Leda Hotel Fethiye

Stayed here for a Week long Holiday after our university exams, nice place good food, it was an all inclusive resort, with fresh salads and cooked breakfast every morning, dinner ranged from barbe-qued fish to roast meats. organised trips down to the beach everyday and trips to the largets market in Fethiye. Also organised trips and tours around Kayakoyu 'the Ghost Town' altogether a fun relaxing trip cheaply organised by Thomas Cook.

I arrived at the Fethiye Otagar (bus terminal) and was prepared for the touts that it is reknowned for... actually I didn't even have to get off the bus, they got on and one sat infront of me and one sat behind me... Fortunately I had my Ipod on and chose to ignore them, which sadly only made them more persistant. When I stood up, they stood up, when I moved, they moved, it was like having two three-dimensional shadows ...

(Englısh follows)

Ouı, imaginez-vous donc qu'on est alles faıre du paraglydıng a partır de 7 000 pıeds dans la montagne. C'est sımple... surtout pour moı (Jean) quı aı peur des hauteurs... on nous attache a une sorte de gros parachute... on a un guıde avec nous... on cour sur le sommet de la ...

The stranger in the Istanbul Metro station (along with everyone else who told us this) was wrong. The first day we arrived in "beautiful, sunny" Fethiye, they had the biggest storm they had seen in years. We had plans for a boat trip, or hiking to Butterfly Valley, but with the rain, those were out of the question. So instead we went to Oludeniz, a blue lagoon that we were also told it needed to be sunny in order to ...

... and found a cute lıttle hotel no more than 1000 feet from the walkway. We wanted to be ready to go!! But that was before we met thıs Brıtısh couple at the restaurant... Real party anımals - Sally Ann and Justın loved wıne, travel storıes and... dogs more than kıds!!! Quıte an evenıng well draıned wıth wıne an turkısh rakı. But we had to go to bed early ...

... a bush on the beach, the only shade we could find, until at 5 our ferry taxi was to take us back to town. We had decided the walk down the cliff was enough. We can tell you the ferry taxi back was unbelievably rough, maybe it would have been easier to climb the cliff.

That night when reaching our hostel we were so exhausted we dropped down into our unexpectedly comfortable beds and were out like lights.

Tomorrow we head to Rhodes.

... gulet to some dıstant poınt and back ın order to fıght the onset of 'The Battle of the Bulge' so to speak. (No, I have not been runnıng on thıs trıp.) Durıng the day when we were under way we spent our tıme watchıng the scenery, helpıng to saıl, nappıng, readıng, wrıtıng ın our journals and playıng lots of backgammon! The boys had handlınes ın hopes of fresh fısh every day. Sad to say, but the Medıteranean Sea does not have ...

... platform to enter the water, as the rocks are slippery. This is at a point on the lagoon which is a lot wider than where we swam ashore, so we have a long haul back to the island, and then along the shore to the boat. We leave at 11.30, and head back for a close look at Butterfly Valley, which looks pretty spectacular from the water, and is shown as one of the stops on our itinerary. It is deemed too bumpy to anchor out and disembark ...

... that before we went. Didn't see right to take a picture, so you'll have to use your imagination. We spent the rest of the day relaxing on the beach after scoring some free chair and umbrella passes from an aussie family that was leaving. The beach was very relaxing and people continued to show up at all hours, up till 7:00pm. Since we brought a change of clothes for dinner, Lauren pulled a half-superman at the ...

... was about 3 feet deep, and because of how thick the water was, you couldn't help but float. In fact, you were so buoyant that it was difficult to find your feet and stand up! The bottom of the pool was just 4 inches thick of mud, the kind you sink into and creates a suction cup so its hard to pull your feet out. People were just grabbing mud from the bottom and slinging it or using it to paint their faces. It was really fun actually! The biggest surprise was ...