Mediterranean Coast
Kalkan, Turkey
May 20, 2010
A few days relaxing around the water is just what we needed. We've been going, going, going since Thailand and it's nice to just hang out around the water. (Picture of Paul paddling on the Med.) At the Pasha Apartment Hotel where we are staying we have a one bedroom apartment, kitchen and two couches that turn in to beds for the kids, small balconies and a pool garden retreat. Love the extra room of an apartment and the ability to cook our own food. After a morning doing schoolwork we are all sitting outside enjoying the 75 degree, sunny weather - blogging(me), reading (Amelia and Paul) and wandering (Ben).
Five times a day the Muslim Muezzin (similar to a Pastor) sings the melodious call to prayer from the loud speakers of the town Minaret and he's calling right now - his voice echoing off the local hills. The latest in the evening we've heard them call is about 9:30 p.m. and in the morning it's around 5:30 a.m. We've heard these calls to prayer in Thailand, Egypt, Jordon and Turkey in every town throughout each day. Depending on how close you are to a Minaret - there are often several in a town - or how well your windows are insulated will make the difference how well you can hear the call. (See picture above of the exquisite Blue Mosque in Istanbul and four, of it's six, Minarets.)
At this point of our trip we are really planning on the fly - a day ahead even. The high season is just starting to pick up so after many phone calls to other places in other parts of the Western Med of Turkey we found this little gem of a hotel in on the coast. While the town has clearly been spruced up for the tourist trade it's a lovely place to walk around and has everything one could need. Interestingly this is a big town for English tourists, while some towns on the coast are where the Russians or Germans go. We didn't know that when we booked - just found a good recommendation on Trip Advisor.
A short stroll takes us to the local grocers - about the size of a 7-11 in the U.S.. This afternoon I walked (down the hill and up the hill and back down the hill and back up the hill) to the local farmers market to buy fresh vegetables for dinner.
After two more nights relaxing we are off to see the ruins of Ephesus with perhaps one stop in between.
Gule gule,
Jackie
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