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... Turkey

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... Greece
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Rhodes ...

... Rhodes. The island of Rhodes (Rhodes city is on the northernmost tip) is at the crossroads between Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and because of its position in major sea routes, is rich in history. It has four harbours! - and has been inhabited since 4000BC.

The taxi driver told me that most of the tourist places on the island were closed from the end of the September till next May, and indeed they were - he pointed out all the buildings in ...

... stagnant water/mud... There was a heated pool to the side and people were 'quite literally' being hosed down before they were allowed to get in (various pool attendants took turns at holding the hose!!)...
When I returned the boat, we had been joined by an organised tour and a lunch of chicken curry (that famous Turkish cuisine!!) was served, whilst we sailed around we passed a couple of ...

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.

Another beautiful day. Sunny 78 degrees on the island of Rhodes. We travel to Lindos half way down the island. To see the Acropolis were Paul spoke to the Greeks. A long climb to the top with a view to forever. Just outstanding. Back to the boat early to catch some sun by the pool.

I am going to upload a couple of pics from yesterday on Myconos to give you an idea of the beauty here.

Davo and Janet

... recommened a place from a local, which turned out to be ok. Honestly, we've had better Mousakka in San Francisco, but the Greek Salad is pretty amazing. Who knew Cucumbers, tomatos, feta and olive oil could taste so good? We've tried to make our own using exactly the same ingredients, but somehow they manage to do it better.
Now we're off to the one-and-only Santorini!

... our day over it was time to catch our ferry to Athens. On our budget we chose the cheapest ticket available. Which means "Deck." But unfortunately for us what we didn't realise was that this means it is the only place on board were you can smoke. So the rest of the night with the lights on and us trying to get a nights sleep on our hard plastic benches, we breathed in the refreshing air of smoke. Shona has now got a smokers cough.

This is going to be a tough couple of days.

... to lug there heavy backpacks around in the hot sun we got a transfer direct to our Pensýon with a swimming pool. We didn't relax long and were soon making a long walk up to some ancient tombs in the cliffs above the city. After totally exhausting ourselves we have come to the air conditioned Internet Cafe. The heat is beginning to take its toll and we are looking forward to things cooling down. We are in Fethiye for two nights and then start moving up the west coast.

... occupation of Rhodes was a dark period, as it was for the whole of Greece...... the Turks never managed to make much capital of their occupation and the Greeks still managed to flourish".

Actually, reading this guidebook makes for some good entertainment. The first sentence starts somewhat pompously "Rhodes is the meeting point for Europe, Africa and Asia". That's funny, I thought, I'd only seen European whites in the streets. In fact the only black people I have seen in ...