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Published: November 7th 2007
Despite having to force ourselves out of bed due to the lack of any light to wake us naturally we managed to get up, pack and check out fairly early. We had to rush to the station otherwise the next bus would have been an hour later. We grabbed a typical Turkish snack of pretzels to eat on the way.
We arrived at Troy and to our surprise it was 10ytl for adults but completely free for students of any nationality. That is what we like to see. At the entrance to the site there is a big model replica of the wooden horse in an artists impression. You are allowed to climb inside it right up to the top which we gladly did with no pretences of being too old or mature. Troy itself is a confusing site of the ruins of nine different Troy's from over the ages. We had a basic map from our Lonely Planet but it wasn't really sufficient in explaining what the different buildings should have been. At first we got a bit agitated with walking around looking at piles of rocks, but with Rob's determination and a careful examination of the map we
managed to figure most of it out.
After we got back to Canakkale we nipped to the supermarket for supplies for our upcoming bus journey. However we nipped to the bus station to buy our tickets for the three forty five bus and they told us it was full as were the next couple afterwards. The best we could get was one leaving at six forty five.
We decided that we could waste some time by getting something to eat at a café in town. Whilst we were in Istanbul Rob had said that if there was ever an eatery where there was a female standing beckoning you in he would go for the sheer novelty. There was a female calling to us at golden smile restaurant so in went. We both had lentil soup and then I had a vegetarian pide whilst Rob tried his second Iskender kebab which he said wasn't as good as in Bursa.
Our bus was due to arrive in Izmir around half twelve which meant it would be too late to get a bus straight to Selcuk. We went to the internet café to check out some hotels on the web.
We managed to find a couple of ok sounding places but were too late to book. We just scribbled down some addresses and hoped they would be open and have vacancies in the early morning.
The journey wasn't great in terms of leg space but their service was good as usual. We got offered tea/coffee/water/pop/cake and then the smelly oils for our hands. When we arrived in Izmir I asked one man from our bus company how to get to the centre and seven of them tried to help. Eventually we were told to follow one guy who showed us which shuttle to get on. From there we were first helped by a guy sitting next to us on the shuttle and then the bus driver told us where to get off.
The Imperial Hotel Izmir looks rather impressive from the outside but the room was £16 for an actual double, not a twin. I showered and we both curled up in bed around two. I promptly fell asleep and awoke to a scary noise. I went to kick Rob awake to check it out, but found that he wasn't in bed. For some reason he was ill
once and felt perfectly fine afterwards, so here's hoping he is still ok tomorrow. Night everyone. Stob
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Mum
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Duckie???
One thing I have noticed is that most people are really friendly and very willing to help. That comes across all the time. The other thing is whatever has happened to dear old Duckie? Please refer to him in your next blog. Love mumxxxxxxxxxx