Before I left home, I told people I was going to Turkey alone and not one person said "Oh that sounds lovely" or "Wow, you're a lucky girl", I'm pretty sure each and every response I got what "Turkey?What do you want to go there for?Its too dangerous for a young girl on her own".It didn't take me long to stop telling people I was going to Turkey.What was I supposed to do wait for someone to come and hold my hand?As my boat docked I t...

I woke up the next day and had a little sleep in and washed my clothes, in the shower again and hung them around the room. I then went down to the concierge desk to collect my ferry tickets to Marmaris in Turkey. I wished I hadn't slept in. My ferry left at 9am the next day, leaving me with only one day to explore Rhodes, had I know that I would have woken myself up earlier. Again, I cursed Meridian travel for the way this trip had been organised. I left the hot...

The next morning I woke up and consulted my trusty guide book trying to finds somewhere to go. I wanted to go to the ancient site of Phaestos, but this was on the other side of the island 80km away. I decided I would give it my best shot as really nothing had beaten me yet, after the day before I felt kind of invincible. I set off for the bus terminal only to reach it and find out that the bus actually left from the terminal close to the hotel. There were only t...

Today I bought a coach ticket to Malia, which was quite reasonable, five Euros I think return. The drive was very comfortable and thankfully in an air-conditioned bus who's final stop was Malia, so it did not actually seem difficult at that point. However, we arrived in a small town, which kind of reminded me of an English high street except for the extreme heat and people walking around in swim wear. The driver yelled "End of the Line, everyone off! Oh no, ...

I awoke early the next day, I only had two days to explore Crete the largest Island on my tour and one where I knew there was an awful lot to see. I had breakfast at the hotel and then headed down to Iraklio. I walked through the Venetian fortifications and right up the main street. I wished I had looked in my trusty guide book first as I walked about a mile in the wrong direction assuming the main bus terminal would be in the middle of the city. I soon found out...