Not sure how many of you are familiar with my brother, but here is a photo of the pair of us in Alanya. He's 14 now, and suddenly gigantic (bear in mind that I am 6 foot tall, and those shoes add about 2 inches I reckon). I left my little baby brother at home when I left for university. Now look at the state of him!
Last time we visited Turkey some years ago, we enjoyed the colourful markets, and safe to say they are as good as ever. The spice stalls always caught my attention (perhaps a new culinary interest ignited by being a student!)
I have to admit it - I am a cocktail magpie. The more colourful and wacky, the more attracted I am to them. This is a Blue Cobra, I think my favourite of the holiday (and worked out at only about £4!) I blame the rather spectacular cocktail bar just up the road from university for this latest penchant of mine!
As a family, we generally like to get slightly off the beaten track and stay away from the really touristy things, but we had to have a look at the bluer than blue waters of the Manavgat River, with its beautiful waterfalls. We also managed to negotiate a little riverboat cruise, which, although not nearly as incredible as the Kazinga Channel in Uganda, which I visited last year, had a charming beauty of its own.
This is the ancient city of Side, with most of its ruins dating back to the Roman period. On the day we visited, temperatures were soaring in excess of 42 degrees C. We pretty much stayed for as long as we could bear it, then made a dash for it back to the car, where there was air con!
More coming...
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