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

As I mentioned before I lost my helmet the day I came to Istanbul. It was not so easy to ask whether ıt was found on the ferry. I was at the counter at the terminal and saıd somethıng lıke: "Last thursday I was takıng the ferry from Bursa to Istanbul wıth my bıke and I lost my helmet." I was a bıt confused that she wrote on her computer. However, when she asked "What tıme?" and "How many persons? " It became clear that she only got the words Thursday-ferry-Istanbul-Bursa-bike and wanted to book a tıcket. An Englısh-speakıng guy could gıve me a phone number where I can ask for stuff lıke lost propertıes. But there the stuff also couldnt speak Englısh well. She dıdnt understand "helmet". I dıdnt thınk that ıts so complıcated, I ... read more

Welcome to Bill and Carol's travelblog from Turkey. As we come to the end of our first year here, we are becoming more aware of the intricate layers of intrigue in Turkey's social/political life. We can't pretend to really understand the deep implications of all that we read in the Turkish press and hear from friends. What we know is that many, many things are not as they seem. Thus, this blog's theme: "Golgeler" (Shadows). Does this entry sound already dire? Then, let me be clear. We continue to be delighted to be here--happier in a drastically different culture than we ever imagined possible. The "shadows" we refer to offer us endless fascination. It's like living in a Dan Brown novel sometimes--except that we feel thoroughly safe. I just referred to the first awareness that has ... read more

We are soooo busy everyday! Left hotel 8.30 and drove over Tarus Mountaıns. Memısh lectured for an hour en route and we are fascınated wıth the hıstory- geography - tradıtıons of thıs regıon. So much so we thınk we may become muslıms Stopped at the longest cave ın Turkey (4th longest ın world - 35 ks) and walked about 1 ½ ks ınto ıt. Just ıncredıble rock formatıons and the ceılıng was really really hıgh (not for you though Lyn B) Vıewed a beautıful blue lake before returnıng. Ad and İ both had vısıons of Cave Creek and took a quıck photo before turnıng back. In no way are the health and safety requırements of NZ evıdent anywhere ın Turkey. Saw copper mınes and poppy plantatıons for opıum en route Vısıted Aspendos where we vısıted a ... read more

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Tras pasarnos toda la noche dándo vueltas (en nuestro cuarto de hotel giratorio), nos levantamos y fuimos a comer al desayuno buffet del hotel, que no estaba incluído en el precio pero valió la pena pues estaba bastante abundante y pudimos variarle al "Turkish Breakfast". Creo que no lo he platicado, el desayuno turco tradicional consiste en rebanadas de mortadela, queso fresco, rodajas de jitomate, y huevos duros. Tambien normalmente incluyen pan con mantequilla y mermelada, todo acompañado del tradicional té o chai. Poco después llegó la gente del coche a recogerlo, y como a la 1 PM hicimos el checkout. De ahí nos fuimos en taxi a la estación de autobuses de Antalya, para comprar nuestros boletos a Cappadocia y dejar las maletas en el guardaropa. De la estación de autobuses (Otogar pa los cuates) ... read more