Still shopping

The people in town seemed very friendly and willing to help the confused tourists. Gail kept making eye contact with the merchants which would send them into long spiels about how good and how cheap their stuff was. She ended-up buying a shirt for half the original asking price by playing one merchant's price off against the guy across the street.

Day Sixteen (Sunday)

July 9th 2006
When I woke this morning I could still feel our ship moving. Debarkation for Patmos was supposed to start at 9:30. In my windowless room it was a bit difficult to guess just what time of day it might be and not having a decent watch with me I had no idea what was going on. After laying awake in bed for maybe 15 minutes while Mike blissfully dreamt of diving with frolicking dolphins and discover ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Kusadasi

Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more

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