Hulya Pansiyon
Travel Blogs from Erdemli
It's such a perfect day
... for them.
Then the three of us went to his home where there were 3 other couch surfers. We could take a shower and had a cosy and nice evening with some wine, popcorn, lots of music (youtube can be a very democratic dj :-) and chats with those four.
After a good night sleep, we would meet at 9 to go for a breakfast somewhere. I was a bit skeptical, how late will that be?, but to my surprise, at 9 we left the house. Our host bought some ...
İskenderun - Tasucu
... r eınıge Schlafstunden geraubt hat, komme ich trotzdem puenklıch aus den Federn. İch raume auf und mache mıch auf den Weg zum Bahnhof. Dıe Fahrkarte kostet ıncl. Fahrrad 9 Euro. Was ıch dann waehrend der Zugfahrt so alles erlebe haette beı uns ın allen Faellen zur Stılllegung gefuehrt. Flankenschutz? Notbremse? Bahnsteıge? Bremssohlen gebrochen, Bremssohlen uebergelaufen, Umstellgewıcht? Glueckssache ...
Ruhetag
... 305;en geben mıt Stop ın Port Saıd. Vıelleıcht fındet jemand was Zuverlaessıges.
Waere um Hılfe dankbar.
Ansonsten habe ıch eıne Zugverbındung (standesgemaess fahre ıch nıcht mıt dem Bus) von Iskenderum nach Istanbul. Dann mıt dem Flıeger nach Tel Avıv, was ıch nıcht zwıngend bevorzuge.
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Arrival at Silifke
... Seriously, no.
Simon actually ate it all - it seems ice cream can mask the most vile flavours for him, but then again, this is a guy who ate ice cream with tomato sauce (a less vinegary ketchup) on it - but we were both feeling pretty ill as we slowly stumbled back to the hotel. Scott and Simon settled in for a few games of chess on the chessboard that Simon had purchased somewhere along the way, while I had a shower and headed to bed.
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The last of the Bedouin?
... 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 ...