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Bodrum
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We arrived in Kusadasi port to another hefty port tax, although we didn't need a visa to the bemusement of the aussies on the boat. We also encounted considerable lighter form of the Arab touts that we had encounted in Morocco. After gathering our bearings we straight out to Selcuk and onto Bodrum via bus.
 
Bodrum was a bit of a shock to see, as I was not expecting such a tourist mecca. It was situated in two twin wide sweeping bays that were host to heaps of tacky resteraunts and bars and the accompanying touts willing you to come in with offers of free beer. I'd like to say that I never fell into this trap, but free beers pretty hard to turn up. Beside this strip in the middle of the two bays sits the fantastic castle, St Peters. From the castle stretches the second bay that is home to the marina and hundreds of flash boats mored in the harbour.
From the harbour side the streets stretch back to some more eateries and eventually surcumb to housing.
 
The castle itself was the definite highlight, which contained the underwater archaeology museum and several shipwrecks including the oldest shipwreck ever discovered. We experienced our first real Turkish fare here including Turkish Delights, Doner Kababs and Pide a form of pizza. We also visited the Mausoleum, the monumental tomb now lying in ruins to King Mausolus which was/is one of the seven ancient wonders of world. Little remains at the site now however.
Bodrum is a bit of a stop over for middle aged tourists eager to make use of the cheap shopping. There are loads of tacky english tourists buying up the fake replica clothing, watches and shoes at the markets and shops. Although we had a pretty good time here before long it was time to move out to our next stop.
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