Well, ive made it to turkey. the journey was long, confusing, exausting, and abit pricey, but so far its looking like it was worth it. We left ios tuesday at 10am. we were already down one brit buddy who had to return home early. So the four of us, me,sandy,cotton, and dan, struck out for the island of syrios. after a 6 hour ferry ride we sat in the port of syrios, waiting for our next ferry at 1:40 in the morning, to samos. We set up our gypsy camp of bags and two of us stayed put while the other [View Full Entry]

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Eindelijk zitten we dan in ons eigen huisje!!! Foto's volgen nog. Met internet. Wat nogal wat voeten in de aarde heeft gehad. Maar goed heb van Erik-Jan en bernice (ex collega's) begrepen dat ik me niet zo druk moest maken. Ik heb met pijn in mijn hart afscheid moeten nemen van de Imam. Toch 3 weken 5x per dag naar moeten luisteren en ben heel veel wijzer geworden hier in het oosten. Ook ga ik een programmavoorstel indienen hier bij de TRT een soort Idols voor Imams. Er zit toch verschil in de Imam hier in Bitez is rustig vergeleken bij [View Full Entry]

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Pamukkale is a three-hour drive from Selcuk, the majority of which I sleep right through. I’m not actually sure if the little town with nothing to do at the bottom of the mountains is Pamakkule, or if the actual attraction is called Pamakkule, but honestly I can’t be bothered right now. I start the walk up towards the calcium pools with a stroll (or sweaty hike in the blazing sun) through Heiropolis and its necropolis. OK the ruins are not impressive after what I saw yesterday at Ephesus, but the scenery was nice. Very Little House on the Prairie, except well [View Full Entry]

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Which of the following would you rather be: King, Prime Minister, Prince, President, Emperor, Chief, Pharaoh, or Sultan? ‘King’ would be cool, but don’t you think a little overplayed? And too many people have the tainted and failed the crown already. ‘Primer Minister’, that just sounds toolish. Poor Monaco, ‘Prince’ is a total rip-off. ‘President’ could be fun but it seems a bit too business-like, no? ‘Chief’ reminds me of fat policemen and I think endless donuts would lead to diabetes. ‘Pharaoh’ comes in close I rec [View Full Entry]

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I can't say I was wildly excited about going to Fethiye before I got there... it was supposed to be just a place to crash for the night before I flew back to England. But it was brilliant! Ended up having an awesome couple of days there. We got in about lunchtime, and after four days on the boat basically wearing the same clothes and not showering an awful lot (ok, you got me, I didn't shower at all. i know, i'm gross, and the fact that i was swimming all the time is no excuse) I was filthy, and probably [View Full Entry]

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After four days of not moving very fast in Olympos, suddenly I was thrown into the fast-paced mania that is sailing in Turkey. Your heart will bleed when you hear of the stress involved... I had to walk across the road get on a mini bus to Demre. Then get off the minibus and walk at least 10 steps, climb onto a dinghy, get out of the dinghy and onto the boat. Luckily someone was carrying my bag for me or I would have felt quite faint. Everyone had been on the boat for about 10 minutes when someone asked for [View Full Entry]

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The next stage of our trip was to head off to the middle east we had organised to do an overland trip from Istanbul to Cairo. This trip would take us through Turkey, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Overland trips are basically a heap of people in a big truck the trip drives you to various places and you camp some of the time and stay in hotels and tree houses and all sorts of other weird accomodations as we were later to find out. The tour also saves the hassle of having to apply for visas and meant we were easily [View Full Entry]

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Twee weekjes turkije zijn nu bijna achter de rug. Ze zijn snel gegaan, en terugkijkend heb ik eigenlijk niet eens zo heel veel gedaan. Ik heb vooral genoten van het niets hoeven doen. Wel had ik graag nog naar pumakkule gegaan, zoutbaden die zich door de eeuwen gevormd hebben door de vele zouten en mineralen in het water. Ik zal er later nog een plaatje van opzetten. Ook had ik graag nog naar wat ooit de derde grootste stad van het Romeinse rijk was, gegaan. Tegen de tijd dat ik hier zin in kreeg, begon m'n geld op te raken. Maar [View Full Entry]

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Hallo lieve vrienden, Ja, het werd toch maar eens tijd dat ik een waarbenjij.nu bij ga houden. Bij deze! Ik ga jullie op de hoogte houden vanuit Spanje, en zal er ook zeker wat fotootjes op gaan zetten. Wink Op het moment ben ik in Turkije waar ik een internet-cafetje heb opgezocht. Turkije? Yeps! Geen flauw idee hebbende van waar Loes en ik naar toe gingen, als het maar betaalbaar zou blijven, zijn we beland in Gümbet, vlakbij Bodrum in Turkije. Gümbet blijkt een soort Lloret de Mar of Salou van Turkije te zijn. Al ligt de leeftijd misschien een paar [View Full Entry]

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On Friday we left Selcuk and headed to the coastal resort town of Bodrum. On the way there the chain on Pat's bike popped off again. Pat managed to get it back on the sprocket only to have it come off again 40 km later, it was quite obvious that the chain lacked the proper tension and needed adjusting. While pulled over at a fuel station contemplating our next move, Kemal approached us and asked if we needed help. As it turns out, Kemal owns "Shoe Zone" in Didim (about 15 minutes away) and has a buddy who has a motorcycle [View Full Entry]

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