http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Malena Istanbul not Constantinople Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:21:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After spending a number of days lounging around Fethiye, Kate and I decided it was time to leave. It was a nice town, but hard to meet other tourists (although we did meet a few nice ones!) and we'd heard nothing but good things about Olympos (home of the famous ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Malena/unknown-chemicals.html On Thursday, our last full day in Fethiye, Kate and I decided to make our way over to the ghost town of Kayakoy. We were both looking forward to this - probably more than we should have been to be honest. After all, this wasn't an old ghost town like, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Malena/getting-lost.html So as we've started running out of time here, less time spent on the Internet and more time spent squeezing every last minute out of the day!  But I'm sure I can find the time at work to update some entries.  Heh.  However, for those wondering, a quick overview of ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Malena/istanbul-again-quick-update.html Before I get into the meat of this entry (describing a 12 Islands boat tour Kate and I took in Fethiye) I have two random incidents that we were lucky enough to experience. 1. One night in Fethiye we went out to a bar, and we saw a couple of ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Malena/fethiye-life-on-a-boat.html So we had big plans for Monday... go around, lounge around on a beautiful Mediterranean beach, maybe remember to put some sunscreen on.  Unlıke in Ephesus.  Maybe those masked Koreans were onto something. Except of course, we get to the beautiful beach and decide to go para-gliding instead.    (Yeah, it was pretty ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Malena/first-day-in-fethiye-in-500-words-or-less.html So, apologies for the lateness on this one, but its my second try... the computer deleted my first entry!  Here goes... On Sunday Kate and I woke up early to head out to the ruins of Ephesus.  Ephesus was buılt by the Ephesians (!) shortly after the tıme of Christ.  I believe.  ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Malena/ephesus-almost-like-ancient-greece-only-with-more-tour-groups.html well it is time for the guest entry..... so we got back to our hostel after smokıng up and got a cab to the otogar - plans were going perfectly.  we were right on time and everything.  except it turned out that the otobus line that we had planned to take ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Malena/the-abismal-overnight-bus.html So after the long overnight bus ride wıth no sleep (that our special guest blogger will write about once I stop hogging the computer) the only logical thing to do was take a nap.  We found a hostel and pretty much crashed there for a while.  The hostel owner also ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Malena/selcuk.html Here Kate and I are post-nargileh: http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Malena/hookah-pictures-hours-of-fun.html The promised Air Turkey gift package - note the shoehorn, slippers, and light pink eyeshades (which would have been nice had they actually been thick enough to block out any light...) Here I am learning how to make a carpet (this was cup of tea number 4): http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Malena/57.html