Olympos Lodge Hotel

... Med, once again.

We toured the ruins, I stuck my toe into the Med, and then retreated back for a little siesta. We had a time change last night, and kinda screwed my clock up.

We plan on staying here 2 nights, then on to Kas.

... booze stash but the guy wanted 500 euro for it. anyhow, the weather was great, we did some swimming, hanging out and a lot of just lazing about and doing nothing on the deck. we also were able to sleep outside on the deck underneath the stars (which sounded better than it was, because it got windy at night sometimes). one night we went to this boat access only beach bar where the only ...

... My genes have cursed me with a patchy and erratic scraggle (especially below the jaw line) leaving me with sections of a length where I will need more then a normal razor to trim it back before any serious maintenance can be done.

In my head I always imagine it changes the way people percieve me (I have always tried to be aware of my first impressions, perhaps a habit from my childhood), and I ...

... course! Anyway didnt give a damn as had spotted some comfy looking sun loungers out the front and didnt fancy sleeping downstairs in the heat.

We had a grand mix of people with 9 Aussies, 2 sound Dutch lads, an English family (who were probably having second thoughts at this point!) and another English Lady who I ended up traveling with for a few weeks Toni.

The first night as always starts off with breaking the ice with a beer or two before ...

... to go white water rafting. Sarah woke up feeling a little sick, but she took some peptobismo and it went away. They boarded a minibus, and 3 hours later had still not made it to their destination. All of a sudden, the nausea took over, and Sarah began to violently vomit out of the window. The gang laughed. The taxi driver next to us was horrified, but no one else on the bus seemed to notice. We got to the breakfast spot by the river, and stopped. Sarah had a sprite, and ...

The last couple of days we have been doing absolutely nothing, our prediction of a hard life just proved to be to true. Waking up late for a leisurely breakfast, wilting the rest of the day away on the cushion in the shade before heading down to the beach in the afternoon to soak up the last of the days rays. The only thing breaking up the day for us was the best Gozleme we have tried, light and crisp, just perfect.
Olympos, Antalya, Turkey dinoshona

... be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are ...

... where ever you want to get on it is willing to stop, even if this is 5 minutes from the main station. Amazingly with all the stops it usually gets to its destination on time.
We changed buses at Antalya to a smaller bus which was crowded and seemed to forever, which then just dropped us off on the side of the road by a cafe and as all things in Turkey "things just happen." An even smaller bus came along which than drove us into the heart of the valley ...

... we spent our time in Olympos doing. Few ventured down the beach as there were spectacular storms for the duration of our stay. We snuggled down in blankets and whiled the time away. We were extremely glad that we had beds and shelter because the storms were shaking the foundations of our huts, so tents would have been scary! Nevertheless, I have grown to enjoy listening to the rain from the safe, dry inside of my ...

... were countless and intense. I lay on the deck of our boat with a beer and gazed for hours with only the faint rhythmic waves in the background. Three shooting stars darted across the sky within just a few minutes of each other.

The Turkish coast is stunning. To call it rocky would be an understatement. It is simply rock. Gray and green shrubs cover and dot the mountainsides that fall steeply into the blue water.

I couldn't get enough.

So...I didn't get off ...