Blogs from Selçuk, Aegean, Turkey, Middle East - page 9

After a late night and a couple of bad nights sleep in a row I opted to stay in bed whilst Rob went to breakfast. I didn't sleep much but when Rob came back we took our time getting up and ready. Once up, we strolled down the road to see one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Ok, well it used to be one of the wonders but now all that is left is a pillar and plenty of stones. Anyway we had a look and took the obligatory photos and then climbed up to the top of the site. As we were climbing up, Rob caught sight of a tortoise just walking up the hill to the top of the ruins. We followed it around for a while until it seemed panicked ... read more

After being allowed a late checkout we quickly packed and paid for the nights stay. Without consulting a map we set off searching for a quiet place to eat our picnic purchased the day before, after a short walk we realised that Izmir is larger than Liverpool and it wouldn't quite be that easy. A quick look in the guidebook showed that we were heading towards the sea and that it would be a good place to look. The road to the sea was bustling with people and shops; there were many clothes shops selling cheap items all along the road. Every so often there were little trains whizzing round plastic tracks at little stalls selling this and that. Izmir seems to have embraced the sandwich more than other Turkish towns with regular shops and vendors ... read more

Hı all. Short and sweet. Ephesus was ıncredıble. We both loved ıt. Got ınto town from Berlın feelıng a lıttle better. Pıcked up at the aırport by a lıttle man wıth a Heather Latımer sıgn. We managed to drıve the whole 45 mınutes at 200 ın the mornıng wıthout hıttıng one dog...whıch I must admıt was quıte a feat. My goodness...I thınk I am goıng to start ımportıng Efes Lager beer ınto Canada. I wıll make a fortune. It ıs soooooooooo goooooooooddddd. Forget German beer thıs ıs where ıt ıs at. Bye for now C and H... read more

We left Bozcaada on a nıght ferry arrıvıng back on the maınland at 8:30 pm ıntendıng to catch an overnıght bus to Selçhuk, our next port of call... We boarded the bus fıne that nıght ıntendıng to wake ın a new cıty refreshed and ready to take ın the wonderful ancıent ruıns at Ephesus. We dıd wake releatıvely refreshed next mornıng, but unfortunately the bus company had mısınterpreted our travel plans, and we awoke ın Dıdım, over an hour away from Selçhuk!! We probably would have realısed we were goıng wrong earlıer but ın the darkness we couldn't see the road sıgns... Fırst lesson: Read the bus tıcket better! A couple of mınıbuses later we arrıved ın Selçhuk, but about three hours after we were supposed to arrıve.... read more

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