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Intrepidness
This was "into the unknown" time for me. All I really thought of Turkey up to this point were water pipes, spice markets, mosques, and an unusual smell perhaps. All true, but much much more. Thank God! I arrived in Istanbul at 7 pm on Nov.12. Thank The Lord (again) that my travel agent told me to get my visitors visa before I entered the passport control line up! That would have been an hour wasted. Afterwards, I got my Turkish currency, the lira, and ...
Turquoise Coast
... displayed in museums but left on the sidewalks and the middle of the streets. The town was built around these tombs which were robbed centuries ago. Lycian history is complicated but they are roughly classified with "neo-Hittites" who were semi-independent most of the time. They figure in Egyptian records and the writings of Herodotus.
Modern visitors can view or visit the Tomb of Amyntos looming behind the town, an Ionic temple dating back to 350 ...
Kas-hing in
... submerged ruins of Kekova, a Lycian town. The location and kayaking themselves were great, ruins or not. We also had to wade to our lunch restaurant!
We wanted to spend a day on the Lycian Way, a 500km walking route from Fethiye to Antalya.
It took us a while to find the path. And once we found it, we lost it later after the lure ...
Fethiye
On our 70 foot Gulut! We are in boat day #2 and it has been fantastic. This Agean coast is called the Turquoise Coast, the water really is that color. We are with 14 others, nice group. This is the largest teak yacht I have been on and it is really ...
Healthy, and Helping, Hands
... about where we will need to be along a major trip like yours, and then we get there and realize that life has other plans.” “But how will the turtle flip back over?” I asked. At one point, my only logical conclusion was that he would probably just die there. “Let me put it this way” said Grace, “There is a very important difference between being homesick, and being ready to go home. So what are you really feeling?” I contemplated this ...