All was well when we last posted. We’d had a relaxing couple of days in Fethiye that we spent reading, writing, and taking dips in the pool. Evenings were dedicated to walks along the waterfront to the town center for delicious meals of mezes (Turkish cold and hot appetizers) and freshly caught fish. Our hotel […]
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We’ve been in Turkey a week, and are now in the quaint seaside town of Fethiye. It is over 100 degrees; we are sweating buckets; eating lots of watermelon, cucumber, and grilled fish; and life is good. Tomorrow we sail on a gulet for a 3-night/4-day cruise around the Mediterranean coast. We stop at several […]
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Red eye flights. All night bus rides. Overnight ferry trips. Travel long enough (especially on a backpacker budget) and an overnight trip is virtually guaranteed. We try to avoid them because neither of us sleep well and we’re wrecked for a day or two afterward. It’s jet lag all over again. Ugh. The only way […]
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This post is about the rest of our time in Japan, which unfortunately got short shrift when we got home, moved house, planned and left for Round 2 of travels. Japan is an utterly unique and memorable place, so we’re throwing travelogue chronology to the wind and posting it now (only two months late ;^). […]
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We are sitting in a cafe in Mykonos, sipping overpriced cafe drinks for the “free” wi-fi, and passing time before we jump on our overnight ferry that departs at 2:20 AM (ouch!). Tomorrow we arrive in Kusadasi, Turkey after switching to another ferry on the island of Samos. It’s going to be a looonnnnng night. […]
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