It was made rather clear that the meeting wouldn't happen prior I bought the ticket. Regardless, people were mused to keep talking abt such a possibility.
Motor stated: source post
That would be awesome to hear about. Is Jim even in turkey though?
No...it's prolly one of the longest dupes running...lol...
Primal stated: source post
Motor stated: source post
That would be awesome to hear about. Is Jim even in turkey though?
No...it's prolly one of the longest dupes running...lol...
There was room to suspect, but it's fun to see it put on the table.
Day 3 15/08/2016
Bailed from the trip to a leather factory at 11 am courtesy of not really needing any goods, esp since the guide said how this summer it's easy to drive a hard bargain and get fair prices as not many Russians rushed to Turkey due to the acts of terrorism, fair prices being around 200 euros. I don't need a new bag this much o.o
Turkish bath was due at 5 pm and it was said that the tan gets rubbed off there, thus there was little reason to stay in the beach for too long, so I headed back to the hotel and chilled in the meantime.
"The Grand Alanya SPA" was managed by "professionals from Asia", which made me giggle a little. The short Asian who was ought to take care of my bathing procedures had little understanding of English while I have scarce Russian knowledge, thus laughing and gesturing was involved. All the facilities were nice aside of this minty steam bath which was a bit too much for my eyes. Having my paws and feet managed by little fishes was the cutest thing. Anyhow, all went remarkably well and if this was a serious blog, I'd leave some recommendations. Missed dinner but was served some fruits.
Afterwards went back on foot courtesy of not being too far away from the hotel, though 2 kilometers seems to be considered a far distance by the drivers and such. Ate some lamb on the way back.
Day 4 16/08/2016
Rest day. Hotel edibles, beach, sc and chill, walk by the sea in the evening.
Day 5 17/08/2016
Boat trip at 9 am. Being a Jew at heart I've settled with activities that had most various things mentioned and were longer time wise, thus a dive trip was dismissed as it featured two 15 minute long dives without much else, albeit it too seemed like a nice time. This one was full of promises. Free drinks and lunch, swimming and traveling to the sea, exploring caves, seeing sea turtles and Dolphins! Wunderbar!
I forgot the sun cream at 'home', which was the location I presented to this English bloke who was also one of the first to arrive, whilst borrowing his sun cream supply. Seems I'm quite adaptable as I was talking about the hotel. Didn't apply enough or it was washed while swimming, thus I ended up with quite a tan plus shades of sun burn.
The trip was nice albeit the 'cave exploring' meant being pointed to some cave in the mountain and hearing some story, the captain advertised "Swimming with sea turtles" and the sole turtle we were able to see was clever enough to swim away before we even ended up in the water.
Rest was good and it's been a decent time regardless.
Ditched the bus away from the hotel to walk back. Had Mexican steak since Analena asked to take food pics (will post visual later).
Day 6 18/08/2016
Rafting!!! I was aware of having some sports canoeing experience as I took part in it during one summer, which was an additional motivation to partake in this journey as I tend to prefer things I have some knowledge or experience in.
Regardless, I begun to wonder if it was a good idea to eagerly accept the offer to raft solo instead of chilling in the big one, as "level 3 (or it was 4) river" sounded potentially hard to pull off for an arguable newbie.
Everything went well, however, and I also remembered having been in a boat camp and partaking in some shorter trips too. Didn't fall a single time.
Side activities featured eating, swimming in a cold mountain stream, jumping from a 3 meters cliff (to water, of course), stopping at a few points and doing more swimming/resting.
Trip begun early in the morning and took all day to finish. Have no complaints whatsoever aside of being denied to get a second serving and it's been quite a day.
Bought the video of the trip, might end up sharing the Mee moments sometime later.
Day 7 19/08/2016
Decided to stay in and fully recover from the sun, planning to go out later in the evening. Left the bags with the bottles outside the door for the room service to pick up as I have little to no interest in having them inside the room and am not an untidy lazy bum. Took some naps. Wifi is good in the balcony and now I have discovered a way to have the phone charged while poking the charger through the window. Had very well done grilled minced chicken, French fries, marinated green hot chili peppers and desserts for dinner. Yum yum.
Took care of the seaside plans and wrote the log entries while chilling at a bench by the sea.
More tanning is scheduled for tomorrow since I seem to tolerate the sun without any issues whatsoever now. Lengthy trip the day after and then more chill days before traveling back.
Side note: despite being pleased by the Nazi Germany (definitely the best nation during the war, and the uniforms! The parades! Heil'ings and speeches!) and making WW2 puns, I have nothing but the utmost respect for the Jews. Their culture and the way of life, followed by having a very tight community and stereotypically being very focused on the money makes them quite a race. So, when I say that I "Jewed some bargain", etc., I say it lovingly.
Side note: despite being pleased by the Nazi Germany (definitely the best nation during the war, and the uniforms! The parades! Heil'ings and speeches!) and making WW2 puns, I have nothing but the utmost respect for the Jews. Their culture and the way of life, followed by having a very tight community and stereotypically being very focused on the money makes them quite a race. So, when I say that I "Jewed some bargain", etc., I say it lovingly.
Awwww! Thanks, Dami
Day 8 20/08/2016
Beach Food SC Chill Sightseeing in the evening. Quality rest day.
Day 9 21/08/2016
Pamukkale & Hierapolis
Long trip to Pamukkale, begun at 4:20 AM, ended at around 11 PM.
Some sightseeing, sleeping in bus, eating stops.
Main highlight - Cleopatra's Pool. Not what I imagined, but by no means bad. At the first sight it looked like sany other pool due to the modern framing. It more or less was, however, they put some ancient columns and other pieces of ruins in it, which made it appear as more unique. Floating around in water is nice, plus this one is filled with minerals which provide medical benefits.
Side highlight - "Gate to Hell"! Sounded like it ought to be truly something... However, once we were guided to it, it was but a frickin hole in a wall, through which we were able to poke our heads in and listen to some gasses. Wow. Could be some sort of a maintenance point making those noises for all I know... Well, better than no gate, I suppose.
Limestone wall and pools in the mountain. Not bad at all, though would get dull if too much time would've been spent there.
Theater - partly rebuilt, rock and other concerts happen there. Nice to peep at.
Remaining days
Similar course like during the 8th, plus some Farscape watching due to the discovery of Wifi working better in tablet. Packing and leaving after receiving the call to head to the entrance at the exact moment all things were packet and I was about to close the luggage.
Overall... Decent vacation destination, area fixated on tourists, so full of restaurants and shops and such. Weather is good, albeit I'd love me some wind. Despite that, while one is less eager to be on the move during the day, weather is decent for tanning or spending time in the water. The hotel pool always had people in it despite the sea is 5-8 minutes of walking away. I've yet to comprehend why one would flop his/her bum there rather by the seaside, but it seemed as a place, which was preferred by enough people to be mentioned. Free food, while a truly wonderful thing, is only provided during certain hours, which is a bit of an inconvenience as I might want to eat later or earlier.
Some visual footage is ought to be delivered shortly.