Hi everyone,
Our next destination was Bodrum, where we accompanied Mark and Basak on their honeymoon – so romantic ;-)
Bodrum is a tourist mecca on Turkey’s Aegean (west) coast. Our visit coincided with the end of Ramadan when those Muslims who observe it are once again permitted to eat during the daylight hours, and the Turk’s are given ten days of holidays to celebrate. It also coincided with the peak of the international tourist season so... it was insanity. Hedonistic, vibrant, happy, super-touristy insanity.
In what has come to be a reoccurring theme in Turkey we ate, swam, slept, scootered and shopped to our hearts content and worked on improving our ‘cutting the bones out of a whole fish before eating’ skills. I’m still completely sucky at this and am counting my blessings that I have not yet choked to death on a stealthy bit of spine – please keep your fingers crossed for me!
The whole trip was such a great family bonding opportunity... my brother Mark on the left lives away in the Arab Emirates, beautiful sister Jess has been teaching in Korea for a while now and is soon moving to the UK. Also a great opportunity for a new hat... pretty swick eh?
A highlight of Bodrum, sunset dinners on the beach
More family fun out on a private boat in the Aegean... super salty but oh so warm and inviting! Our resident photographer Laine shot this sweet pic of me and Soph taking a dive.
Me and Soph felt the need for a scooter mission so we took to the road to explore the countryside... these photos are from Rabbit Island where the an ancient king built a causeway to the island so he could feed the rabbits and watch the sunset with his wife... very romantic. Now the causeway has sunk and people amuse themselves by trying to walk across it, it's a lot more slippery than it looks! (and surrounded by sharp rocks)
The rest of the expedition consisted of sunbathing and checking out the cookie-cutter housing developments.
And back to Bodrum where we farewelled the majority of the family, with the exception of my parents and sister who joined us for the next adventure...
Our next destination was Bodrum, where we accompanied Mark and Basak on their honeymoon – so romantic ;-)
Bodrum is a tourist mecca on Turkey’s Aegean (west) coast. Our visit coincided with the end of Ramadan when those Muslims who observe it are once again permitted to eat during the daylight hours, and the Turk’s are given ten days of holidays to celebrate. It also coincided with the peak of the international tourist season so... it was insanity. Hedonistic, vibrant, happy, super-touristy insanity.
In what has come to be a reoccurring theme in Turkey we ate, swam, slept, scootered and shopped to our hearts content and worked on improving our ‘cutting the bones out of a whole fish before eating’ skills. I’m still completely sucky at this and am counting my blessings that I have not yet choked to death on a stealthy bit of spine – please keep your fingers crossed for me!
The whole trip was such a great family bonding opportunity... my brother Mark on the left lives away in the Arab Emirates, beautiful sister Jess has been teaching in Korea for a while now and is soon moving to the UK. Also a great opportunity for a new hat... pretty swick eh?
A highlight of Bodrum, sunset dinners on the beach
More family fun out on a private boat in the Aegean... super salty but oh so warm and inviting! Our resident photographer Laine shot this sweet pic of me and Soph taking a dive.
Me and Soph felt the need for a scooter mission so we took to the road to explore the countryside... these photos are from Rabbit Island where the an ancient king built a causeway to the island so he could feed the rabbits and watch the sunset with his wife... very romantic. Now the causeway has sunk and people amuse themselves by trying to walk across it, it's a lot more slippery than it looks! (and surrounded by sharp rocks)
The rest of the expedition consisted of sunbathing and checking out the cookie-cutter housing developments.
And back to Bodrum where we farewelled the majority of the family, with the exception of my parents and sister who joined us for the next adventure...
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