Prens Hotel
Travel Blogs from Gumbet
Week One Blog
... off on his trip to the UK.
We took the opportunity to go on to the large shopping centre in Izmir
that has an IKEA as well as a large Tesco’s so that we could top up the freezer
with IKEA meatballs, although our main job was looking for a new duvet for our
bed.
With the weather being sunny and rainy all week bird watching has been a bit
more of a problem and we only managed to get out to our favourite areas a
couple of times. ...
Jewels of Turkey
... are very friendly and family orientated and I was surprised at how open they were with us. Loved it so much I have decided to save every penny for next year. Keeping an eye on the deals. Arranged through Travel Monster family holiday last year and will maybe try a different location in Turkey through the same company. Keep you ...
The Datca is good!
... would not be anything like the other ferry experience we had from Crete to Santorini. We actually found the port for the ferry in 15 minutes which gave us enough time to grab some water and sit down before our 2 hour ferry trip. And hooray we were off, no puking, no big waves, simply just a nice ride over to Datca.
"If you make it all the way to the Datça Peninsula, you may never want to leave" was a statement we had read, and its ...
Party on Wayne!
... still refreshing but you could stay in it for as long as you wanted. The sun was shining , the music was pumping, the beers were tasting good and everyone was having a good time. Life is good in Turkey! After lunch everyone on the boat had a quick siesta before arriving to our next swim stop. We saw alot of fish that were vibrant in color, bright blue, and yellow. When we arrived back to ...
Yes Please
TURKEY DAY TWO
In the middle of the night ( later we found out 5:00AM) we were awoken by the "calling of the prayer" which is when they go to the mosque and do their prayer over load speakers. There are multiples places in the town of Selcuk where this happens, and it scared the SH** out of us. They pray 5 times , everyday except Sunday . We found out it that its when the sun comes up, mid day , mid afternoon, mid ...