On the road in Turkey

Arrived here a week or so ago - spent some time in Marmaris just getting our bearings after the 10 hour ferry from Rhodes - found a lovely 4 star hotel which was pretty much empty - the Turkish people have been absolutely wonderful to us - nothıng but helpful and kınd. Perhaps partly because this ıs off season they have the time to spend talking with us. After Marmaris we travelled by bus to Izmir where we stayed at a very small and rather dodgy hotel near the centre of town. It was wild and crazy in that part of town - memories of Pakistan. Now we have found an absolutely beautiful part of Turkey called Cesme - right on the coast wıth small towns and villages - sleepy and quiet and quite reasonably priced. Today we are drıvıng further south to an archeological site and staying overnite in a little mountain town known for their fruit wines. The last week has been unusually rainy but now there is sun and mid 20 temps. I absolutely love Turkey so far - almost as much as Greece - excuse the poor typing - the Turkish keyboard is very different and I make lots of mistakes - more news soon. Love to all.