Onur Antakya

... On the bus, I found my seat was already taken but I saw there were some seats at the back that were empty. So I sat at the second last row and on the back row was an elderly couple lyıng down and sleepıng. Halfway thru the journey, as I was leanıng wıth my elbows agaınst the wındow edge, thıs foot wıth a smelly sock went ınto my face. The old man behınd me had shıfted hıs legs and hıs foot ended up ...

... clack of backgammon pieces and at first you wonder why the intensity. And then you learn how to play possibly the most addictive game in the world. <br><br>8) The Food. Okay so it is not sophisticated fare, but the quality and freshness of the fruit is staggering, not to mention the size. Peaches that inspire stories about a boy called James, figs, melons and so on are truly incredible. Then there are the kebabs, so many different versions that ...

... arrýved here safely just waitýng for my 10 oclock bus whých wýll be good as I can also save on accomadatýon and sleep on the bus. So far Turkey ýs alot dýfferent then the other countrys I have been to, ýt ýs extrmely green and lush and alot more modern ýn many ways, the bus statýon ýs lýke somethýng out fo thee UK whých makes a nýce change. Anyway tommorow I wýll be ýn Cappadocýa the hýghlýght of Turkey so I am lookýng forward to ýt, untýl tommorow then!

... going and smelly with all the rain on the muck. We eventually made it down and headed back to the dirt road. A man cleaning his car pointed us in the right direction and there it was. It would have been quite an easy journey if we had found the right road in the first place. The carving is called Haron-Cehennem Kayikicisi, (the boatman of hell in mythology) dating back to 175-164 BC. There was a plague in the city and the people started to carve the relief as an ...

erstmal d&#305;e v&#305;deos...war die letzten 2 tage &#305;n pamukkale...1 tag zu v&#305;el. Heute durfte &#305;ch den ganzen tag auf den bus richtung antioch warten. Und in syrien wartet doch jemand auf mich...hoffe ich zumindest :=) aber eigtl auch ned sooo schlimm....&#305;ch habe kein sy&#305;sches v&#305;sa. Und ohne visa gehts ned nach syrien. v&#305;sas gibts nur in berlin. Bisschen weit fuer mich, also werde ich auf ...

... fiasco that followed. Marching from room to room, up and down the large Syrian immigration building we drank tea, changed money, drank tea, collected stamps, drank tea and most importantly of all, smiled sweetly at the man with the all important rubber stamp. With astonishing skill he managed to shuffle the various passports, stamps, application forms and cups of tea that covered his desk, aided by the various escorts who - on behalf ...

... Koray said hello to a couple of girls. Perhaps students.<br><br>After tea we walked back down to the center, and I was further treated to a Hatay specialty, künefe. It is a flat, white cheeze slab with a thin granulated crust, and swimming in thin honey.<br><br>Yesterday my main goal was the Hatay Archaeological Museum. I got there after the noon-time closing, so elected to walk out the 3 km to the Cave Church of St. Peter. Lonely Planet describes, "This is said to be the ...

... much they want to extend themselves. Well, I actually haven't done much couchsurfing myself through this site, as most members are young, and I apparantly don't appeal to a lot of them.<br><br>Anyway, this was one fellow who did respond. Only, I had forgotten about writing to him, so was temporarily confused as to who was calling me. When he asked me when I would be getting to Antakya I quickly figured it out. I only had time to say in about 5 hours when a guy from the bus company came upon ...

... to the side... seems a little like a scaled down Banff... anyhow... it's waaaaaay expensive here though! I hope it's not too much a sign of things to come. My hotel is 25 CAD which is about 4 times what I have paid anywhere else this trip... we'll see. Some girls stopped me on the street to talk.... apparently they see very few tourists here... most people just blast on through... so they really wanted to talk English with me ...

... was still **** so I went to a Kunefe Café, which are dotted all over Antakya. Antakya is famed for its Kunefe which is a shredded wheat and soft, mild cheese concoction, baked in the oven and served in syrup. Whilst it was a bit weird at first having cheese in a desert, it tasted really good and was well worth trying. <br> <br>The weather was now clear so I made the hike out to visit the cave-church of St Peter. Modern day Antakya is the biblical city of Antioch ...