Blogs from Mediterranean, Turkey, Middle East - page 36

I'm only occasionally not clicking "quiet publish" so I don't clog all your inboxes. But I have written A LOT since I sent out a publish notification so if you have missed the past couple weeks of entries and wish to read you can click on previous entries. I arrived in Turkey a few days ago, and have been getting settled. This week I start to work out what I'll be doing here this summer with the special needs population. It is nice to be out of Uzbekistan, and I have really enjoyed re aquainting myself with Antalya! I had forgotten, or now have a new appreciation for the beauty of this place! It is truly beautiful when speaking of the shoreline, the sea and the mountains! It has also changed quite a bit in 3 ... read more

After three days in Istanbul we knew we were going to like Turkey. We booked a 4 day voyage on a gület.. the small wooden yachts that domınate the southern Turkish coast. The Turkish transportation system is amazing, big comfortable buses take you to all corners of the country...and there are literally hundreds of companies to choose from. We asked about the government owned trains and we kept getting the same answer: "never on time and not safe!". We took an over-night bus from Istanbul to Finicke, which is on the southern coast. The 15 hour bus ride may seem long, but the seats are comfortable, stops every three to four hours for WC and some Turkish Delight, and we found it a great way to get around. We arrived and, after a little hassel over ... read more

Hello Everyone. Thanks for all your comments, ıt ıs really nıce to have messages when I log on. So yesterday was a busy day. I left Selçuk at 9am and went to Pamakkale and checked out the calcıum deposıts that have developed from the calcıum oxıde-rıch water flowıng over the rocks for centurıes. It was really amazıng although I hear that ıt ıs not as spectacular as ıt was about 10 years ago or so because the water has slowed. There was also some more ruıns there. Then I got on a bus when headed for Antalya, whıch ıs on the Medıterranean coast. I arrıved there and then got a bus to Olympos, where I spent the nıght ın a treehouse. there was lots of nıce people here and we sat around a campfıre and had ... read more

26 april Na een vlucht van 3,5 uur kwamen Martine en ik aan in Antalya. Daar met de taxi naar Sabah Pension, wat we al gereserveerd hadden. De rest van onze medepasagiers ging verder met een touringcar om te genieten van hun all-inclusive vakantie. Wij belandden in een supergezellig pension! Een rondje Antalya historisch centrum gelopen en gegeten aan de baai bij 'Robbie Williams' met uitzicht op de bergen. 27 april Na een heerlijk Turks ontbijt (broodjes, kaas, olijven, tomaat, komkommer, ei en turkse thee) hebben we gezocht naar een bus naar de Otogar (busstation) Het ging nog niet zo goed met ons orientatiegevoel, maar uiteindelijk zaten we dan toch in een dolmus (klein busje) naar de Otogar. Daar vandaan hebben we de bus naar Fethiye genomen, een ritje van vier uur door de bergen. Vanaf ... read more

We left Frankfurt Airport shortly after 19:00, right on schedule. Hearing all the announcements on the plane in German and Turkish confirmed that we were indeed headed for an adventure of a lifetime. Up to that point, the whole departure for Turkey had seemed surreal in the hustle and bustle of one of the world's busiest airports. The plane was not full and we were given a 3 seat row all to ourselves. We saw the lights of Antalya right around 11:00 PM and landed at 10 after. The first people encountered were the Visa sales agents. They did not speak English or German, and I was unable to tell them that we actually wanted multiple entry Visas - as we would be exiting Turkey and re-entering. We settled for the single entry one and will ... read more