Ridos Thermal Hotel & Spa Rize

my 2nd overnight bus ride...we arrived early in the morning...the korean opted for the cheap place that im sure was a brothel...i spent the extra 10 lira...when i dragged myself out the hotel i went for a walk...this small comunity type place, just on the outskirts of the city. They were clearly puzzled by my presence...nevertheless i kept on taking pictures, and ended up meeting this wonderful family who took me in, fed me, gave me tea, chai. we ...

... Tortumi kosk, very impressive. Sőidan paar kilomeetrit mööda rada, kuniks taipan järgi kontrollida, et asi peab asuma 700 m teest. Nojah, ennist kahtlust äratanud kruusakarjääri moodi koht ongi. Veega on oktoobris paraku kehvasti, pisut niriseb värvilist kaljut mööda. Autoni tagasi jőudes saan koseni juhatada paari türklasi. Näedsa siis, isegi kohalik sőidab ninaga vastu vett, enne kui aru saab, kus on őige koht.
Viimaseks kavas olev ...

... reformátora). Turkům asi nepřipadá směšná taneční show, kde mají mladí kluci před obličejem přichycené foto Atatürkova obličeje gumičkou. Nám připadá a velmi. Ovšem zároveň jsme zírali, že na hudebním kanále mohla jet jakási parodie na uctívání zakladatele moderního Turecka. Parta mladých zpěváků jak ze Superstar tam zpívala (asi ...

... H**gin enn*st ühe dziibi s*pp* j* teen k**s* kőik tem* m*nöövrid. Aru ei s**, mis toimub j* kus tee on. Ilge tolm j* k*hes-kolmes re*s sőitmine. Tee pe*ks tegelt olem* üsn* kits*s, ühel pool k*lju, teisel pool jőgi. Tüki *j* pär*st on *g* v*st*ssuun*s s*b*, mis s*muti liikum*pääsemist oot*b. Selge, see oli muutsuun*line liiklus.
Yusufelis küsin teed mehelt, kes mind om* hotelli juh*t*b. Pood-hotell ühes, väg* sp*rt*lik. V*nnito* sein*s on *uk, mille k*udu on ...

... 382;ili dostat do svého vozidla a za 12 dolarů (neměli jsme liry a směnárna nikde) nás odvézt 19km do Hopy. Vychcánek se vyklubal i z místního, který chtěl jet s námi v taxíku a domluvil cenu 10 dolarů za nás tři. Když jsem se ale snažil dopídit (v naivní víře že to bude fér) jak bude on za sebe platit donekonečna periodickou cenu 10/3, vyšlo najevo že on by neplatil nic, a tak slevil na to, že ...

... is, perhaps when a butterfly flaps its wings on the other side of the planet, in some mysterious way, it could indeed have an impact where you are. Something to think about…or maybe it’s time to go to the fridge, grab a brewsky, pick up some darts, and chuck them at a picture of David Suzuki which you have just taped to the wall.

Anyway…

To get to Shangri-la you climb steeply up a well-maintained and winding dirt road from a nearly new and ...

... the plains. At one stage the Armenian boarder was across a river and lookout posts from both countries are obvious on strategic high points. We were also stopped at frequent intervals on route by Turkish military. We arrive at our Kars hotel an improvement on Dogubeyazit. We have lunch and head of to nearby Ani. Ani became the Armenian capital in 961 also known as the city of one thousand churches. Sacked by the Turks in 1064, recovers and is razed ...

... the way to India and have a massive ZZ Top thing going on but I just couldn't do it anymore. Food was getting stuck in it, soup was dribbling down into it and it sometimes stank. I have no idea how people have beards for extended periods of time, they truly are one messy mother of mass. Arriving into Trabzon after our longest overnighter bus trip so far we made our way to our hotel. Unfortunately we couldn't ...

... Swedes were unperturbed. When we reached the main alpine lake just below the summit - surprised to meet a large group of Israeli tourists amid all this remoteness and fog - Olof stripped down to his Scandinavian skivvies and leaped into the water. Among the small crowd I was baffled to run into a girl I'd met some days before at my hostel in Göreme, at least 600 kilometres away. Even up ...

... motion sickness vomiting occurs in the bus. On this journey on no less than five occasions, was a small plastic bag brimming with last night's dinner tossed from the back door by the Bus Attendant. Various passengers weren't well. The Driver will never slow down or stop while this is going on, hence the poor person has to put up with the rocking of the bus while aiming for a tiny plastic bag, and then the Bus Attendent has to delicately hold the bag without ...