Blogs from Turkey, Middle East - page 42

After getting up I had to clean & dry everything we'd left out or under Billy – the rain had bounced covering everything in earth. The couples on the bikes got up really early to get their kit dry before packing up & heading off, one to Istanbul & the other to Thessaloniki & both long rides in a day of heat The ground took a while to dry out despite the rising temperature...so we just relaxed & kept busy doing nothing...In the evening we sat on the beach watching the sunset which was truly magnificent, much clearer than in Cyprus for example as the air was clean & by this time very still. Our last full day in Turkey...... read more

4th Shopping – back to the jewelry / carpet shop – turns out they were second hand shops, or as I would say, junk shops! Ha! But I have the feeling that this may come back to bite me.... Then down the road to the clothes shop – 1 T'shirt & a tunic top, 32TL or £8, bargain (for Cathy, not me) Back home & I washed Billy without a hose pipe (first time in over 4 months) & whilst Cathy slept.... then a swim as it was very hot, c.35* but also very windy still. Donned my pinny, made dinner & an early night 5th Checked out – the receptionist at the hotel said that Bergama was the windy 'city' of Turkey, so now we know. When we scaled Pergamon the other day, the Government ... read more

Leisurely start to the day – we could see it was going to be a scorcher - & off on a dolmus to town. We were dead lucky as 2 came alomg & we jumped on the one that went quite close to the base of the mountain where the Pergamon cable car started. These dolmus cost 1.75 TL each which is about 45p – bargain. Even better if you know where they're going! So, we get off the dolmus & walk on up the hill to base camp, passing carpet shops & the like...oh dear. We buy our cable car ticket for 26TL; in this ticket office there are 3 people...but a chap comes out of a different office, tears the ticket, shows us through the 'automated turnstile', pushes the lift door & says bye ... read more

Geo: 41.0138, 28.9497June 30th Bulgaria – silgiri beach With the intent of passing into Turkey we headed downthe southern coast of Bulgaria to a beach called Silgiri, according to Googlethere is a campsite just before the last Bulgarian town. So ambled on down anddid manage to find it after becoming concerned we had actually crossed intoTurkey. On first sight the campsite looked great, simple and not many peoplethere and we were hoping for a quiet night. After heading down to the beachwhich was beautiful we went back to camp to cook dinner and settle in. We evenhad a camp fire using drift wood we had collected on the beach.So this is where the night took and interesting turn, we discoveredthere was some English speaking Bulgarians, one group presented us with a platefull of freshly BBQ'ed shrimp ... read more

Geo: 37.2002, 27.576 GÜN 01 GÜNLERDEN HALA ÇARŞAMBA: Turhan hocamım evinde pompeinin son günlerini anımsatan bir havuz sefası ve bira eşliğinde Blues uzun havaları… Sibel'in uçağı 3 saat gecikince ,biz de yeni seçilen meclis başkanı seçimlerini izleyebildik. Her gün,günün fotolarını toplayarak video haline getirdim ve kolaylık olsun diye You tube'a koydum ...ilgileniyorsanız aşağıdaki linki (adresi) tıklamanız yeterli: BARGİLYA VİDEOSU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmQyLvEOaFA ... read more