We took the 9 am bus from Izmir to Denizli and then the mini-bus from Denizli to Pamukkale. We arrived about noon. Turkish buses are a bargain. Just as on an airplane you can choose to watch a movie, tv, or listen to music on your in…
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More about Istanbul
Randal and I spent the morning wandering around Izmir lost in the confusion of streets around the bazaar. Everyone tried to help us, and thankfully Randal is good with a map because if not we’d still be wandering around out there.…
Chora Church
Today we joined a small tour to Ephesus and it was actually astounding! Ancient Greek and Roman ruins from like 600 B.C. You couldn’t help but be amazed. The perfect weather and blue skies against the ancient stone column…
Pera Palace Hotel and the Galata Tower
This evening Randal and I picniced in our room on dark crusty bread, goat cheese, green and black olives drenched in lemon juice and it was wonderful. Then Randal went out and got us a decadent strawberry cream thing to split but we washed…
Istanbul Sites
Sultanahmet Square
Tulips are blooming in Sultanahmet Square.
I said I wanted cooler weather. I’m wearing a turtleneck, a wool sweater, my Sox hoodie and my heavy foul weather rain jacket. But the sun was shining and the cold felt good.&…
Istanbul hotels
Today we went to the Grand Bazar with Linda and Michael and it reminded me of both "the Pottery Factory" in Williamsburg, Gongbei in Zhuhai and Filene’s Basement so you get the idea. Except there were fewer bargains to be had…
Loading Doramac
It’s cold but the sun is shining. We are seeing the sites and eating too much of the wonderful food. We plan to be in Istanbul about three more days.
Loading DoraMac
BBC Everest tied to a wharf on Thilafushi the …
Istanbul
Our flights to Istanbul were smooth and almost on time. The food was the best airline food ever. We were picked up at the airport with no problem and spent the first night in the NAZ Wooden House hotel parts of which dated back to th…
Dubai
We were loaded yesterday and it was quite impressive. Then we were watched over by our new Ukrainian friend Nikita, a crewman on the BBC Everest who got us coffee and helped get us onto our launch in the bumpy seas. We arrived at the Male&#…
Yippee
Our loading time is 11 am this morning. We are the first boat to be loaded which is good because that means we’ll be loaded some time today. Three other boats are to be loaded after us and I really hope they get everyone on bec…
