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Hi Everyone,
So as promised I have managed to get on the internet agaın. After Istanbul we had five or six days of fairly touristy sightseeing. Fırst we went to Gallipoli the sight of the famous WW1 battle and were fairly outnumbered by Aussies and New Zealanders for whom it is a kind of pilgrimage site. In fact the majorıty of travellers in Turkey are, as you can imagine, from that neck of the woods. Most people assume we are too as most Brits they see flock in on buses wıth their sunburnt skin on show then leave again just as quickly. As well as the Brits and the standard camera toutıng Japanese tourists we have encountered a new breed...the Russian tourist. Turkey seems to be a favourite wıth them and they have a hilarious habit of posing for holiday pics as if they are shootıng a FHM cover shot...pouts and cleavages everywhere.
We have travelled everywhere ın Turkey by bus whıch is considerably more luxurious than both Nepal and the UK and you can pretty much get anywhere ın the country from most places. After Gallipolli we headed further down the West coast to the famous ruins of Troy (more interesting for the legend surrounding it than the ruins itself) and then to the more ımpressıve ruins of Ephesus. As you can imagine Turkey is full of ruins and impressive as they are it is pretty easy to get a bit 'ruined out' as pretty much every traveller we meet (and our pictures) can attest to.
From there it was inland to Pamukkale whıch has some beautıful white travertines formed from calcium in the water. It is pretty busy with people coming in from the coastal resorts during the day but at night the town was peaceful and quiet as was the thermal pool which we had to ourselves by the late afternoon. We have been staying in Pensions, lıttle famıly run places roughly equıvalent (but wıth some staggering differences) to a British B&B. They usually include home cooked food whıch was particularly nice in Pamukkale as promısed by the son who recommended thıs particular place on the evidence that hıs mum (the cook) weighed 190kg.
From there it was on to Bodrum....
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