Adonis Hotel Burhaniye

... went for lunch. Gettıng addıcted to Pıda ıts a turkısh style pızza a bıt lıke a folded garlıc bread wıth cheese but no garlıc ıts tasty.

We decıded to go to the beach as the weather ıs amazıng and we do have a beach all to ourselves back at the goat shed so got taxı back and chılled and swam and had some turkısh tea both me and Ian can not stop dr ...

... hıs Englısh teacher who then spoke to Ian ın really bad englısh. Ian was sayıng that he was goıng to do great as an englısh teacher as at least he can actually speak englısh lol. So we went all the way back to the taxı place and pıcked up the englısh teacher and went off down some dırt tracks out of town. We got to thıs place now how to descıbe ıt best to look at the pıcs but ıt was 4 huts on a b ...

... out the walk was a mere training exercise for what was to come the following day as we staggered seven kilometres up a mountain to see the Acropolis sounding even worse than the battered Renault 12s that asthmatically spluttered past us. Even the cab drivers at the top applauded us when we arrived and told us how impressive a climb that was.

Note to Tania, next year on my birthday can we just go to the beach please????

... from them lest their tethers break. But this one was well tethered, and behind a fence, so I could dare to get a picture. Imagine what one of these fellows would do to you. . . .



Beyond and the steepness of the acropolis hill, and the dog there was a narrow band of cultivation and a stream. I crossed both, and headed up to a crest that ran to the north away from the acropolis hill, skirting the west side of the ...

... shells around his stout waist. He may have been out hunting wild pig. Though, he had a small, maybe birdbag, across his back. And, this man's face. I've never seen anything like it. The skin was like parchment--of many colors: brown, gray, red, maybe black. Talk about weather beaten. I wish I had asked to take his picture.

But I was somewhat intimidated. While he was being told that I was an American and "my story," such as it was and they understood, he passed ...

... habe auch nicht vor eins zu kaufen und lamenti**e ihn ne vi**tel stunde ueb** die rassisstischen eintrittspreise voll. Dann schuettelt ** mir die Hand und laesst mich gehen... hehe... Dann will ich zum ehemaligem roemischen theath**... geht mitten durchs slum d** weg. Laut** kind**: "money,photo, hellomist**" ...ich komme mir vor wie in indien... Ein kind klaut mir auch direkt meine karte aus d** tasche ...

... Suleyman who also struck up an in-depth conversation with us which resulted in him leading us across town to his most recommended internul (Internet cafe). We had been warned in advance, but we were still warmed and surprised the graciousness of the average Turks. They are a very friendly and hospitable people and are eager to go out of their way to help tourists. Perhaps part of this is due to Ramadan which produces kind of a carnival atmosphere ...

The bustling market town of Bergama is most famous as the home of the Asclepion. The Asclepion is an ancient medical centre which came to the fore under Galen (AD 131-210) who set up shop as a physician to the gladiators. Apprently he became world renowned and his knowledge of nervous and circulatory systems remained the basis for Western medicine up until ...

... and the Temples of Athena and Dionysus. Now, completely soaked to the bone, we hired a car to take us down to town were we grabbed a bite to each and had some more hot tea. Gisela ran across the street to buy a warm, dry sweater and stuffed her wet one in a bag before we scooted off to the Metro Bus station for our ride back to Izmir in the rain. Back in Izmir we decided ...

Weather is pretty scorching for me now, temperatures are around 30 degrees each day but the air is thick and sticky and this makes travelling on the crowded buses a totally different and especially smelly experience! This weekend I was in a place called Saroz, near Canakkale. A small bay where Turkish people own their own summer homes with nothing but the sea in view, on ...