The Amazing Race

We miscalculated how far we were from the ship. We had ten minutes to get back, but we had to walk/run a much greater distance than we thought. Even though the ship only appeared to be a couple hundred yards from us the way to it required running through a shopping mall, parking lot and a lot of barricades. We made it on board with about 2 minutes to spare. But in the end the ship departed about 15 minutes later than originally scheduled.

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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