Selcuk Travel Blogs

Going with Dave and meeting up with Deats in Istanbul, flying down to Bodrum, then working our way up the coast of Turkey.

I have been quite busy since I arrived in Selcuk.  The hostel here is wonderful - best breakfasts so far.  It is run by an Aussie who has been here for 20 or so years and some locals as well.  First day I made some plans for my upcoming blue cruise out of Fethiye and finally got a go…

  From Istanbul to Selcuk by overnight bus was painful but the coach journey was like a plane trip service. Every coach in Turkey is equipped with this waiter/attendant that look after passenger's confort by serving drinks and some snack entire journey. This guy came to every passenger to ser…

After a week in Istanbul, great city though it is, it feels good to be on the move again.  Movement.  It’s become a bit of a habit this last year or so.  A compulsion for propulsion.  A good long jump it is too for the first stop.  Eschewing the historical draws of the Ga…

People i met here who contributed to, and improved my trip: Eric and Dave (USA) During the journey from Bodrum to Selcuk, the sky had clouded over and cleared again on numerous occasions, but with the weather forecast predicting rain for the next week, we decided that we would try and vi…

DAY TWO of the Beaches & Ruins Road Trip. I woke up early and used the wi-fi in the lobby to work on my computer. After awhile, the receptionist woke up and let me in to the upstairs terrace where I worked until it was breakfast time. Lisa joined me, then Steve showed up and we enjoyed the fres…

We visited a decent number of ruins in Turkey. Side, Perge (first picture), Aspendos, Olympos, Hierapolis (second picture), Ephesus. Initially I thought I hated them because I was hot, and a hot me is a grumpy me. But then in Ephesus the weather was cool and lovely, but I had no interest again.…

If you really love travelling and ready to sacrifice a 1 night comfortable warm sleep in your hotel then i would say you must try this 10 hour night ride from Istanbul to Selcuk. But when you reach selcuk, rent a room, take some rest, explore selcuk and make it as your base to see the sur…

I am studying Classical Studies at university, and so leapt at the chance to go on a university visit to the great historical sites of Western Turkey. It was colder than expected, but an amazing place which I want to return some day and explore further. Such a shame I couldn't go again with them to Tunisia this year due to heavy dissertation workload!

Graduating in May I headed to the Caribbean, then to Spain and Denmark, then the southern US, then Greece, followed by Turkey and Cyprus, then Greece again, and finally the central US.

Day 40, May 8Tour bus to Pirene, Miletus, Didymaleft at 0900, picked up othersPirene rainy at first, got betterold temple, ruins still there, not plunderedHellenistic theater horseshoe shaped, smaller, front row seatsMiletus bath house to Marcus Arelius wife big Roman theater, semi-circle, protecti…

Docked in Kusadasi, seventh stop of Mediterranean cruise. Highlights: 1. Temple of Artemis 2. St. John's Basilica & Tomb 3. House of the Virgin Mary 4. Ephesus (Odeon, Fountain of Trajan, Temple of Hadrian, Celsus Library, Great Theater & Appian Way)

I managed to drag myself out of bed and to the bus station with Güneş and his friends, and although I missed the first bus due to the need for breakfast, I caught another bus quickly and was in the town of Selçuk in less than an hour. From there I immediately hopped on a minibus for Efes (Ephesu…

This is my Bog Blog! Call them whatever you like: dunnies, pissers, gravy bowls, pissoirs, porcelain caves, potties, loos, crappers, dumpers, shitters, outhouses, throne, bogs, longdrops, WC's. As much as we dont want to think about it, even good looking girls have to crap every day! The vast array of toilets in the world have fascinated me for a long time. This blog will be continuously updated as long as I continue to travel the world and wake up needing to hang a dump.

After resisting the lure of Europe for so long, I finally caved in and bought a RTW ticket for a two month jaunt in September and October 2005.