Hotel Elbis Balikesir

Narly Alty Mevkii Altynoluk Balikesir, Balikesir, Turkey

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Beach day.

A travel blog entry by i_could_walk

... the same approach. Then as a bolt from the blue... I was looking for the boat times and realised that the dock is are only listed as Marmara Island. Which is 20 km long and has four towns. Two are unlikely but the map suggests one town while logic suggests another. Looks like a tour of this mountainous island is in prospect. Gah why are things so difficult. Anyway I decide to go with Marmara. The rest of the day is spent faffing around. ...

A unusual port and interesting day.

A travel blog entry by i_could_walk

... then read some Zen/Pirsig then walked back and went for a dip. Only to retreat rapidly when the first jelly fish appeared. Sadly the experience also had a faint whiff of sewage and the beach has lots of litter. Which the Turks ignored. I noticed a piece of plastic which looked like the cover of a folding razor. On opening it turned out to be a folding comb covered in a sticky oil. Nice. Soon it was time to head back to Tekirdag. Thence to the ferry which was almost loaded ...

Feeling weird again...

A travel blog entry by i_could_walk

Basically just knackered but not sleepy. Maybe my system isn't used to the different food yet. So puzzled over the ferry services but got a departure time out of tourist information and a boat name. Then I did a a bit more research on the net and considered going to the next Island to Marmara as there's more accommodation and its more holiday orientated. However actual information is rather scarce;maybe I wasn't using the right words but ...

Turkey - Part 2

A travel blog entry by jonnyandliz

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... random questions for us. Although he couldn't explain why there was a headless snake lying on a rock... One of our scheduled stops was a carpet factory, partly informative, part sales pitch. We were shown how they remove silk from silk worms' cocoons, how the dyes are made from natural products and how the women weave the carpet. The owner gave us all homemade wine to butter us up before showing us fifty odd carpets. Suddenly, 15 ...

Travertine trysts

A travel blog entry by stevecori

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... waters, careful not to stub toes on protruding rocks. Once we reach the deep end of the pool, we take the plunge and sit in the silty, pungent water. A thick layer of sediment covers the bottom of the pool, and we quickly conclude it possesses just the right properties for a mud facial, or a stand-in for sunscreen, or both. We smear the liquefied mud on our faces and shoulders, adding additional touches as need be before we let the mixture dry. Our homemade masks ...

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