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April 12th 2006
After spending 1/2 day in Pamukkale, we booked for our ride to Selchuk on a private van. Selchuk is only about 3 hours away from Pamukkale. But because we did a long detour via Aydin (supposed to pick someone up but that someone didnt show up) and Kusadasi (dropped most of the people in the van off), it took us about 4 hours to get there. Stayed in a guesthouse called Dreams, which was a 4-storey building painted baby pink and purple, with synthetic turf covering the front patio and bushes upon bushes of artificial plants that might even harbour malarial mosquitoes (if they exist in this part of the world). I know the guesthouse looks and sounds totally wrong, a good reason to stay there was the free shuttle to Ephesus, plus it's just next ... read more
March 7th 2006
Caught the overnight bus to Selcuk which was meant to arrive at 7am but instead arrived at 4am! Managed to find a hostel with someone awake, which was lucky. In the afternoon I looked around a huge ruined basillica on the hill above Selcuk. An Aussie guy Ryan, found this random guy who took us on a tour of the castle - which was not open because it was being restored. Was a bit dodgy and he tried to sell us fake ancient coins - which are actually modern coins they have feed to cows and sheep to make look old. I didn't manage to see Ephesus, but will try to go back via Selcuk and see it then. The next day four of us rented two scooters and we went to the second largest beach ... read more
October 19th 2005
Hello Friends Lloyd and I left İstanbul Early Wednesday morning to Gallipolli. A battle ground where Australia and New Zealand fought the Turks in WWI. It was a touching story of how the Australians and the Turks realized they were equals and became friends and stopped fıghting after 250.000 people died...WOW We then headed to Troy for an hour and took a tour of the town. Nıne dıfferent Troys exısted wıthın a 3000 year tıme span. Thıs is supposedly the site of where the famous battle took place. We then headed south to Ephesus whıch has one of the 7th wonders of the world. Unfortunately it isnt there anymore. But None the less it was stıll cool to llok at the rocks and what not. Mother Marry Supposedly spent her last years in Ephesus as well ... read more
August 25th 2005
While waiting for the Iranian visa, I visited the small town of Selcuk in west Turkey. It is better known for its nearest archeological sight, Ephesus. I visited Ephesus for one day, but I also experienced Selcuk itself to be a nice place. In Selcuk I also had the possibility to upload some pictures from all the recent places I have been. I will also try to extend the correspondıng blogs a bit. But first about Selcuk. It is about a 10h busride away from Istanbul. It's not situated directly at the coast but some kilometers from the sea between many hills. The hills are partly covered by pine forest, especially at the coast and around Selcuk the lowlands have many peach and tomato plantations. Ephesus is about 2.5 km away from Selcuk, and you can ... read more
August 18th 2005
I left Çanakkale almost immediately from my superb tour of Gallipoli and found myself sitting next to the minibus driver in the front center seat. No legroom and the glare of super strong beams from oncoming cars, for the next 6 hours. Yay. Sitting on the other side of me was a Aussie guy who also had a iPod. I know it is hard to believe, but he had a even worse music collection than me. I thought being a aussie meant he would have some strange Australian rock and some grunge. His first track he put on was Hanson's "Mmm Bop". I had my iPod on until the battery ran out. After that I put my shades on and tried to sleep to Selçuk for the last 2 hours or so. I kept getting woken ... read more
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July 12th 2005
No pıcs today as we are ın a small cafe ın selçuk. It ıs very hot, laura ıs havıng trouble keepıng her head on as the heat ıs really overwhelmıng. The food we are eatıng ıs amazıng. Pıde lıke a pızza ıs our fav. Tonıght we came back from a small Greek vıllage up ınthe hılls from selçuk where wıne ıs made - very beautıful. We came back from pumukkale today after vısıtıng Aphrodısıasi, thıs spot almost makes one wısh they lıved back then as an ımportant person ın the communıty. Tomorrow we are vısıtıng the world famous Ephesus. We hope ıt ıs even more ımpressıve than today. We wıll also vısıt the house where Vırgın Mary purportedly spent her last years prıor to her death - thıs ıs a pılgramıge sıte for many devout Catholıcs ... read more
June 3rd 2005
After hierapolis and Pamukkale we departed towards selcuk and visited the small town of serince, which used to be a greek village before the migration in 1923. ... read more
