Blogs from Fethiye, Aegean, Turkey, Middle East - page 6

Yet another beautiful place in Turkey! They just keep coming... On the way along the Mediterranean coast, we stopped for lunch at Kas, my first real Med seaside town. It had all the stereotypical ingredients, turquoise water, sloping tree-covered hills, a marina, red-rooved white plaster buildings and lots of flowers and plants. Bliss. Here I purchased my obligatory evil-eye pendant to scare away the evil spirits so between that and my St Christopher (thanks Michele) I should have no problems from here on in! Passing the border between the Med and the Aegean Sea was definitely more theory than a noticeable change. They are both beautiful turquoise and clear waters, so inviting. Apparently the word tuquoise actually comes from here as a description of the water. I don't know if that's true, but it's a good ... read more

After breakfast and a walk around town we hit the road. We reached Fethiye, Turkey around 5pm. This was a surprisingly great little town. At first sight we thought there was nothing there and nearly got back on the road for the next town. Then Al spotted a sign that pointed in the direction of the waterfront. Once again, we are ahead of the tourist season by a few weeks so we had a great little hotel right on the water all to ourselves. To top it all off we found a Turkish bath on the other side of town who would come pick us up at our hotel and bring us back after we were done. A great spot on the beach, a couple hours of pampering and then some good Turkish food back at ... read more

may and i are now amongst the olive, citrus and pomegranate orchards of south-west turkey, in a small village of about 200 people called ‘yakabah.’ today we hung out wıth the neighbors for a bountiful exchange of red peppers for our work. here is our day: monday, october 29th. ... read more

It is hard to put into words what we have just experienced in the last six days in Turkey. We took the fast ferry (supposed to be 45 minutes and turned into almost 2 hours) from Rhodes to Marmaris but that is Turkey time. Trevor has extremely fond memories of Turkey and from minute one, it lived up to its billing (after conferring with Marla, that should be reputation, not billing). Well, almost from minute one - that is after we re-mortgaged the house to actually enter the country. If one is coming to Turkey, be prepared to pay for the experience. We paid 125 Euros for the ferry ($190 Can.), but then there was a port tax to leave Greece (another $100 Euros for the family - $150 Can.). We bit the bullet and felt ... read more

We are now on the coast after a busy few days. We have spent the last few days workıng our way along the turquıose coast whıch ıs so called because of the colour of the water. It ıs lovely and very ıdyllıc. We have been swımmıng today and yesterday. The water ıs really warm and the beaches are very quıte as we are out of season. Today we went on a walk from Kaya to Ölüdenız. Kaya ıs a ghost town that used to be a Greek town whıch was emptıed ın the 1920's when they decıded to make all the Greeks go back to Greece and all the Turks come back to Turkey. It has remaıned empty ever sınce. The path took us through the town and then along the coast untıl we reached Ölüdenız. ... read more