Life Is A Big Empty Canvas.....Splash As Much Colour On It As You Can!!Reflections on Turkey.Why are my feelings mixed when I reflect on Turkey? Part of me, a big part of me, wanted to rekindle the memories I have from 42 years ago....when I was so young and impressionable. Now, even with the wisdom of age (?) the little girl in me still wants to see the heavily laden donkeys (no tractors), farmers stomping olives with their feet (no factories), wood and rock h...

So on this day of my blog we leave our leisurely kick back stay in Datca. I can't say enough about this place except that we will miss it.  Rolled our bags a along the cobblestone walkway by the sea in the quiet of the morning. Now to yet another bus and then a ferry to Bodrum. This time we have tickets!Chunk, clunk, stall, rev, spit and backfire, all of this before the old bus hobbled down to the ferry dock. Nothing much here but a good breakwater and a...

Bussed to Fethiye in the daytime over mountain passes that are in a state of reforestation (which is a great idea given the dry conditions). High rugged mountains with a very good highway slashing it's way through the passes. Strange to see the trees growing in straight lines up the mountainside. The ridges are bare strips of dirt...probably a deliberate fire guard. Forest fire is a problem in this area.fethiye is, in my mind, England/Germany with some Ru...

The 7pm big bus was a mini bus that whisked us away from Urgup around 6:30 on the first leg of our journey towards Pamukkale. In the Nevsehir bus stop we were told to get out and wait...at least I think that's what they said. No English. No signs. No idea if we are in the right place. One important looking gentleman points...we wait. A Muslim woman tries in vane to engage me in conversation. I look...she giggles and she does it all over again. Takes my...

Somewhere I read that Urgup was more laid back than touristy Goreme so we booked a place... A cave hotel in Cappadocia. Now I have to say the hotel is great but it is located down a narrow dark alley and up a lot of stairs. Our first hint that perhaps this wasn't a fancy place was when the bus got stuck in the alley. Eventually, rear view mirrors intact, they managed to find the place and left us in the dark to find our way down yet another (shorter) alle...