Blogs from Selçuk, Aegean, Turkey, Middle East - page 11

Well we managed to not only wake up on time to pack but early... wýth time to have a morning coffee (instant unfortunately) and enjoy an almost warm shower... Downside was in our relaxed departure Ez managed to leave his glasses behind (Well I assume thats where they are, as to the best of my knowledge theyre not in my bag! Very calm and uneventful hour and a ½ ferry ride... arriving in Turkey at about 10.30ish... Very excited as we saw the turkish looking landscape and structures appear ýnfront of us, only to arrive in Kusadaki to be in for a bit of a shock... We were met by a guy from the place we'd half thought about staying at - Goldern Bed Pension, to be escourted by his nephew to our room (We dont ... read more

Second blog postıng of my travels. Sorry by the way for the letter I's ın thıs blog, sınce thıs ıs a screwed up Turkısh keyboard. I believe when I left off I was still ın Istanbul. Well, I spent one more night there, having dinner with this very nice couple from France, where we spent a good chunk of the meal dıscussıng Quebec, and their strangeness. Even the French think they're overly defensıve about their language, whıch I fınd amusing. So yeah, that was Istanbul. I proceeded to take an early mornıng bus to Canakkale, which is about a 6 hour bus ride south of Istanbul. Canakkale istself is absolutely unremarkable, and is really just a hub for the two main tourist attractions ın the area, those being the Gallipoli peninsula, site of a major World ... read more

The first photo is of Hadrian's Gate in Antalya. The next four are of the ruins of Ephesus: the 25,000 seat theater, library cornice, main street with the collums leading in and the library. The next ruin is of St. John's Basillica,... read more

Selçuk to IstanbulAmanda Monaco 8th June I had my last Turkish breakfast, finished packing and even sent some stuff home. I treated myself to one last 1L kebab and hung out at the carpet shop with everyone like normal. Mehmet saw me off at the bus stop and we told the bus driver where I would be getting off to save me going all the way back to Istanbul. On the bus I dreamt that when I got off the bus an elephant took me to the airport. 9th June After the ferry crossing I was waiting for the staff to tell me where to get off but no-one was saying anything and none of the staff spoke English even though they said they could before. I start to ask questions and it all gets confusing ... read more

ok that was a bit corny but I felt the need to. So far, I've been eating a lot of vegetarian cuisine with the odd bit of beef or lamb. Turkey has some tasty drinks which I've just been introduced to including the famous apple tea which is like an apple cider but less rich, and salep - its like a white hot chocolate, traditionally turkish, made from the root of a mountain orchid. Yesterday, we took a tour to Pergamon, famous for being the second largest library in antiquity, and when the library at Alexandria was burned, Marc Anthony ransacked this one to give it to Egypt. This was also the site which Janice had based a lot of her Master's thesis on. There wasn't a lot left to the site but it had a ... read more