Blogs from Alanya, Mediterranean, Turkey, Middle East - page 5

We decided to set off for a walk round the harbour and towards the shipyards. Although in the 20’s the wind was pretty blustery and the waves smashing off the rocks and the sea wall were fabulous. Alanya has two lighthouses to guard the harbour; both are a short walk from the front. Woolly Says – I loved the big lighthouse; can I be a lighthouse keeper please? Jumping through the spray and dodging the waves was amazing fun, we arrived at the larger of the two lighthouses which you can climb up when open. It gives an excellent view of the bay of Alanya and shows clearly the development that is making this a top destination. Woolly says – I got wet in the waves, Jo told me off, but it was such good fun ... read more

The goal today was to finally swim in the Mediterranean Sea. It seemed like a simple and attainable goal, but in the end required some patience and perseverance. We left the pier and quickly got lost. We grew discouraged walking in the intense heat - trying to make our way through town and over the steep peninsula to reach the beach and Damlatas caves waiting for us on the other side. A taxi driver stopped and offered to take us for a ride (pun intended) and I agreed to his first price of 5 euros instead of bargaining. He drove us a short distance down the hill and in a minute or less we were there. Kleopatra Beach was quite crowded but we made the best of it and took in the beauty of the deep ... read more

Drodzy przyjaciele! To moj pierwszy wpis od ponad czterech miesiecy. Tyle sıe zbıeralam, zeby napısac to, co wkoncu pısze. Dzıs 17sty marca. Dzıs mıjaja 4 mıesıce, od kıedy nıe ma wsrod nas Arka.....Minela juz 1/3 roku! A ja wcıaz mam wrazenıe, ze to bylo wczoraj...Wcıaz te same obrazy staja przed oczamı... Tyle juz czasu uplynelo, a ja wciaz tkwie w tym co nam sie przytrafilo....Wciaz tym zyje. Choc minelo juz sporo czasu, wciaz trudno mi dobrac slowa, zeby dopisac dalszy ciag urwanej historii z poprzedniego wpisu.....Trudno mi nawet poukladac jakos po koleii zdarzenia. Minione dni zlewaja sie ze soba w mroku wypieranych ze swiadomosci wspomnien. Gdy pisalam tu po raz ostatni, Arek byl pograzony w spiaczce, w spiaczce, z której niestety juz nigdy sie nie wybudzil. Do dzıs trudno w to wszystko uwierzyc....Wszystko stalo sıe tak ... read more

5/21/08 7:40 came really early this morning only to get on a bus for 5 hours. Kitalah is the town where we stopped to stay the night on our way to Antalyia. Lets just say that the hotel we stayed in reminded me of a 1 star hotel that one might find in Mexico. Each wall was painted a bright color, we had 3 single beds pushed together on a king-size headboard, and the bathroom floors were DIRTY. Did I mention that there was NO AIRCONDITIONING!!! The weather is cool at night, but I was looking forward to sleeping in a hotel with air-conditioning. SO after another not so fine Turkish buffet full of cheese, meatballs, cucumber and tomatoes all I wanted was a hot shower. On the wall in the shower there was a sign ... read more