Here are a few quick shots of Turkey you can munch on while waiting for me to get my act together and start creating this site. This is the truck that will carry us on this long journey, and here's a shot of the ruins of troy from Greek mythology. We took a ferry from the Galipolli Penensula to Canakkale, and continued along the Aegean Coast to towns with names like Ayvalik, Kucukkuya, and Selcuk - where we stayed at Atilla's Place . We saw the beautifully preserved ruins at Ephesus and continued down the coast to the resort town of Oludeniz, one of my favorite stops where we camped for three nights, went paragliding from the highest commercial launching point in the world, and partied a little, and a little more and a little more. Did I mention it was a lot of fun ? Here are a few random shots from Turkey. More to come soon: More of the Truck Fetyeh Ruins at Alexandrea Trois Cliff Some of our group with Shelly from New Zealand Jasemin and me Jasemin from Istanbul Jas Truck interior After recovering from all the merriment at Oludeniz, Dan left the group to go hiking and we traced the coastline up, down, and around mountains along narrow winding roads and unbelievable scenery. I rode up front in the cab with Adam and this apparently cursed the truck because is ended up breaking down. It was only a small leak in an air hose but it delayed us enough that we only reached the town of Uçagez. It turned out to be good thing for everyone but Adam, who had to spend his time there getting the truck fixed. Most of the rest of us spent the night on a glass bottom boat and the next day toured the local waters where, through the glass bottom, we viewed an ancient exotic sunken city which bore a striking resemblance to a bunch of old rocks lying on the ocean floor. After coming down from the enchantment of looking at the rocks we did a little swimming and had just too much fun (sorry Adam and John). More of Ucagiz: Ucagiz | women making bread From there we continued on our way and eventually reached the ruins at Olimpos. Later that evening I took a van with Arnaut, John, Liz, and a group of young girls who entertained us the entire way with a delightfully off-key rendition of "American Pie". We were headed to the mountain of Chimera - a mountain with scattered, flaming natural gas leaks which have apparently been burning for thousands of years. Arnaut and John walked ahead of Liz and I. We decided to try to catch up with them but this proved to be difficult, and we soon learned that they were racing up the mountain in a frantic attempt to escape the singing girls who were in hot melodic pursuit. The next day weleft the Medditerainian Sea behind and traveled in...nevermind...here's some more photos: Back in Turkey We arrived back in Turkey October, 18th, and headed straight for Goreme in the Cappadocia region with its bizare but beautiful landscape of tall rocks projecting into the sky and underground cave cities, which descend nine stories into the ground in some places. Don't have time to ramble right now, it's getting dark and I need to find a motel, so here's a few pics of Goreme and beyond. I'll give them less ridiculous titles when I have time: Traditional food set in a home Traditional food set in a home Traditional food set in a home Local bar in Urgup Local bar in Urgup Local bar in Urgup Cart Rachael from New Zealand Goreme Goreme Mellisa from Australia Ok. Here's the INTERIOR of the Truck - Arnaut and Anne I had a stow-away Martijn and Sondra from The Netherlands Our newest member - Joan, eating with John Whirling Dirvishes - Turkish Night Whirling Dirvishes more more Turkish Night more Turkish Night girl Jim looks happy Ankara - I was the only one lucky enough to go See what you guys missed The bus to Erezurum - my last picture before the battery died I'm now stuck in Erzerum waitting for my Iranian visa. Home | Turkey | Syria | Jordan | Lebanon | Iran undefined undefined More... undefined [Close] undefined [Close] undefined

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• Aegean Coast
• Ayvalik to Selcuk
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