Sima Peace Pension Cirali

... booze stash but the guy wanted 500 euro for it. anyhow, the weather was great, we did some swimming, hanging out and a lot of just lazing about and doing nothing on the deck. we also were able to sleep outside on the deck underneath the stars (which sounded better than it was, because it got windy at night sometimes). one night we went to this boat access only beach bar where the only ...

... and jumping into the waters below!

With a group that proceeds with average speed you will reach the big waterfall at the end of the canyon within 3 hours time. The way back is fun too… You simply slide your way down the smooth rocks and drop off into water pools. But the biggest excitement is jumping off the 5 meter high waterfall. You have the choice of jumping down or using the ladder. After a short therapy session most people decide to jump and you should see ...

... archaeological site is protected, so only looking!). Simena, is a traditional Turkish fishing village with no car access and a Byzantine/Ottoman castle. In Gokkaya Bay watersports are available. Dinner, relax in this pirates haven or party the night away at the Smugglers Inn.

Day 4
After breakfast we have a look at the Pirates Cave before cruising to Andriace harbour for lunch. Then we transfer to the archaeological site of Myra, and to Demre for the St ...

... My genes have cursed me with a patchy and erratic scraggle (especially below the jaw line) leaving me with sections of a length where I will need more then a normal razor to trim it back before any serious maintenance can be done.

In my head I always imagine it changes the way people percieve me (I have always tried to be aware of my first impressions, perhaps a habit from my childhood), and I ...

... and delirious with sleep I finally dragged myself back to my bed, rolled with the waves and hoped for the best. Seems our captain thought it would be best to get the only rough bit of the journey out of the way on the first night but he might have said at least!
The next four days floated by beautifully with our days being taken up with having lovely meals served up family style with us all around the big table, lounging around for a few hours before ...

... path of yoga.
I wrote about food. About my love of cooking, eating and appreciating good food. About fruit and vegetable markets and trying out new foods.
About attempting new things and daring to try different adventures. About traveling and meeting new people.
I wrote about being creative and about designing. About flowers and gardening. About sunrises and sunsets. About meditation. And about getting high on life.


After more than a year of ...

... torch was lit. Nice story if it's true. Around the corner at the right hand end of the beach is the ancient site of Olympos and further up the river the village of Olympos. To call it a village is a stretch as what we really have is a series of temporary structures lightly built to service the backpacker trade. Still it looks like a fun ...

... These masks sucked onto your face like a squid. It was amazing. We positioned our snorkels and started swimming - at least I thought we all had started swimming. It wasn't until a few minutes later I realized that Mr. Incredible was still standing in the surf. I swam back over - he was fidgeting with his mask. I coaxed him a bit more and finally he put his face into the water. The wet suits were made of neoprene and they were exceptionally ...

... so it was easy to take this in stride - as the Turks appear to do. We had a good breakfast (I'm into cold cereal since I don't like eggs....), then it was off to explore the ancient city of Olympos. We took the car - but we didn't get far. There had been a thunder storm during the night which caused the river that separates Olympos from Cirali to overflow its banks. We parked the car, took off our shoes and socks, rolled up our pant legs ...

... around us... It was food, food and more food - a few of us got the meat dish and it contained chops, lamb and chicken skewers and meatballs... huge salad all for 15 euro... great deal! After we laid down and let our food settle we checked out the other animals that were in the place then hopped on the bus for the short drive to Cirali. Our hotel was pretty basic but we did not mind at all -- the ...