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Week One Blog
With our new blog cleared of last year's trips we have
decided for better or worse to try and keep a weekly blog this year as well as
putting on any trips that we make. We have had all of last year’s blogs printed
and the book will be the second volume of our travels and, now that is printed,
we can start our new blog with the first week of December.
Amazingly it has been a week of contrasts with warm sunny days, cold nights ...
Jewels of Turkey
Saved for a whole year to take family on holiday to the lovely beach of Bardakci Bay on the Bodrum Peninsula in Turkey. Brilliant time was had by all especially our little 7 year old boy. Everything revolved around the beach and the pool with plenty going on day and night. Food was tasty and good plain food for kids. The ...
Party on Wayne!
... still refreshing but you could stay in it for as long as you wanted. The sun was shining , the music was pumping, the beers were tasting good and everyone was having a good time. Life is good in Turkey! After lunch everyone on the boat had a quick siesta before arriving to our next swim stop. We saw alot of fish that were vibrant in color, bright blue, and yellow. When we arrived back to ...
Turkey 3- Greek Samos Island 6.9.12
... the site of one of the ancient wonders of the geometric and engineering world.
This is the Eupalinian aqueduct tunnel, which in 550BC was dug 1km through the heart of a mountain at 55 metres above sea level to bring spring water to the other side of ...
PANDELI TO PYTHAGORIAN (on the island of Samos)
... opening. The tunnel is
quite an engineering feat. Apparently it was dug from both sides and despite only rudimentary measurement tools met right in the middle. The tunnel reminded
us of the irrigation tunnels in Turpan (China) which may well have been dug in about the same era. Our visit to the Pythagorean Museum ( 2 years old) was a splendid experience. Not only did we have the entire museum to ourselves, ...