Monday, April 13, 2009

Turkey anyone?

OK so this may be a little dull for some people, so what we have done is highlight all the good bits in red, not to say that the other bits are rubbish, just that we are aware of that some people have short attention spans. Also a usual there are pictures to spice it up and keep people interested.

Context:
Turkey for seven days with Sarah's mum and her partner Mark. Stay in a house with a pool in a tourist town called Feythie on the Mediteranian Coast. The general plan was to read a book or two and relax with lots of sunshine and maybe eat a few kebabs on the way.







What happened
Flight:
So it turns out that the Friday we left was the beginning of the school holidays in Blighty. This made for an interesting red-eye flight. There may have been just a few too many kids under nine for a four hour flight that leaves at ten at night. Well maybe a few too many for us.

Day one:
Arrived at the house at 5am local time, had a cup of tea and slept till early in the afternoon. We then went for a trip to town on a dalmish - a local bus or as we saw it a mini van with a sign at the front saying it went to town.












We mucked about a bit and then went to the local fish market where you pick the fish you like and the the local restaurant cooks it for you!





All the rest of the time...
So I got bored writing this!

In a nut shell we:


Went on a crazy four wheel drive trip

where we patted trout that swam around a bar - yes they were in the bar... weird...



Then went for a "mud bath" or swimming in the muddy part of the river...



Went on a seven islands boat cruise - which was lovely and sunny.







Jumped off the boat and swam in the med for the first time.




Made friends with the local dog called Bruce - he was lovely


Ate and drank lots and generally relaxed to Turkish time








Went to some really neat markets and practiced haggling - we are both not very good at it though...






We also saw some other funny things like this...


And this