Wow Antalya

I set off from Seattle on September 2, 2006. Start with Seattle Skyline. Wow an exciting 30 day trip to Turkey and Greece with RickSteves Tours. Just a few more days to get ready!

... for an idea what the place looks like: Nesli and I also rented a car to explore the beautiful region around Antalya, wander up into the Taurus mountains along the coast, and explore the ancient Lycian, Pamphylian, and Cilician ruins that line ...

After a long and dangerous drive (mountains and lots of snow) we arrived in Antalya. It was already dark, so we had no clue how the surrounding looked like. We didn't see the Mediterranean sea yet... so the next morning the sun ...

... was the closest turn-off on the road, and we reached it after about 90 minutes of driving on the main road out of Antalya toward the Aegean coast. Irrespective of where we were to stay, the destination for that night would be the much anticipated visit to ...

... Maybe a smiley face on one would be nice. Grafitti hasn't made its mark here yet. So the orange sculptures are pure orange. Antalya also has an airport, which would make this area more convenient to fly into. Our first stop is Perge, about a half hour ...

... the counter and said "hi, my hotel reserved a ticket for me on the 10:15 bus to Antalya". The guy says "ah, Antalya" and prints a ticket with my name on it. Wow, talk about lucky. Out of the 20 agencies I pick the right one on my first try! So, the bus ...

... for it, Lord knows I need it! We are landing, ill write more later. 3.26.07 We made it! We were going to go to the antalya museum but we ran out of time, so instead we walked into the city & had some food, then went a& saw some remains of something. ...

Oct 6 - I stıll have no ıdea where I am lıvıng when I get to Antalya or ıf someone ıs pıckıng me up from the aırport (and no number to call to fnd out). Tıme to go to LAX. Wılly was flyıng out of ...

... next six hours. I got to the cafe and checked up on world affairs. Then I started to revise my first attempt to describe Antalya. I do have a bit of a process to these entries: Usually I write in my own paper journal, figure out what to write about, ...

... together as oıl and water) and left the hotel. I wanted to fınd the coast. After all, that was the whole reason why Antalya appeled to me. My ırratıonal fear of beıng trapped by a polıtıcal ıssue or fıre and ...

... though. My liver thanked me profusely as I left Olympos and got away from Steve's bad influence. ;) I took the bus to Antalya, which I originally considered as a stop but the city was much too big for my liking, especially after being in remote ...

... take 4, 5, or 6 compact hours almost exactly to the minute. Strange.) and we are eventually escorted to our awaiting sailboat. Wow. Really. Wow! I’ve never been on anything other than ferry boats or dive boats so THIS was exciting. Deb has been on ...

... We then watched the sunset while I listened to Jack Johnson, which I believe is the ideal beach music. Quite a day right? Ya... wow. So, I have seen belly dancing once before (thank-you Jen Pulido) and it resulted in being the most awkward date in ...

... that is only accessible by boat...it literally ÝS the movie "the beach"...hippie paradise complete with waterfalls and butterflies...wow. yesterday i began the glorious boat trip...4 days 3 nights on a gulet boat sailing the coast of turkey...meals ...

... some more, explored the ruins nearby...great time. Next we decided to take a 4 day boat cruise along the south coast of Turkey. Wow, that was definetly one of the highlights of our entire trip. We were on a boat with 10 other people..great group. We ...

... kept going on and on about how ridiculous that no one else was in the bay. "This is just...fantastic...there is no one here. Wow!" Of course, after he said that the bay filled up with other boats. We were there for over 3 hours. I got a little bored, ...

... dipped it in methylated spirits and then lit. When he was sure it was hot enough, he then dabbed my ears with the flame!! Wow, my ears felt sterilized, not to mention hot and devoid of all remaining hair. I couldn't imagine any barber in the US using any ...