My Hotel Izmir
Cumhuriyet Bulvari No 132, Alsancak Izmir, Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey
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Helen who?
... morning.
We easily rolled out of Istanbul on Saturday morning, bright and early; thankfully, the traffic of the previous evening was nowhere to be found. We headed west towards the Aegean Sea and the tour guide is giving us all kinds of trivial information about his country. He’s quite funny and tells jokes that are actually humourous. The bus is half empty, there are only 23 tourists aboard even though this is high season; we suspect it has ...
Asian nights
... br>
Spakowalem oboz, umylem sıe na tyle na ile pozwalaly warunki, a w przydroznym barze wypilem poranna kawe. Hoş, jak to mowia miejscowi ("pieknie"). Zorientowalem sıe w cenie promu (3,5lira), uznalem ze to uczcıwa kwota i po godzinnym rejsie bylem juz w Azjı pelna geba! Za promem, z ciekawosci, skorzystalem z dolmusza i tym sposobem dosc tanio dostalem sıe do Yelova lezacej przy autostradzie.
Tu dlugo nie czekalem i znalazla ...
From yachts to tree's.
Today is the last day of our time afloat. Its been generally great and the lifestyle is quite addictive. But its not been cheap, the itenary is quite short, they waste hours at locations with limited attractions and always moor near other boats. The crew have been pretty good by Turkish standards although it has to be said that a few of the female passengers encourage them. A morning swim again but much shorter as ...
My personal tour of Ephesus
... many fountain shrines, the latrine (for men only), homes, market angora, the library (the largest building that's been uncovered) and finally the ampitheatre. This is second in size to the Collosseum in Italy.
After Efes was lunch at a carpet factory, where they gave me a tour and tried to sell me carpets
Then St. John's Bascillica, complete with his tomb (he's been moved of course, to Rome I think). This was ...
Sardis II: Finding the Gold
... words, and at the same time took me a few paces to begin my descent. I
heard the word for woods (ormani), so I figured I'd fine a trail. And a very nicely, green
carpeted path through the pine woods I indeed soon came upon.
He also assured me that there was a bridge across the river. Well, I didn't find a bridge, but
rather a culvert/bridge under construction, with ...



