2011 - H & A WORLD CRUISE - EPHESUS

THE SUN COMIMG UP ON KUSADASI - TURKEY

TRAVEL BOOKS DO NOT GIVE VERY GOOD REVIEWS OF KUSADASI. I DON’T KNOW WHY. I QUITE LIKED IT.

SHOPKEEPERS TRY SELLING THEIR CARPETS BUT IN A FRIENDLY WAY & PASS ME ON TO THEIR NEIGHBOUR WHEN THEY KNOW I WILL NOT BUY.

I LEAVE THE SHIP WITH THE INTENTION OF WALKING TO THIS ISLAND WITH A CASTLE..

ROSE & JANE FROM THE SHIP HAVE ALSO REACHED THE CASTLE....

JANE AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME CHATTING ON THE PROMENADE DECK ABOUT NOTHING IN PARTICULAR.
SHE IS ALSO FROM ONTARIO & IT SEEMS SHE TOOK THE ROUND THE WORLD CRUISE ON A WHIM & HAS BEEN WANTING TO GET OFF SINCE THE SECOND DAY.

TOO BAD - SHE HAS OVER A MONTH TO GO.

A NICE LADY WHO SHOULD READ ITINERARIES.

THERE IS SOME LOVELY COASTLINE NEARBY.....

I FORGET THE STORY BUT THERE ARE THESE PEBBLE LIKE OBJECTS EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND ALL AROUND HERE.

I TAKE TEA AT THE BEACH & CHAT TO A WAITER ABOUT HIS COUSIN WHO LIVES IN TORONTO, THEN TAKE A BUS BACK TO TOWN & A WALK UP THROUGH THE BACK STREETS.

I ASKED THIS LADY IF IT WAS OK TO TAKE HER PHOTO & ONLY AFTER I HAD CLICKED THE SHUTTER DID SHE ASK FOR CASH.

EASY MONEY.

SOME NICE FLOWERS & OLD BUILDINGS.

NOBODY TAKING ANY NOTICE OF ME UNTIL SOME SCHOOL GIRLS TRIED TO ENTICE ME UP AN EXTREMELY STEEP STREET. SAYING - ‘ATATURK’ & BECKONONG ME UP THE HILL.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE UP TO & THE HILL WAS VERY STEEP SO I WENT DOWN HILL INSTEAD.

YOU CAN SEE THE SHIP BETWEEN THE HOUSES.

I SPENT SOME TIME SITTING WITH BAKI ( WHO COINCIDENTALLY, IS TURKISH BUT LIVES IN HAWAII . I MET HER AROUND DAY FIVE ON BOARD BUT HAVE BARELY SEEN HER SINCE ) ON DECK TAKING PHOTOS OF THE KITES FLYING AROUND THIS STATUE ON THE HILL.
IT’S THEN I REALISED WHAT THE GIRLS WANTED TO SHOW ME. THE STATUE OF ATATURK.

I HAVE BEEN WAITING AROUND FOR MY TOUR TO START.

AND HERE WE ARE AT EPHESUS WHERE THERE IS MORE ROMAN STUFF THAN IN ROME...VERY IMPRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT..

CAMILLA & JIM WHO WERE NOT A COUPLE WHEN THEY BOARDED BUT MAY BE NOW. I NEVER DID WORK THAT ONE OUT.

SOME ANCIENT TOILETS..

HARD TO SEE BUT THIS IS A STRING BAND WAITING TO PLAY A CONCERT FOR ANOTHER TOUR GROUP FROM MY SHIP...THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A BIT SPECIAL.

WE GET TWO DAYS HERE - A RARE OCCURRENCE & ESPECIALLY SO SINCE IT IS NOT A CHANGE OVER PORT.