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... to Alanya, I opted to take the coach this time instead of hitch hiking. I got into the station at 6:30 and then took a city bus to get closer to the beach. I think I was pretty much in the wrong neighbourhood for cheap hotels but was able to negotiate a room down from 50 to 30 TL. The apartment had a living room, kitchen, dining area and bedroom!<br><br>Now for a walk-about town for the evening...

... Mittelstreifen orienti**te Fahrstil d** Einheimischen, laden zur Anpassung ein. Wir fließen mit und kommen üb**all flott und sich** voran. Aspendos ist nach 40 km uns** **st** Halt auf d** Fahrt nach Alanya. Das best**haltene Amphitheat** d** Antike steht wie ein riesig** Legostein am Fuß des üb**wachsenen Burghügels. D** römische Bühnenbau ist weitestgehend **halten, auch wenn die Schmuckfassade zum Zuschau**raum nur noch zu **ahnen ist. Im Somm** kann man ...

... among others). According to our guide book Silifke is also known for the fact that Frederick Barbarossa died there. He drowned in the Goksu river while leading his troops on the third Crusade. Robert's history teacher at high school always told that he was thrown from his horse and fell into one of his sharp "tools of the trade", drowning is less glamorous for a warlord isn't it? Apart from birds and beautiful medieval castles, the Eastern ...

... were huge drops on these narrow parts where they had piled up sand to do the road at a later date. Damo's expert driving got us through and once we arrived in Alanya it was off for some drinks (only 2 each as $8 for a beer) before crashing at 2am. As it is really just a drinking place we didn't take any photos of Alanya. Alanya is a haven for Germans and Scandinavians ...

... Roman ruins and an equally large amount of touristy shops and restaurants. I didn't care much for the commercialism (although the bellydance outfits were a little bit better quality) but the ruins were awesome, and the only part I saw that charged admission (the Roman Theater) was 5 Turkish Lira. That's less than 4 dollars/3 Euros/2 Pounds. Compare that with 11 Euros a head to get into the ruins in Rome!

... open by the river. Ants and I chose the under the stars option and it was another relaxing evening playing with the puppies(tree house owners 4 fluffy wee things) and a couple of quiets after a scramble up the gorge. Yesterday was a drive day with only a short stop for lunch and a shop in Kos. We in Olympos now some more ruins and a relaxing day at the beach. Gotta fly so more latter Cy and Ants

... Tuesday mornýng headýng towards Anzac Cove to spend the nýght at the Banana Bar ýn tents on the shores of the Dardenalles or however you spell ýt. Next morn&#305;ng we had a gu&#305;ded tour of Gall&#305;pol&#305; wh&#305;ch was awesome to see w&#305;thout the crowds. From there we caught a ferry across the Dardenalles and then headed South to Troy to check out the ru&#305 ...

... I should be ticking things off some imaginary list that I compile which invariably involve hiking or scrambling (definetely an expenditure of effort is required) to see some off the beaten track sight or ruin. But Ill console myself by saying that this sort of a day is necessary to act as a buffer zone every now and again - and by going to visit Termessos - which is some ancient ruins of the beaten track tommorow! Ok so another rest day for TIPO. Cheers Wadirunner.

Yo. Well just a quick entry today. This morning I explored the ruins of Side - its colonnaded st, slave market, theatre (capacity 15000), agora & temples and saw my first Turkish beach too. Then it was time to drive to a nearby waterfall which was v nice but very, very touristy - with loads of cheap souvenir stalls gaudying up the place. Ýf Cappadocia was full of Frenchies then so far ...

... u - and fewer people around. In fact save for a shepherd I didnt pass anyone else till near the out pt. I could wax lyrical all day but suffice to say it was fantastic. And I got lucky with the timing of an Ýlhara bound bus from Aksary to get me back to TÝPO where Id parked in Ilhara village. Last night I stayed in the westernmost Cap city of Aksary 45km north of Ýlhara and this morn after a bfast where I finished off a ...