Turkey - Part 5 - Tombs and Turtles
After modern Bodrum, we headed to a much more chilled out small beach town called Akyaka. Here a reed lined river runs into the sea and there were hundreds of boats moored up that offer half hour trips up the river to view the crystal clear waters and if you're lucky see birdlife and fish. We jumped on board one of the boats congratulating ourselves that we had it to ourselves, but were then joined by a group of about 20. We got chatting to them and discovered they were fr
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Turkey - Part 4 Chasing The Sun
We had over a three hour drive from Pamukkale to Fethiye on the coast - we thought it was worth a bit of a detour to enjoy a couple of warm sunny days which the forecast was promising. The drive took us up a pass which took us onto a scenic wide plateau with snow-capped mountains as the backdrop. After the fairly empty scenery it was a bit of a shock to pull up in a bustling coastal town in glorious sunshine. We parked up next to a beach which was next to a promenade full of
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Turkey - Part 3 - Big Turkish Delights
We are continuing our trend of trying to visit an Iveco garage in as many countries as possible, so before we left Izmir we fought our way in the pouring rain into the vehicle repair estate on the edge of the city. We'd been unable to close a storage cupboard in our cab after the tracking unit fell down the back of it and Colin couldn't work out how to release it without damaging the unit. Thankfully the guys at the garage knew exactly how to do it and it was sorted in 5 mi
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Turkey - Part 2 - Down The West Coast
We spent a quiet night in the car park next to the ferry port to the island of Bozcaada, a small island in the Aegean Sea. We were relieved the weather forecast was as promised and the sun was out with a brilliant blue sky. The main town where the ferry docked looked idyllic with waterside restaurants, a castle and a maze of narrow cobbled streets with quirky buildings. We failed to find a good coffee shop open though. There was another cyclist on the ferry with his bike a
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