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Tombs of Dalyan

Today we came to Dalyan. It was a long and hot taxi ride, with few points of interest other than some marbles quarries. There was, occasionally, fine landscape, and at the point at which you break through the hills to the coastal plain there was a stopping point by the road which was also a […]

56 years

Well, England lost and a nation mourns. The GF is very cast down, a lover of football who has never seen his national team win. I at least saw Pakistan win at cricket when I was 11, so got that out of the way early, when it still mattered. We watched it on a rather […]

A deserted stadium

This morning, breakfast and then back to our room to wait for the worst heat of the afternoon to pass. The GF did his standing while I rested my fingers (napped). The around 2 we took the shuttle down to Selcuk and found ourselves a taxi to take us on today’s excursion. We went through […]

Three goddesses

After yesterday’s slightly overwhelming day, today we decided to stay around Selcuk, which is a lovely little town. It’s bisected by a road, with the markets and other things on one side and the sights and old houses (many now turned into guesthouses) on the other side. We started with the museum which was fairly […]

A well-oiled pilgrimage

A fine breakfast this morning and then we took the dolmuş down to Selcuk. It was all very easy – the dolmuş goes every 20 minutes, costs 5 lira per person, making the journey feel smooth and spontaneous. But like and quite unlike our journeys in Beitou about 18 months ago. At the foot of […]