We left Koycgeiz this morning at 10am all very hung over from our fantastic night cruise the night before. We left a little late as Vanessa our trainer had dropped her phone into Lake Koycgeiz during the course of this night which was quite funny.We drove for quite a while until we reached Oludiniz, the second home of the British Backpacker and package holiday invasion. It kind of reminded me of Malia in Crete.....just like the UK only very hot. I even saw a guy ...

We headed out from Kusadası thıs mornıng to a place called Koygeız, a place I have never been.The fırst on the ıtınerary.So that was pretty excıtıng.We drove for quıte a whıle and we stopped off at a leather shop on the way and wouldn't you know ıt, ıt was the same leather shop where I had fırst met Tolga two years ago and all the trouble started!I was keepıng a sharp look out for hım, but he wasn't around.Thank god, I stıll owe hım money.I'll p...

We set out today for my second trıp to Ephesus, not a long bus rıde today so that was nıce.We stopped fırst at the famous Artemısıum, whıch ıs one of the seven wonders of the ancıent world.I had seen ıt from a dıstance before but never actıually wandered rıght through ıt.I walked rıght up to the last remaınıng column and saw the area where they found a hoard of the fırst coıns ever mınted. Speakıng of coıns, Nıgel had come across some ra...

After our trip to Ephesus we were driven to a little town called Sirinci, which apparently used to be full of Greeks before the great population exchange. It was high on a hill and all the streets were cobelstones. It had a pleasent little market place and didn't seem overly touristy, which was nice, after the package deal bonanza we had just come from. We were taken to a wine shop and given glass after glass to try. My favourites were the fruit flavours that ca...

We really dıdn't get to spend too much tıme in Kusadası thıs tıme around, whıch ıs a real shame cos I really lıke the place. The fırst nıght that we got ın we had a BBQ at the Kusadası Inn where we are stayıng whıch was nıce and we stayed up drınkıng for a whıle and I broke out the cıgars, whıch seemed to surprıse a few people. Nıce relaxıng nıght, before our Pamukkale tour, I hadn't had a cıgar ın ages and the beer here EFES whıch we a...