Archive for June, 2006
Friday, June 30th, 2006
The Amazing Race
My mission was to get from Fethiye to Athens in less than 2 days without spending a lot of money. That meant no flying or using any kind of private transportation.
I had been planning this trip for more than a week and I was looking forward to it, since I was going to meet Ledi […]
No Comments » - Posted in Fun Stuff, Turkey, Greece by david
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
A Blue Cruise Along the Turquoise Coast
My cruise along the Mediterranean coast ended today. The boat left Sunday morning from the Finike harbor and arrived this afternoon at the Fethiye harbor. We actually got transferred from Olympos to Finike by bus but I knew this beforehand so it was not a sour surprise.
The gullet was a very nice boat called Suleimanbay […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Cool Stuff, Fun Stuff, Turkey by david
Sunday, June 25th, 2006
Not Getting the Hype
One thing I have been looking forward to doing in Turkey is a Blue Cruise. Rod was the first to tell me about it recalling how much fun he had doing one last year. A Blue Cruise is a kind of cruise on board of a Turkish gullet along the Mediterranean or Aegean coasts.
I booked […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Turkey, Not So Cool by david
Saturday, June 24th, 2006
Better Start Studying Mandarin
I have been staying in Antalya for the last 2 days. Antalya is a very nice and charming old town. A lot of older houses have been transformed into pensions and hotels making it a heaven for travelers and backpackers.
The first morning, I walked around the old town checking out the main sights and randomly […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Turkey by david
Saturday, June 24th, 2006
New Pictures
Yes, the day has come!
I uploaded a load of pictures covering all the time since I left Egypt almost 1 1/2 month ago!
So, go to the pictures page and enjoy these pictures of Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey.
I will go back and edit some of the older posts asap to put these pictures in context.
In […]
