Blogs from Mediterranean, Turkey, Middle East - page 39

Samir's article. As you sit there, your eyes glued to the screen, your fıngers frozen to the keyboard, as a chill runs down your spine, and your hair stands on end, these questions may run through your head: Where's Samir? What does perposterous mean? Who is Archibald? All these questions, inquiries and global annoyances will be answered -- in due time........ Anyway, normal Samir here. Just wanted to add that lately I've been bored with writing entries, so I have hired a fellow explorer to do them for me. His name is Archibald. (please don't laugh) Archibald's entry, 7/9/07 A few days ago I took a bus to Alanya, which has a lovely beach on the Mediterranian overun with 5 star hotels. (I am quite certain they are plotting for world domination, but haven't gathered ... read more

Let's see. I'll have to work backwards a bit. We swam in the Mediterranean today! Went to a beautiful park today surroundıng a waterfall where we ate lunch at a fısh farm. It was a nice cool spot whıch was a relief from the 110+ heat today. All the Turks are talkıng about global warmıng. Our host left us here to fend for ourselves wıth a couple of phone numbers for guıdes who speak terrıble Englısh. It started a bıt hectıc, but now we seem to have the hang of ıt. Tomorrow we wıll see more Roman ruıns at Aspendos. Then on Saturday, we wıll be tourıng the coast by boat. ... read more

After a tough few days of paragliding, drinking, eating and enjoying the sights of lovely Fethiye, we boarded our gulet (yacht) and set sail on our 4 day cruise around the coast. On the boat there were 15 people and 3 crew. The crew all Turkish, the guests, all Aussies. Of course it was!!!! After leaving the harbour it was a great start. We lay on the deck and enjoyed the sun, then something started to happen. A little bit of rocking side to side turned into a lot of rolling form side to side and before we new it we were clambering below deck. With shit flying everywhere we sought shelter in a little cove. Only one spewer, and it wasn't Kerrie for a change!!! The rest of that day it rained and we ... read more

In Romania we say that you can't say you went to Turkey unless you've seen Antalya. The city is huge, situated somewhere in the south of Turkey. I went there with Ann from USA, Ewa from Poland and Mohamed from Tunisia. The trip took 8 hours by bus (during the night)..we didn't sleep at all and the sunrise was amazing... First impression: mountains in the sea and large stones on the beach! Some AIESECers picked us up from the bus station at 7 am and took us to a hotel. We had to wait for the others to arrive from other cities and have breakfast. So we decided to go on the beach. The morning was cool, the water warm and the stones..well...rocky! Hehehehe..but I must admit that the view was amazing! It was the first ... read more

What would you most hate to do when the forcast is for 10 days continuous rain? Go camping!! That's what we had planned - 2 weeks camping in Cornwall. Sorry people in Cornwall, you have a beautiful county but who wants to sit under canvas watching the rain pour down and tripping across a wet field to answer a call of nature? We were all set to go but on seeing the forcast we searched through the internet, got a late booking to somewhere guaranteed to be hot and sunny. Turkey, well Side, to be exact. (Prounounced Seeday) 24 hours later we were sitting on a plane winging our way to bluer skies. The hotel turned out to be a bit basic but at least it was somewhere to rest your weary head after a hard ... read more