Slept through the call to prayer this morning! No I'm not getting used to it, it was the marguerita I decided to have last night. I know brandy sour is a traditional Cypriot drink but after appearing foolish when asking for helim tost (toasted cheese sandwich) earlier in gumusluk The waiter screwed his face up and said no not here only feta. I turned to vikki and laughed 'haha if we want helim tost we should have gone to Cyprus' Yes the waiter said We wrongl...

I have been dreaming of this place for weeks! The site of the former Greek village that fell into the sea after an earth quake. Parts of the ancient town still visible in thigh, knee then thankfully ankle deep water. We waded across to 'rabbit island' now a conservation site protected and current under archeological excavation I have been reading as much about the area as I can over the last months and was so disappointed when we moved that we might not get her...

Continued...... So our cheese gözleme and chocolate gözleme arrive and we tuck in ... And I have just realised that photo of said chocolate gözleme actuAlly shows a perfect outline of vikkis bra behind her white t shirt! She will be mortified! Oh it was lush Were just finishing up and along come a guy with a large microphone another with a huge camera and a wifey with a clip board . Initially I thought, bloody paparazzi follow me everywhere! And even the T...

A day spent by the pool and another two people join our merry band of four. A lovely couple from south Wales who pulled a funny face when we said we had camped in aberdare! Not very eventful as you can imagine Just an observation ... About 8 Turkish men aged between 20 and 30 , not in the same party but all joined together to play games in the pool ... No spitting no shouting no swearing no macho pranks just friendly fun. If it had been the same group if Englis...

Woken at 5.45am by a serenade, a duet between mosque and dog. The beautiful Soothing sounds of the call to prayer were interrupted intermittently by dogs barking in annoyance it was a bit like last night of the proms meets dizzy rascal Sorry that's a picture of a statue in Wales .... I don't have one of a mosque yet