Villa Kokkoni Marathokampos

... We walked up to 2 kilometres in the complex and passed several temples, the treasury and a couple of amphitheatres. <br><br>Finally we ran the gauntlet of the souvenir shops at the exit to get to the bus which took us back to Kusadasi which has a population of 60,000 which swells to one million in summer. Remind us never to venture here then! There we were tempted to go to see a demonstration of silk winding and carpet weaving at a carpet shop. It's hard to cedit that a silk worm ...

... them...they must have been there before to know that. Hey i would have brought some Iams from the US!! The area is very beautiful and there were pomegranate trees, olive trees and cotton here. Apricots, hazelnuts, figs...you name it. I just could not get over all the trees everywhere. We had some fresh pomegranate juice from a street side vendor..very refreshing!! Their grand bazaar for shopping was ...

(Steve)<br> <br>Turkey was an interesting place. Friendly but quite pushy, the merchants literally stood in the street and tried to herd us into their stores, acting as if you were rude for not looking at their wares. We had pre-booked an excursion to see the ancient ruins at Ephesus that was well worth it considering the out of the way location and the commentary of our guide. Once built near a bay and an important trade route, silting turned ...

... towns in central and eastern Turkey are "closed". She used this to mean open minded, educated, modern. Very friendly people and a city with with beautiful views of the Med. It is mountainous and looks and feels a lot like Colorado. Unlike Colorado you can buy a new home on the sea for around $100,000.00. With so many ports of call, our routine usually end up at the hot tub for cocktails as we pull out of port and ends with ...

... and he had booked us somewhere on the front at a bargain price again well done Beebs.<br><br>We spent the day doing what many Greeks do nothing much, had a mooch around the shops and Ian spotted a language school so he is now printing his CV off to go and hand it into them. We went for lots of chocolate milk drinks another thing I am addicted to cold chocolate milk with crushed ice its fit and Ian love Frappe ...

Had an amazing nights sleep although Ian was snoring again but have shutters on the windows so that no light comes in got up and decided to go to the harbour and have some breakfast had bacon and eggs fresh bread, coffee and orange juice it was delicious. Then went to sunbathe on the beach for the morning Ian put sun cream on me but missed a big strip down my back so I now have one stripe of sun burn lol my first in ...

We got the early ferry from Turkey and are not in Greece our second country of our 10 countires in 10 weeks tour! We are at the moment just using the internet as we have to wait 2 hours for a bus so had a frappe and a cigarette and will be hopefully finding somewhere to sleep soon. Ian has just popped off to get us some cheese pies spanakopita yum yum. I am really excited to be in Greece although I thought Turkey was an amazing country the people could not ...

... a half pipe that they drop you off about a 90 degree drop I went on it once and did not like it and I also went on one where you have a rubber ring thing and I fell off it and slid all the way down the slide on my **** with the rubber ring on my head not fun!!!!<br><br>We went to pick up our washing that we had taken in the day before and got it all pressed and baged it smelt amazing and cost about a tenner for 2 big bags full. Then we went back to the room to ...

... and most at least look like they have a home to live in and enough food to eat. Compare that with other countries with an estimated 70 million population...Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and probably some in Africa and S. America. They have great roads and a public transport system that is cheap, reliable, safe (the bus drivers are so not kamikazes!) and clean. Their public toilets are way cleaner than Malaysia that's for sure and most countries in Asia as a ...

This morning I considered hanging out in my hotel another day (I really loved that hotel) but decided to head off to Greece. Of course, I very conveniently then left my Greek Islands guidebooks all on the bed of the hotel as I left. Dur. I've now been traveling about a month though, and when you get to this point nothing seems like a big deal anymore. I won't be spending much time in the Isles and I can look hotels up online so no biggie. By the way, that has ...