Hotel Vigla Lésbos
Vigla Lésbos, Northeast Aegean Islands, Greece
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Are we there yet?
... of Pergamon to be explored today. Enjoyed a lovely dinner with the 10 members of our group, a nice way to met everyone at the same time! Dinner was superb and now I am ready for a good sleep. Stay tuned for my update on our first excursion of the tour!
I awoke at 3:30am to the sound of a loud engine and rubber squeaking like a boat pulling alongside. To my sleep deprived and already overly imaginative mind it was clear that we were ...
Day 240 - Sunset in Dikili
... while Eli protected his Baltic skin intent on recording our adventures in this here blog.
Eli went for a dip in the very salty tasting and therefore expectantly buoyant waters of the Aegean Sea. He has minimized to 1 pair of shorts for this 2 week sojourn into south and central turkey. These could serve as a swim suit but instead he opted for his ‘euro’ swimsuit which is actually sports underwear. He ...
Day 239 - The Ancient City
... The influence of this legendary narrative has permeated the cultural and literary lore of the Greek, Roman, Byzantine and European empires from whence all of 'western civilization' has evolved.
We knew the gist of the story and the history after having read up on it (somewhat) and self-guided our way around the site. The ruins are still being excavated after being (re)discovered in the late 19th century and are not in and of ...
Day 7 - Turkish valleys and snow capped mountains
Left the beautiful harbour city of Alanya this morning. Great place to visit, two days before the tourist season begins.
We decided to head into the interior to avoid the curvy mountainous roads and discovered an incredible drive with snow capped mountains, wide valleys and salt lakes.
The Turkish people are always friendly ...
Only open closed camp site
... hates this game) we decided to count the number of different brands selling fuel. At the end of the day we counted 24 different brands… now we cannot understand this predominantly because fuel is so expensive and there does not seem enough cars on the road to justify the outlet numbers.
We did stop to fill up Shorty, put in $200 TL and got 64 ltrs, **** deal, the chap felt sorry for us as we were gazing at the snow capped mountains he offered us ...


