Suzer Sun Dreams Hotel & Spa Cesme

I've always been proud of how infrequently I get sick and how resilient I am to food from other cultures. Traveled China and Ethiopia with little or no difficulty. But something is in my gut now and it's not happy! Moving hurts, and anything that I attempt to put inside is rejected immediately!

For 3 days now we've been laid up in this lovely hotel, where we've been stuffed full of tea until it leaks out our ears, trying to recover. The first ...

... miniscule version out of her purse. Very helpful, but still not what we needed.

We’re experienced world travelers now. What do we need a map for?

Setting off, upon arrival at the first junction there was a looming ‘no bicycles’ sign on the entrance to the highway. And none of the other directional signs showing names of towns matched anything on our maps. Which way would ...

... and the person you're talking with takes the paper to his friend down the road for interpretation so you can continue your conversation?

Where do you smell burning coal for properly cooked tea?

Where do museums note prize artifacts with labels like: 'male statue', 'coins', and have dates of 'Roman Period'

Where do they set fire to your nostrils and ears as a part of a routine haircut and ...

Destination 396

[Ferry]

According to the fact, that I already have travelled around Eastern Europe at the beginning of this worldtrip, there was little reason - or better said, little money left - to do it again. So it was planed to take one of those many ferrys connecting almost every corner of the european coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Chios, Northeast Aegean Islands, Greece pajas

... fresh fruit and veg which was all served at breakfast. The room was nice and bright with 3 single beds and an en-suite. The downside to the room was the lack of any sound proofing which meant that the group of people in the chill-out area could be heard into the early hours and the high winds, which Alacati is famous for, howling through the night.

In town, we found a ...

... be climbed which of course was something that was not done since the women/children were not going to be enslaved. After seeing some sights that were historical (although very sad to hear the history) we traveled to the small village my mom's family originated from (my grandmother's village)...Vessa. We pulled in and it was quite a quaint lil place and I enjoyed strolling down the small walkways finding things to take photographs of. We saw the home my ...

Trying to get stuff from my Mac to an internet cafe PC! First try froze the sclerotic PC. Actually, I'll have to go back and convert the text to .pdf to transfer, I guess. Or, go on to a hotel or pension where my Mac does interface with the wireless modem, as in the present case it does not. Stay tuned.

... the charm and charisma of a rectal thermometer, pointed us back to town where he said there was a chandlery. The town could be comprehensively investigated in a couple of hours. We had 8 to spend there. By lunchtime we had seen it all. The tourist stuff is confined to the waterfront and goes back for a hundred yards or so. However if one explores further one sees that it is a real Turkish working town. Boys with trays of bread and rolls scoot about ...

... and the dreaded 'International Menu'. We can safely say that we tried them all (different types - not restaurants, there were hundreds) and found none of them wanting in flavour, hospitality or value for money. Troy. On Friday at 08.30 we arrived at Hassle Free Tours for our trip to Troy. After piling onto the minibus with a gaggle of Australians of all ages we set off. By the time we got half way to Troy we realised that we were amongst a bunch of like-minded, adventurous and ...

... very international, too. They've done a German song, Turkish, this Irishy/Scottishy song, and some other stuff you could totally roller skate to. But we have taken a turn for the worst (no not that bad)...we are done for the night. It's only 9:25pm (1:30pm in Chi Town) and we are zonked out! It's time to sleep and continue to discover what's going on around here. Peace out! Until tomorrow.