We arrived in Bodrum by bus at about 10am. (On the drive down the views were beautiful of the water and the bus was stopped by police and everyone else's ID got checked.) Our room wasn't ready at the hotel yet so we enjoyed a second breakfast with a lot of options at the buffet. More hot food especially - Scrambled eggs, Frankfurt's in tomato sauce, capsicum and bacon mix, pastry filled with a crumbled white cheese. And there was some cake, it was ok. The pool a...

Our last day of 5 in Kusadasi. A ferry port with lots of shopping and restaurants. We stayed in a new modern hotel on the water with a really nice room. We enjoyed breakfast at the hotel each morning. I would usually have a hot chocolate, cereal - a small mix of cornflakes, Special K and oats. Then toast with jam or egg. A lot of the other options were the traditional Turkish breakfast of cold cuts and salad. We'd walk down the street along the water past the l...

Ephesus, located in Selcuk (pronounced cell-check,) was an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city. We spent two hours here with our tour guide, the same one from yesterday, looking through the fallen down city. The Theatre was massive and the library tall. It's amazing how much original pieces remain. The theatre for example, just the six bottom steps are original marble, the rest have been recreated by the archeologists to give the effect to visitors...

Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site. The city contains hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water. People have bathed in its pools for thousands of years. As recently as the mid-20th century, hotels were built over the ruins of Hieropolis, causing considerable damage. An approach road was built from the valley over the terraces, and motor bikes were allowed to go up and down the slopes. When ...

Public buses in Turkey are great. Comfy seat. Own TV. Free snacks at lunch and drink in afternoon. Great views. Air con. Spacious. Nobody spoke English to us for about 9 hours and we were travelling 400km! We had a bus ticket. We showed everyone. We were dropped at the bus stop restaurant at 10.45am and waited. The bus was late but we hopped on at 12.30pm as it filled for gas. We gave away our ticket to the steward and we needed to point to what drink we wanted...