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In Fethiye I looked at a couple of pensiyons and settled on Monica's Place (Ferah's). One of the best places I've stayed in so far - very friendly and great people. The dorm on the top floor has an amazing view over the harbour. On my first day in Fethiye I decided to walk through the abandoned Ottoman Christian village of Kayakoy to Oludeniz. Supposedly this village was Louis de Bernieres' inspiration for 'Birds Without Wings.' It was a pretty eerie place, with thousands of abandoned buildings. I must say, however, that I think that the Romans made much better job of building houses than the Christians. Most of the rooves had gone and the walls were falling down. Hardly anyone was wandering round - just a couple of kids kicking a ball up one of ... read more

Intro I thought I'd better say a few things about Turkey before I give a blow by blow account as I'm starting to get a feel for the place. I'm acutely aware that my very few blog entries so far have been quite dry, lacking the amusing anecdotes that make a good and readable story. I see little reason to change, however, because I'd first like to tell you where I've been. After that (or even before) I will be thoroughly sick of this keyboard and retire to bed. Turkey has always been, of course, the country where East Meets West. The bus system is fantastic - you can turn up at any town's Otogar (bus station) and, more than likely, there will be a bus just about to leave for where you want to go. ... read more

This is only the briefest of outlines, I hope to have some time soon to update this. At the moment it's a bit of a rush to get packed to go off to Turkey while I'm not trying and failing to pull dead lambs out of sheep or trying to save the life of a snotty calf without a mother. Happy Easter, by the way. There weren't any direct buses at the time I wanted from Larache to Meknes, so I thought I'd go to Rabat, see a couple of museums and get onto a bus in time to find somewhere to stay in Meknes. Safe plan, but the bus station was out of town so I didn't get to see any of Rabat and the bus from Rabat to Meknes was quite an experience. One ... read more

Introduction Due to frustration with the American Embassy, i booked flights on Tuesday and flew to Seville on Thursday to spend a couple of days with my cousin Sophie before heading over to Morocco for 10 days. It was really nice to be able to just sticks and leave without any firm plans. I didn't take many pictures in Seville, partly because it preys on my pride to lower myself to the level of the fat American happy snapping tourists. I suppose that the other excuse I have is that I was enjoying wandering around so much that I didn't want to have to worry about what make a good photo, stopping, snapping and disturbing the easy flow of life in Southern Spain. Enough... Getting there I flew from Stansted and arrived in Seville a bit ... read more