Orontes Hotel Antakya
Istiklal Cad. 58 Antakya, Hatay, Turkey
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Antakya - Syrısche Grenze - Antakya
... cht. Dıe Grenze ıst mıt Stacheldraht und S-Draht abgerıegelt. Auf der tuerkıschen Seıte stehen vıele Wachtuerme. Kurz vor dem Grenzuebergang hat dıe Tuerkeı eın Fluechtlıngslager eıngerıchtet. Es ıst noch nıcht belegt. Dann kommen dıe ersten LKW. Dıe scheınen schon etwas laenger zu stehen, denn dıe ...
Ruhetag
... n. Heute ıst hıer eın kleıner Fıschereıhafen und eın kleınes Dorf. Nach der schweısstreıbenden Besıchtıgung genıesse ıch eın Bad ım Mıttelmeer. Bevor ıch mıt dem Mınıbus wıeder zurueckfahre, wırd ın eınem der vıelen Fıschrestaurants eın schoenes Fıschgerıcht verzehrt.
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The kebab trail - Antalya to Antakia
... made up for my broken Turkish when I gestured "HOW - COULD - YOU - BE - SO - STUPID - AS - TO - NOT - TELL - ME - THE - BUS - DEPARTS - FROM - THERE!!!!" He flinched at every gesture and probably thought I was going to hit him and then pointed at the clock to indicate that the next bus departs in half an hour. Ah! Now he can use hand gestures! Instead of just accepting the fact that there was a major communication breakdown and just getting on the next bus, I ...
We're on the road again
... light). Astonishingly, there was a campsite in Iskenderun (it didn't seem especially touristy), it was open (winter! all turkish people seem to think it is too cold to camp, but the fact we got an ice-cream that day disproves this for us) and it was free. From Iskenderun, we had 10 miles of climbing, then 10 miles of descent through thick cloud. And although we got rained on, and my knees feel like ...
The craziest couple of days so far...yıke
... I was standing there while the message passed through two ppl got to me and was passed back!! It was quite funny! Anyway our driver friend had some duty free business he had to do and wanted us to wait in the cafeteria for an hour while he did it. I must have looked a bit concerned so he gave me his passport as a guarantee that he would return-good thinking! So we waited, got through the next border into Syria which was fine but ...


