Korumar Kusadasi

... very nice.<br> As we drove back to the ship, many dozed as it had been a long day in the sun. The driver did something I'd never seen. He took a freeway exit and said yikes! There was too much traffic for him at this exit. And even though we were halfway down, he threw the bus in reverse and backed onto the freeway! It was terrifying, but no accidents. Whew!<br> So we loved Turkey and it's people. This would be a place to return to for sure.<br> Tomorrow, a sea day.<br>

... one mile of thread in the cocoon and we saw the teasing out of this thread and its spinning into multi-strand threads used for carpet making. The owner had his employees lay out many carpets on the floor for us and we were impressed with the variety of colours and different materials used in their weaving. One type of silk carpet had 650 knots per square inch! We demurred at spending anything on the admittedly splendid carpets so they lost interest in us and we went back to the boat.

... actually living there. Our guide was great- she told us about many of the leaders that had come to the city and the influence they had had and she had heaps of funny stories and pointed out many details that we would have missed on our own. The theatre could hold up to 24,000 people and we walked through the entrance that the gladiators would have come through. Apparently, despite what movies portray, one gladiator did not always have to die ...

... Evnia) Celsiu. <br><br>IMPRESSIONS <br>Reaching Kusandasi you get the feeling of a huge touristic city. The market area is clean, and there are many shops, restaurants, nice hotel resorts. The roads are wide and the Turkish people very friendly. The majority of them speak Greek. <br><br>The moment a tourist gets to the port, has to get to different coaches depending on the Language they speak. We had a Greek speaking leader but all of us in the group knew that he got the job because he ...

Kusadasi was another short stop, we only stayed for a few hours. I went shopping first, braving the ruthless salesmen, and got some Turkish souvenirs. They are very hard to say no to and get away from, and often yell out things like "excuse me, I love you". After that, I sat in a park overlooking the sea and read a book for while. Lots of Turkish guys came up to me for a ...

... will take you on a shopping trip.' Sure enough this is exactly what we encountered and the fellow at the bottom gate who told us he 'worked for Ephesus' was amazed and astounded when we said we didn't want to take up his offer to get into his really beat-up van. 'Really!?!' he said. 'You know it's a 3 hour walk to get back out.' We knew, in fact, because Adam had told us, that it was only a 10 minute walk to get from the ...

... town. The people are supposed to go to the mosque to pray. So far we haven't seen many people going. I have met a lot of fellow travellers here, the courtyard is a popular hangout! Becky & Jason from Colorado, who quit their jobs, sold their house and are doing a year of travelling (sound familiar?). Clare & Tom, from Ontario, who are travelling for 4 months before moving to Vancouver in January. There is a couple from Montreal, Jean ...