Thermal Delmar 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 ...

... we became. Not quite a main coast road, this road got smaller and smaller and more and more filled with potholes until it ended at a dead end along the water. Where were the motels, restaurants, and sea-side campgrounds that were advertised on the various signs I followed? There was what looked to be one private residence and that was all.

We must have stood around bewildered long enough ...

... ready to be hacked apart?

Where does the main attraction in town cost $2 to view?

Where do huge dogs roam the street and chase you on your bike?

Where do you eat olives for breakfast?

Where can you talk to anyone on the street and they will help you with directions?

Where can you buy a kilo of freshly roasted pistachios for about $10?

Where do your write down your ...

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 ...

... came from and were offered by the current tenant to come inside but my mom declined the offer. Off to the coast where we had an amazing and very filling lunch of which I truly enjoyed and then thought how sad it would be to go back home without knowing how to cook traditional foods from Greece that are so very yummy...I bought a cook book which will most likely collect dust in my kitchen as I cant cook...I leave that up to Shawn! We went through ...

... later, when I played it for a Greek gentleman, he found it so offensive that he would not translate it or further discuss it with me. So, perhaps in this regard ignorance is, if not bliss, amusement. As they say, It's all Greek to me.

Well, after a climb and day like that, I had one of the best meals in my travel experience: a baked chicken plate with a Greek salad and beer.

... the Turkish visa was still 15 euros for an American. He said he didn’t know; and with a slight smile said, “I work narcotics.” I laughed and said, “Do you want to check my bags? I only have asprin.” No.

So, the little boat was boarded, after all, in plenty of time before cast-off.

Chilly as the crossing was, I stayed out on deck. A little over half way across a fellow standing next to me (the guy sitting in the lower right of the ...

... name of Grotamar 71 and will hopefully, finally kill off all traces of the malevolent little sods. We arrived in Cesme in the late lunchtime and were called over by a marinero who helped us tie up, plug in electricity etc. Rob trotted over to the office where he was told that the charges were 31lira (£13.00) a night but after 8 nights the rest of the month was free. There are no showers and the toilets are very basic. However, as we will be staying for a while in order to visit ...

... It was a good time. AAANNNDDD, since they found out I was the one and only English speaker in the audience, I became part of the act. Was this my acting debut? Or was it the end of my 15 minutes of fame? Is this as good as it gets? But was it funny! I got a nasty blonde wig and a cute headband with evil eye hearts. They also spent time trying to find a motherly looking skirt to wear. My role was the mother of a "kid" who just got killed by another "kid ...