Blogs from Alanya, Mediterranean, Turkey, Middle East - page 3

With the year coming to an end, over 20,000 miles travelled, 21 countries and principalities visited, 132 Blogs published and over 3000 pictures taken we asked the International Mammoth of mystery for some of his views on his adventures in 2013 ….. What has been the most inspiring place you have visited this year? Well, that’s an easy question to start, let’s hope the other questions are better! It would have to be Mount Nemrut 809520, the location was incredible and to see what they had built on the top was amazing and truly inspiring to a Mammoth of my size. In my (not so) humble opinion, truly the eighth wonder of the world. You have quite a few outfits, which has been your favourite one for the year? A few outfits….are you kidding? My wardrobe ... read more

Woolly says – The days pass so pleasantly here, sitting on the balcony watching the huge cruise liners arriving in the harbour and all those lucky people getting to sample the wonderful resort of Alanya. Jo and Ian have finished painting the apartment ready for next year’s visitors, I have of course helped by directing operations and telling them where spots have been missed, not that they thank me for this. Woolly is as helpful as a chocolate fire guard and keeping his paws out of the paint has been more of a challenge than actually painting every wall in sight. Having realised that I was still missing my thick waterproof winter coat we took a day off from the emulsion and headed to our friends in the hills behind Mahmultar to rummage through the garage ... read more

Woolly says – I could feel the excitement building as we approached the fifth of November. Not because of any plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament or because the nation wants to scare the animal population of the UK with loud bangs and pops but because it is the most important day of the year – MY BIRTHDAY! Having high expectations for his special day Woolly made short work of opening his presents and eating a huge slice of cake. Woolly says – No Ferrari, no yacht, no private jet……. I got clothes! CLOTHES!! What’s going on?? Okay the cake was yummy but it took me an hour to get the chocolate off my tusks! Finally we were able to load him into Ollie for his day out to celebrate. The plan – Find ... read more

With the sun shining brightly and the waves caressing the sand we started Monday with a short trot up the beach to get internet and Skype Birthday Daughter Zoe. We flashed the sunny view at her but for some reason she didn’t seem impressed! Woolly says – I did ask her what the weather was like in Aberystwyth but apparently she hadn’t opened her curtains yet, lazy girl I’ve been up for hours…..apparently! Heading back to camp we collected Ollie from his slumbers under the tree and set off down the D400 whilst looking for the signposts for Alara. We seem to have lost James our sat nav and it seemed very quiet without his Auzzie twang to lead the way. We need to look into the sat nav situation but todays jaunt was easy to ... read more

Our trip covering some of the East of Turkey has bought quite a few surprises not to mention some incredible sights, Woolly thought it would be a good idea to do a summary of the trip and we agreed thinking it might keep him quiet for a few days! Woolly says – So cutting! The East was very different and gave us a variety of problems and some wonderful destinations Camping proved to be problematic with many campsites not existing and I would certainly recommend contacting camps by email before planning to stay at them. Prices are cheap ranging between 25TL and 40TL (approximately £8.10 and £12.90 GBP) in comparison to European sites but be prepared for very basic facilities with only a few camps having washing up areas at all. Several we stayed on where ... read more