SO. The first few kilometers are behind me - but as they were through airport corridors and queue "stacks" they don't count. Basically I have arrived at my starting point!
Points of interest on my way here;
1.Confusion at airports as to whether hiking poles are to travel in the cabin, or in the hold of your plane. (from London to Istanbul the former, from Istanbul to Dalaman the latter, apparently, and this incurred some frantic to-ing and fro-ing at the security barrier).
2. The best place for lunch at Istanbul Attaturk Airport is the staff canteen, called the Botanik Cafe (see photo). Discovered by accident we were nevertheless welcomed and the salad bar was great!
3. A superb view of Dalyan from the plane. A sand bar beach runs across the delta formed where a waterway from Lake Coycegiz filters down to the sea. On this sandbar loggerhead turtles struggle ashore to lay their eggs. It is now protected against development.
4. The sight of the mountain Baba Dag's majestic cone, capped with a touch of snow despite temperatures at sea-level being in the low 20's (68+F)
I am staying at a "butik" hotel in Ovacik about to turn in, with a chorus of toads singung a lullaby.
First steps tomorrow. More news soon!
*applause*
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ReplyDeleteGreat .... the food looks colourful and was, I suspect, very tasty. A good start to life abroad. 'Wings to your ankles'
ReplyDeleteGreat - looks lush -- are you pumped full of boiled egg, tomatoe, cucumber and bred every morning with Ayran?
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ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying Aryan, but a slughtly diffetent recipe every time. Favourite so far; salted (yogurt) with crushed garlic!
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying Aryan, but a slughtly diffetent recipe every time. Favourite so far; salted (yogurt) with crushed garlic!