Blogs from Fethiye, Aegean, Turkey, Middle East - page 4

Would you be surprised to know I sat patiently by the side of the road? My bus driver doesn’t speak English or doesn’t speak in general, so therefore I have no idea what the problem is exactly. As usual I will sit and wait and daydream. Yesterday was a very tough day. I was extremely burnt out by the end of the day. I can’t really fully describe my feelings – but upset, scared and pissed will probably do best. I wake up in the morning to find Antonio sleeping on the couch in the lounge area in Fethiye. I tried being super quiet and he woke up and seems bothered by the fact he had to sleep there. He said you are the ‘no’ girl… no to my invite on the boat for tea (which ... read more

Hello good people! It's been a pretty crazy week since I left Istanbul. I'll try to summarize the highlights as best I can. Our tour left Istanbul for the Gallipoli peninsula. We visited ANZAC cove, the site of the infamous WWI battle. The allied troops landed by mistake at night and encountered stiff resistance from the Turks, led by officer Mustafa Kemal, who, after defeating the allies, would be promoted to general, and then become the famous Ataturk, founder of the Turkey Republic. I was surprised by how small the cove actually was. I pictured thousands of troops crowding each other with their heavy, wet bags. We visited the Australian and New Zealand memorials, as well as the Turkish memorial. It's easy to forget that the Turkish people visit this site too, and revere it just ... read more

I needed to head back to Fethiye in order to make my way from Turkey to the island of Rhodes (Greece) via a hydrofoil. In a flash of poor planning, I failed to look at the ferry schedule and arrived on a Thursday, with the next ferry departing the next Tuesday. Sooo, with very little reluctance, I checked back into the V-Go hostel, complete with bar, pool and a very fun and friendly staff contingent to spend the next 5 days. My first order of business was to set up another chance at doing my paragliding, but the weather wasn't going to be good for a day or two, so I decided instead that I hadn't had enough boat time and hopped on a boat to cruise around the Fethiye bay to do a little swimming ... read more

Türkiye Farewell Greece, hello Turkey! Again, we find ourselves on a boat, this time from Rhodes to Fethiye, Turkey... However this time the ride was not so smooth, as a result the trip was much longer than it should have been and quite rough, there were quite a few people not looking too good! Fethiye is a pretty seaside town which is very seasoned to tourists, it even has it's own Gran Bazaar. Unfortunately we saw a little more of Fethiye than was planned due to our first holiday hiccup, the boat we were booked on the next day was not going until the following day so we found ourselves doing the journey on road in a tiny little hire car, nicknamed 'the beast', following 'Silverman' on his vespa! (see photos...) We now find ourselves in ... read more

There is so much to see in Turkey we are still here. We are currently spending the night camping on the coast of the Dead Sea/Blue Lagoon. We have rounded the most Southern tip of Turkey and are headed along the Western Coast towards Greece. We spent last night and most of today in Kekova/Simena. We found this Jewel of a spot and did not want to leave. You can only get to this spot by boat or park and hike in. We hiked over a big hill, through a Castle, and down hundreds of step to find this little village. Due to an earthquake, 100s of years ago , the entire peninsula was covered with water and the city was washed into the sea. We took a boat ride from a little local man and ... read more