Kocaman Izmir

I felt asleep before 630 last evening, and got up at 5 this morning. What a sound sleep! And an amazing new noon arose outside my window. The prayer sound made the context really turkish. <br><br>Our lunch was at a resort with a lake. There were no other customers but us, the participants at the conference. It cost 20 lira, so maybe too expensive for local people. <br><br>Dinner was lighter, but i still couldn't finish it.

... sea. Why is it so special about Aegean sea? Because of all the Greek mythologies? <br><br>I had my dinner at a local diner, they don't speak english, but with the food in the plate, I could just point and pay to get my food. Sitting at the window looking at all the passers-by, Turks at downtown Izmir looked so westernized. Slowly eating the sour yogurt, with all the chatting in Turkish, a comfortable feeling of being a foreigner allowed me to feel at ease. <br><br>

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... into the woman from the boat bar last night. We chat a bit but its clear that she's not keen. Then I walk down the road and through the ruins in complete darkness towards the beach. Its sunday night and there is a constant stream of people walking back and forth along this unlit path. The beach itself is busy but few people have torches; just sitting around in small groups. Fires are banned so its quite a surreal sight.

... 6. The sewer system and water system. What the hell. The toilets smell bad because the sewer systems are bad. Don't get me wrong, the toilet flushes and the waste goes someplace. But the water smells bad. After taking a shower, my skin smells like the water. I don't understand why people don't demand a better system. Anyway, those are my gripes.

... I made my way back to town. I asked about camping at a place where I would be the only customer. The owner seemed reluctant to take my money but we agreed on 7.50YTL for the night. Minutes later he said I could take a room with en suite shower for 10YTL. Jumped at the chance but wish I'd refused. The room was stinking hot and judging by the build up of dead flies hadn't been used for a while. I couldn't sleep without opening the door which meant sleeping fitfully at the mercy of ...

... materýal. The best part was beýng able to clýmb all over these ancýent ruýns and lýterally walk through the same streets and houses where some of the greatest leaders, artýsts and thýnkers of that era had lýved. (thýs was the area ýn the býble where Pauls letters to the Ephesýans were based). After a few hours ýn Ephasus, we walked towards a place called the Cave of the Seven Sleepers, the sýte of an anc ...

... poor the English of the guides, they seem to know the proper verb conjugations of the verb 'to silt' with no problem. I would love to find the book that is the authority on rivers that silt up valleys in Turkey, although I would hate to read it. After Priene we saw Didyma, the majestic Temple of Apollo, and Miletus, which is the old town connected with Didyma. Just look at the pictures. All of the these strange, nonsensical, exotic-sounding proper nouns will make sense after that.

... water before it hit us.... At least in the end the guy and his kid got off and we could switch seats and sleep without the need for an umbrella.... 30/04/06 After another killer 12 hour bus ride... we made it to Sulcuk - home to Efes. After being recommended a pension (family run hotel) by a NZ who we had roomed with in Ecabat and then run into again in Goreme, we checked in and went to check out the town.... A meal of kebabs (big shock there) and some phone calls home saw out our day ...