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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

     I arrived back to the İstanbul otogar around midnight, just in time to catch the last metro to the airport, where I was to meet my girlfriend Lena early in the morning, who was coming to spend a week with me in the city. I decided it was easier and cheaper to go to the airport now and sleep and wait. When she arrived, we made our way to the Hotel Baron we were staying at. Yes, that’s right, I’m actually staying at a hotel, and a pretty nice one, at that! Such are the requirements of travelling with a girlfriend, especially one that requires a separate room, some more cleanliness, and has a worrying mother. A Turkish friend of her mother’s found us a nice, reasonably priced (€50 double) place in the Beyazıt shopping district to the west. It worked out well, because it also includes a huge buffet breakfast, and we were able to eat well enough in the morning that we didn’t really need to worry about any food throughout the day, and just getting a little something later in the evening. It helped offset the extra costs of the room a bit. Although it took quite some time to actually find the place in the winding streets, we managed and rested a bit before heading out that evening to see the city. We went to the main area around the Blue Mosque, the area I knew already. At night they do a light show with some music, changing the color of the mosque. [read on]

Pammukale & Hieropolis, and Troy

Monday, August 6th, 2007

     The next morning I packed up and left Selçuk, but not before saying bye to my new friends of Wallabees, who told me to get ahold of them back in Holland where we’ll grab a smoke. The plan was to see Pammukale and Hieropolis, then continue to Çannakale that evening. I bought the ticket (55YTL) the night before and hoped all was working out, but it seemed complicated. I was to take the 9.00 bus from Selçuk to Pammukale, getting there around noon. To get to Çannakale, I had to come back through Selçuk, but I was to get on the bus at 18.00 in Denzili, so I had to take a dolmuş (1.75YTL) from Pannukale to Denzili around 16.30-17.00. We’ll see how it goes. [read on]

Selçuk & Efes

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Blue Cruise, Olympos-Fethiye

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Olympos

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Göreme-Kapadokya

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

So I arrived in Göreme less than rested and headed to find Flintstones Cave Hostel. I went the wrong way, but picked up a cute puppy following me along the way. Every ... [Continue reading this entry]