondly at the bus terminal in Mersin, where he ran in to find out whether there were any buses leaving to Silifke at that late hour. He had already offered for us to sleep in his truck in a bunk above his, but as it turned out the last bus was just leaving, so with a rushed but heartfelt goodbye we jumped from one vehicle to another. Hitching...you've gotta love it!

I made up song... ıt goes something like this: I love Turkey... De do do do... De dah dah dah... and the Turkish girls love me... De do do do... De dah dah dah... Ha! Seriously, you have to keep in mind that I've hardly seen any women over the past couple of months, other than northern Syrıa. You talk wıth men all the tıme here, so when you get to ınteract wıth women, it' a real event. Anyhow, it's nice to see women out in the light ...

... BC to the restaurant we ate at... built in 2005... IT IS ALL VERY HARD TO GRASP... Although the ancient abounds... it is quite often overshadowed by the natural beauties that adorn the Turkish countryside... Deb stated it best when she said that regardless of where one casts their eyes... there is a picture waiting to be taken... be it the canyons that appear ripped open by ancient Greek gods ...

... roadworks in over 50 years. Barbed wire fences seemed to spring up out of nowhere and then abruptly end providing not even the slightest ability to keep anything either in or out. It felt a bit like the movie Mad Max and I was half expecting a boomerang to come flying through the air at any moment. OK, so now we have reached the Syrian immigration side. Here there is quite a large building. The driver parks the car out front, tells us to follow him and leave the bags in the car. After ...

... hour bus ride to Mt. Nemrut & hiked to summit before sunrise to see bęg stone heads. Easter Island sort of thing. Another 10hr bus ręde and we are in Silifke. Here we hiked up mountain to see fortress. Then paddled out to island to see castle. Back on the bus tomorrow.

... and says:"Castle here, walk straight 40 meters". Oh really??? Phew.. We almost paid for a tour to go less than a quarter mile away! We walk a bit and there it is. THe most beautiful castle ever right there in the middle of the beach! IT was such a sight..... We lay on the beach with our stuff and just relax and watch the castle all day long. We will upload pics later since the connection is not that good here.