Mehmet Ali Aga Mansion Datca

I was really overdue my holidays, finally getting to take it in October and I just signed up to two weeks of not doing much in Turkey with a couple of friends in a group. For me though not doing much isn't my cup of tea so I took every chance to re-live my old Turkey memories, from food, sights, sea, dancing and ahem, yes the men, again :)

Please come back soon as I update all the stories from the two weeks. Thanks.

... with an angle grinder and got us aboard at 05.30.

We slept the sleep of the just and innocent until 10.00 on Thursday morning and woke to a warm sunny day with the impossibly blue Lakki Bay glistening its welcome.

Since then we have been enjoying the large yellow thing in the sky (it has ****** down for the last 2 months in Scotland) and the general feeling of well-being that a little sunshine can bring.

After doing various jobs on the ...

... en Hotelbunkern um die Pools oder auf den zugehörigen Sonnenliegen am Strand herumliegen, so gibt es doch unzählige Auto- und Scooterverleiher, damit auch jeder von ihnen die Chance hat ein wenig Strandpendeln und einen hotelfremden Imbiß zu sich nehmen zu können. So sind Verkehrsemissionen fast allgegenwärtig und stehen in keinem Verhältnis zur Größe der Insel. Wie nachhaltig diese Aera der Besatzung wohl ist, vor allem, wenn "All Inclusive" noch ...

Strahlender Sonnenschein - wie gewöhnlich und eine sanfte Brise.
Mit dem Leihrad geht es die Küste entlang. Immer weiter, bis das Ende der Welt, genauer: der Straße erreicht ist.
Hier gibt es leider nur sehr wenige Schattenplätze an einer Imbißbude mit knatterndem Generator. Kein heimeliges Plätzchen, um die Aussicht zu genießen.
Weiter an der Küste entlang ginge es nur zu Fuß, am Hang entlang. Ob die Ödnis, die ...

Da kauft man das Ticket schon nicht für den beinahe doppelten Preis beim Reisev**anstalt**, sond**n direkt am Hafen, am Schiff - und macht es dennoch falsch.
Am Ticketschalt** in d** Cafet**ia am Ende d** Hafenmole, dort wo die Schiffe ablegen hätte ich kaufen sollen.
So war es mir v**gönnt, einen 25 Prozentigen Zuschlag bezahlt zu haben (24 Euro insgesamt) - entwed** für das nicht eingesetzte Schnellboot, od** Provision.
Auf meine Frage ...

... heraus, dass heute der Eintritt frei ist - ganz so wenig wert wäre ein regulärer Eintritt nicht gewesen, aber viel zu sehen, außer ein paar nett renovierten Treppen gibt es nicht wirklich...
In Kos Stadt stellt sich "Fidelio" als ein netter Ort für leckere grischische Kost heraus - direkt neben einem "Holland Snack" gelegen, am Ausgrabungsgelände entlang, rund 150m von ...

... served us lunch.
What a wonderful lunch!

Back in Bodrum to experience a little bit of night life. While walking the streets of the city, I could hear dance music in the distance. I looked in the direction and saw flickering lights as well. This was a great outdoor night club called Halikarnas based on the ancient mausoleum Halicarnasos. Music was loud and on stage a Turkish male belly dancer.

What a nice day to spend in Bodrum Turkey.

... she was 15) and a cougar in the same night
Glow- Being our travel buddy for a few days

Kelly
Glum- She was really hurt none of the djs would play MJ
Glow- Dancing with the Turkish men

Sarah
Glum- She didn't sing in the karokee contest at Mr Frogs
Glow- Hearing the call to prayer from the minaret in a nearby mosque

Brittany
Glum- Did not accept free boat ride in exchange for manual labor
Glow- Getting her stitches out in a gold plated chair under a dome.

... 305;s wıth tatoos and pıercıngs, and eveythıng ın between. But what ıs so ınterestıng to me ıs the women who are fully covered ( a baggy raıncoat-type thıng over theır clothes plus a scarf that covers theır neck, haır, and most of theır face) who are happıly posıng for snapshots ın front of a monument or wıth famıly ...

... which seemed to have kept its low key ways even though there are probably many tourists here in high season. There were many attractive but reasonable restaurants to choose from and we settled on the one with the most home cooked air. So home cooked was it that we were taken into the kitchen to point at what we wanted to order. We finished the night with gelato and some edutainment from two very animated carpet salesmen. The third night ...