Sorry for not writing in so long, but I’ve been working really hard and not much of interest had happened. I’m now on R&R again and met up with my sister Jody in Turkey.
Jo and Caryn at lunch in Kas, Turkey
We had this horrible bad luck/mojo/juju following us the whole time, but it was still great to see her.
You can see the photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=292164&id=645442789&l=e203c72631
And here is Turkey, the short version:
Istanbul: cold, rainy, crowded, bad hotel, bewildering and great Turkish scrub and rub with 50 of our nearest and dearest half-naked strangers, good dinner, brekky with kitty, spyrographs
Drive to Gallipoli: Bad sig…nage, grumpy locals, endless empty fruitless roads, lost, dark
Eceabat: Good hotel, fireworks for Turkey Republic Day, nice ferry, no people
Drive to Pamukkale: long
Pamukkale arrival: crap hotels, crap food, crap internet, Crapital One (credit card problems)
Pamukkale travertines: quiet, peaceful, beautiful, uncrowded, stunning, calming
Drive to Kalkan: good views, winding roads through colorado-like scenery
Kalkan: sunning, sitting, reading, eating, swimming, sleeping RINSE, REPEAT, great views, cute town, good food, football, ruins, Patara beach, scenic drive, fish sandwich from fat man who threw out incumbent customer to seat us at best table and then ran across the street to buy our fish
Drive north: laughing, gritching, farting, belching, speeding (130 turkish lira ticket)
Kutahya: crowded, bad signage, traffic fustercluck, overpriced crap hotels
Roadside Petrol Motel: cheap, clean, very very friendly, relief
Then back to Istanbul airport…
