turkey
A week after my trip and my memory had already faded.
I have slept ten thousands nights in the past. So many
nights, so many dreams, yet I remembered not
one of them. My life, when it eventually drives to its ending, will
be oblierated into another lost dream.
- highlights of turkey
- people
- food
- guide books
- hotels
- day 01 istanbul
- day 02 bergama
- day 04 selcuk
- day 05 afrodisias
- day 06 pamukkale
- day 08 bodrum
- day 08 fethiye
- day 11 olimpos
- day 12 cappadocia
- day 18 malatya
- day 21 antakya
| Day | Date | Week | Place | Morning | Afternoon | Night | Hotel | |||
| 0 | 9/29 | Saturday | Flight | Vancouver | London to Istanbul (arrive 10pm) | Istanbul (1:30am) | Mavi Guest House (25ML, SB, friendly but poor value) | |||
| 1 | 9/30 | Sunday | Istanbul | Blue Mosque, Aya Sofya | Bosphorus Ferry Tour (11:00am) | Leander Tower | Mavi Guest House (25ML, SB, poor value) | |||
| 2 | 10/1 | Monday | Istanbul | Topkapi Palace (7ML) | City Center, Suleymaniye Cami | Bus to Bergama (9pm, 10 hr) | Bus, 15ML, nice | |||
| 3 | 10/2 | Tuesday | Bergama | Acroplis, Red Basilica | Asclepion, museum, Bus to Izmir, Selcuk (2pm, 3 hr) | Karahan (10ML, BK, PB, mosquitos, OK, friendly) | ||||
| 4 | 10/3 | Wednesday | 3 Cities | Priene | Miletus, Didyma | Temple of Artemis (1st 7 Wonders), Acroplis above Ephesus | Karahan (10ML, BK, PB, mosquitos, OK) | |||
| 5 | 10/4 | Thursday | Ephesus | Ephesus | Mary's Birth House (25 ML, overpriced) | 4:00pm bus to Pamukkale | Venus Hotel (13ML, BK, AC, PB, clean, owner inpolite) | |||
| 6 | 10/5 | Friday | Afrodisias | Afrodisias | Afrodisias, Carpet shop | Pamukkale, Hierapolis | Venus Hotel (13ML, BK, AC, PB, clean) | |||
| 7 | 10/6 | Saturday | Pamukkale | Pamukkale | Bus to bodrum (11:00am, 5 hr) | Menekse Pansiyon (13ML, PB, owner perky) | ||||
| 8 | 10/7 | Sunday | Bodrum | St Peter, Masoulem (2nd 7 Wonders) | Bus to Feithiye (3:00pm, 5 hr) | The Point Hostel (10ML, PB, view, BK, friendly) | ||||
| 9 | 10/8 | Monday | Feithiye | Oludeniz | Kaya Koy | The Point Hostel (10ML, PB, view, BK) | ||||
| 10 | 10/9 | Tuesday | Chimaera | Bus to Olimpos (11:00 am 5hr) | 8:00pm Chimaera | Kadir Tree House Cabin (12ML?, PB, BK, Dinner) | ||||
| 11 | 10/10 | Wednesday | Olimpos | Hike to Chimaera | Bus to Antayla (4:00pm, 1.5 hr) | Bus to goreme (9:00pm, 10 hr) | Bus, 16ML, nice | |||
| 12 | 10/11 | Thursday | Goreme | Scooter Ride around Goreme | Urgup, Fairy Chimneys | Sarihan (12ML, PB, BK, view, best room) | ||||
| 13 | 10/12 | Friday | Goreme | Avanos, Sarihan, Zelve Museum | Rose Valley | Sarihan (12ML, PB, BK, view, best room) | ||||
| 14 | 10/13 | Saturday | Ihlara Valley | Pigeon valley, Underground city, Ihlara Valley | Hike Ihlara Valley, Selime | Hitch to Aksaray (5:30pm, 0.5 hr) | Otel Yoguran (10ML, PB, SC, TV, friendly, OK) | |||
| 15 | 10/14 | Sunday | Aksaray | Bus to Goreme (11:00am, 3hr) | Goreme Museum | Sarihan (12ML, PB, BK, view, OK room) | ||||
| 16 | 10/15 | Monday | Goreme | Honey Valley, Rose Valley | Red Valley, Zelve Mountain, Sword Valley | Sarihan (12ML, PB, BK, view, OK room) | ||||
| 17 | 10/16 | Tuesday | To Malatya | Bus to Malatya (11:00am, 8hr) | Otel Kantar (8ML, TV, shower only, smelt bad, noisy but friendly) | |||||
| 18 | 10/17 | Wednesday | Malatya | Miss the tour | carpet shop, market, apricots | Otel Huzur (10ML, PB, TV, big room) | ||||
| 19 | 10/18 | Thursday | Mount Nemrut | Found Mini Bus | Sunset at Nemrut | Gunes Hotel on Nemrut (BK, dinner, PB, clean, view, very nice) | ||||
| 20 | 10/19 | Friday | Nemrut to Antakya | Sunrise at Nemrut | Battalgazi, bus to Antakya (2:00pm, 6 hr) | Guney Hotel (BK, PB, TV, SC, OK) | ||||
| 21 | 10/20 | Saturday | Antakya | Antakya Museum | Bus to Syria (11:00am, 4 hr) | Aleppo | Tourist Hotel (700p, PB, sparkling clean, fan, nice) | |||
| Exchange Rate | Hotel Keys |  |
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| Turkey | US$ 1 = 1.6ML | SB=Share bath, PB=Private bath | ||||||||
| Syria | US$ 1 = 50p | BK=Breakfast included | ||||||||
| Jordan | US$ 1=0.7d | AC=Air Con | ||||||||
| Egypt | US$ 1=4.25p | SC=Shower Cold | ||||||||