Blogs from Turkey, Middle East - page 10

12 mayıs 2022 Perşembe GÜN 01 Orhaniye ye akşam üstü vardık.Alarga da demirlemeye karar verdik..Orhaniye Selimiye ye oranla bir tık geride kalmış bir koyumuzdur ...Şansı nedense Selimiye kadar açılmamıştır ..her neyse ... Bir taraftan karnımız aç ve teknede bir şeyler hazırlamak bayağı sıkıntılı …Martı Marina yı aradık bize iki saat yemek molası verdiler…Kibar ve yakışıklı çocuklar bizi yanaştırdı … Benim gibi kötü mahalle çocukları için Marina demek sıcak su ve konfor demektir ..Hemen yıkanma setini kapıp doğru banyolara seyittik ..Marina neredeyse boş ..Sezon açılmamış zahir ...Bir güzel yıkandık paklandık traş bilem oldum ve bilahare yemek faslına geçtik… Lokanta, özellikle sizin kendinizi zengin hissetmeniz için planlanmış... öyle olmadığımızı fazla çaktırmadan kibar kibar yemeklerimizi ısmarladık ve neticede çok güzel bir akşam yemeği old... read more

After Glen and Steve depart we take another day at Serik, it's busier now as other Turkish Vans have arrived as it's the weekend. On Sunday night we make our way into Antalya here we start to see the big resort Hotels and speaking English, although they normally go for German first, is now more common place. Surprisingly for us there doesn't seem to be too many sandy beaches, mainly pebbly but I am sure the resort's pools are the favourite place for a dip! We are here for one reason only some new batteries, we have with the lack of decent sunshine to charge using our solar panels been on a few occasions empty by the morning and with an electric drop down bed its an issue?!? On one occasion in Croatia it saw Graeme ... read more

As we leave Sumela and head back to the village we provision with more fruit and vegetables, perhaps another sign of perhaps my snow anxiety. The road starts to climb. We have been mindful to the fact that it is winter and I have been watching the weather radar with regard to snow and there appears to have been a lot. My cousin sends me a link to a news feed 'Snow has arrived in the East' our nerves are a little on edge, well mine really. Graeme is a really competent and the main driver of our trip, but if we have snowstorm and even though we're on winter tyres and we carry snow chains we could come a cropper!! Our newly purchased map doesn't go this far East so we have no real idea ... read more

So what is the first rule of our travel life - avoid cities and rush hour! So how did we find ourselves now wending our way through Istanbul's rush hour traffic in the dark ?!?! Well the border crossing took a little longer with only a few cars infront but each seemed to have issue's with their paperwork. It has been a challenge to keep up with what each country requirements are but it appears we were more prepared than the few car's in front! Also we have now jumped another hour making it 3hrs ahead of the UK. So as we make our way through the traffic forwarned of Turkish driving I try to soothe Graeme through the chaos. Surprisingly the 2 lane carriageway becomes 3 with drivers using the bus/hard shoulder to manoeuvre themselves ... read more

Since getting back from our trip to Ephesus we have been staying busy in Marmaris. There seems to be plenty to keep us going with projects on the boat as well as a few outings into town to shop. Once we went in just to have a relaxing day with nothing specific to do but wander – what a treat! As I think I have mentioned before the Marmaris Yacht Marina where we are currently is not right in the town of Marmaris. We typically like to stay at places where we can easily walk into town, but this is not that kind of place. Fortunately, they have an excellent service by mini-bus that goes into town regularly. Well, it has changed some since getting here, but still is workable. In the beginning there were about ... read more