Sunshine Holiday Resort Fethiye

... wandering through the markets and got caught in a massive down pour - we sought refuge in the spice market (not quite sure I could of tolerated the smell of the fish market for that long) and we stayed for tea with one of the shop owners and ended up having lemon and sugar pancakes while we waited for the rain to stop (pancakes with lemon pulp, not juice!! yum!)... The shop owner was running around with a broom pushing the ...

... refa&#305;re (pour Jean en tout cas!!!). <br><br>Yes, as crazy as &#305;t sounds we d&#305;d paraglyde from 7,000 feet &#305;n the mounta&#305;n. It's s&#305;mple... espec&#305;ally for Jean who fears he&#305;ghts... we are attached to a b&#305;g parachute w&#305;th a gu&#305;de beh&#305;nd us... we run on top of the mounta&#305;n unt&#305;l you h&#305;t the ...

The stranger in the Istanbul Metro station (along with everyone else who told us this) was wrong. The first day we arrived in "beautiful, sunny" Fethiye, they had the biggest storm they had seen in years. We had plans for a boat trip, or hiking to Butterfly Valley, but with the rain, those were out of the question. So instead we went to Oludeniz, a blue lagoon that we were also told it needed to be sunny in order to ...

... then, we had to do 2 steps &#305;n one day because we could not f&#305;nd a place to stay. Ouch! we cl&#305;mbed. and cl&#305;mbed, and cl&#305;mbed... The v&#305;ew was out of th&#305;s world. Then we went down to the Kabak beach for 1 hour and ,,, cl&#305;mbed aga&#305;n pray&#305;ng that there would be a place to stay! And, at 7;00 pm there was one,,, a small wood cab&#305;n w&#305;th 2 mattresses and, oh yes, a l ...

... on Monday, so we booked it (&#8364;55 each one way). We spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around Fethiye's fish and vegetable markets.<br><br>With an extra day in hand we got up early to see Butterfly Valley, an ex hippie community in the mountains along the coast. We took a Dolmuse to the top of the valley before getting lost and after an hour asking for directions. We hiked and we mean hiked to the bottom of that valley. Don't even ...

We had our last breakfast with Katie and Sam before saying our goodbyes. It is a shame we have to part ways so quickly it had been a really good time. <br>We hoped on our bus and awaited departure, after a couple of minutes had passed we started to wonder who was holding the bus up. Apparently this was Katie and Sam's bus as well we all thought they were getting picked up for their cruise but no they head to get to the top of the hill first. <br>Glad to get a bit more time together we ...

... drier. The kitchens are usually open plan and many have a kitchen bar to eat at with a dining room area just off it. Some will have a double garage attached to them and you can usually access the house from the garage. In some cases the owners will have converted the garage into a games room and you may find such things there as a pool table and table tennis table Most downstairs living areas in holiday villas are open plan. You will ...

... about a dozen wooden bungalows. They were tiny. Not much bigger than the tents I saw on the beach. A mild storm could eaily blow these bungalows apart. Regardless, I thought they were great. These were the islands "5 star" accomodations (for only 35 liras a night including breakfast and supper - what a deal!). I started a conversation with a young Turkish guy as I wanted to know more about the island. He gave me some details. He siad the few tourists that came here ...

... translates to "dead sea", presumably because of the stillness of the water, but I am pretty certain that there are deeper mythological reasons for the name. I could probably come up with some mythological voyagers entering the inlet, and the crew being slain by a monster hiding under the nearby islands···. However, the place is beautiful, and despite what the guidebooks have to say about the profusion of hotels, remains ...