Every colour you can imagine, orange, pink, red, purple and in every combination, this is how they paint their houses, buildings and even the mosques. It is quiet refreshing after the white and blue of Greece. The six am call to prayers is not quiet as refreshing.
We arrived in Turkey at a place called Marmaris, which just happens to be the largest tourist city in all of Turkey. Half the population of Britain and about the same number of Scandavaian are holidaying here. We started our stay in a Pension, which made us wonder what we were doing to offend the Gods this time. Soon figured out that the whole city is hotels and apartment hotel and moved. Now in a little apartment,where there is hot water(at least in the evenings).
We did a two day bus tour and got to see some of the real Turkey ... Ephesus, which are unbelievable ruins and Pammakale which are these white cliffs(looks like snow). Of course no pictures attached because we still have not figured that out. We met some wonderful people on the tour and had great fun with them at dinner and over a beer or two. You would need a lot more time than a week to see Turkey as it is a huge country. We found the people very freindly, more so than Greece and prices were definately more reasonable. Marmaris is pretty much shutting down for the winter so our timing was good, we are now back to Rhodes for a few days and then off to Egypt on Tuesday. Wish us luck.
Don and Marlyn
We arrived in Turkey at a place called Marmaris, which just happens to be the largest tourist city in all of Turkey. Half the population of Britain and about the same number of Scandavaian are holidaying here. We started our stay in a Pension, which made us wonder what we were doing to offend the Gods this time. Soon figured out that the whole city is hotels and apartment hotel and moved. Now in a little apartment,where there is hot water(at least in the evenings).
We did a two day bus tour and got to see some of the real Turkey ... Ephesus, which are unbelievable ruins and Pammakale which are these white cliffs(looks like snow). Of course no pictures attached because we still have not figured that out. We met some wonderful people on the tour and had great fun with them at dinner and over a beer or two. You would need a lot more time than a week to see Turkey as it is a huge country. We found the people very freindly, more so than Greece and prices were definately more reasonable. Marmaris is pretty much shutting down for the winter so our timing was good, we are now back to Rhodes for a few days and then off to Egypt on Tuesday. Wish us luck.
Don and Marlyn
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