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February 25th 2013
Heading eastwards along the D400 we decided to spend the day looking at Aspendos and Side, two of biggest tourist attractions in the Antalya region. Woolly says – A chance to take to the stage??? Turning right off the main road, we followed the sign posts to Aspendos, pulling into the car park. Woolly didn’t look all together impressed. Woolly says – It appeared to be a large wall with nothing else of course I was disappointed, not a stage in sight. Paying 10TL each (approximately £4.10 GBP) we went through a dark covered archway and there in front of us……. Woolly says – a HUGE stage area, I got very excited and started to warm up my vocal chords. To the rear of the stage the walls rose behind with alcoves where sculptures would have ... read more
September 6th 2012
Opa rapaziada!? Belezinha? Espero que esteja tudo bem e que as rodas estejam girando, pra frente! Neste post vou contar sobre a semaninha que passei na Turquia, os fatos e as impressões. No ano passado antes de irmos para Palma de Mallorca, encontramos o site Ice Lolly, e vimos que ele oferecia diversos pacotes extremamente baratos, checamos as datas com os preços mais baixos, ligamos, pegamos um monte de informação mas no fim, fizemos tudo por nossa conta! Dessa vez optamos por usar os serviços do site para ver como seria. Já estávamos há um tempo querendo ir para uma praia, com temperaturas altas e barata, e encontramos esse pacote para Side, uma praia ao sul da Turquia no mediterrâneo, onde por £200 por pessoa, você teria uma semana de acomodação num hotel 3 estrelas com ... read more
October 18th 2010
Sunday 17th October. The weather behaved itself being sunny and bright living up to the translation of the region's ancient name of Lycia, meaning the land of light. We'd planned to go to Side (pronounced Seed-eh) as it was the only remaining archaeological site in the vicinity of Antalya that we hadn't visited. We took the ultra modern tram to the Otogar and then a bus to Side. The journey from Antalya to Side is only 65 kms (just over 40 miles), but took more than almost three hours in total because the inter city bus dawdled its way out of Antalya looking for, and stopping to pick up passengers along the route. Then, when we arrived at Manavgat the town nearest Side, the process reversed and the bus dawdled its way through the crowded town ... read more
October 9th 2008
Idag har vi badat i poolen nästan hela dagen. Vi har två jätteroliga vattenrutchaknor som vi har åkt femtioelvatusen gånger om inte mer! Också bor det en skitsöt katt här! Vi gick på en liten upptäcktsfärd i området med och kikade i lite affärer och så. Vi skaffade oss en ny kompis i en affär precis mitt emot hotellet, haha. Också var det en läskig hund som följde efter oss jättelångt! Vi har varit här i snart ett dygn och redan skaffat oss en katt, en hund och en kompis, haha. Nu ikväll var vi på turkisk afton på hotellet, det var helt okej även om det mest var fulla gubbar där som skämde ut sig totalt! Aja, maten var jättegod iaf! Vi drack turkisk öl idag med! Effes och någon konstig med citron smak, har ... read more
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October 8th 2008
Nu är klockan ungefär tre på natten och vi är framme på vårat hotell i Side. Resan hit var inte så farlig ändå, det kändes faktiskt som att det gick ganska så fort. Fast iofs kommer väl alla resor kännas korta i jämförelse mot resan till Japan. Framme på flygplatsen i Antalya var vi helt övertrötta och vid utcheckningen av väskorna sa vi "inte min!" till verkligen varenda väska och våra var nog nästan sist. Haha vi hade skitkul fast alla andra tyckte nog att vi var lite jobbiga kanske :P Det är verkligen jättemysigt här och så varmt och skönt! Fast vi har inte hunnit kolla så mycket än eftersom vi kom nyss och det är mitt i natten och väldigt mörkt. Så därför ska jag sova min första natt i Turkiet nu. Natti! ... read more
September 3rd 2006
What would you most hate to do when the forcast is for 10 days continuous rain? Go camping!! That's what we had planned - 2 weeks camping in Cornwall. Sorry people in Cornwall, you have a beautiful county but who wants to sit under canvas watching the rain pour down and tripping across a wet field to answer a call of nature? We were all set to go but on seeing the forcast we searched through the internet, got a late booking to somewhere guaranteed to be hot and sunny. Turkey, well Side, to be exact. (Prounounced Seeday) 24 hours later we were sitting on a plane winging our way to bluer skies. The hotel turned out to be a bit basic but at least it was somewhere to rest your weary head after a hard ... read more
