bodrum boat trip.

**windy boat ride + salt water + short hair = unfortunate hair in boat trip photos...

when we arrived in bodrum, we almost passed out from the heat. carrying our huge backpacks down the winding streets of bodrum and up a few flights of stairs to our hostels proved to be a trip low-point. we spent a warm quiet evening on the rooftop terrace and ended up sleeping up there for a whopping $6.50!

the next day, we decided to beat the heat by going on a little boat trip. the boat visited five different beaches on the mediterranean, served lunch, and cost about $16 - incredible! while i loved diving off the side of the boat into the clearest water i have ever seen, i may have gone partially deaf from the turkish dance music that was pumped at an extremely loud volume the duration of the trip.

oh mediterranean, i love you.


ps. sad to report that our mini-vacation is finished... kd & i started orientation today at the english immersion day camp that we're working at in istanbul - phew! what  long day! my boat trip days seem long behind me...

ephesus etc.

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we arrived in turkey a few days ago and the first thing we noticed was the INTENSE HEAT! we thought that greece had been hot, but boy oh boy were we wrong!

yesterday, despite the forecasted 39 degrees celsius, we visited the ruins of the basilica of st. john, a mosque nearby, and the ruins of ephesus. we were dripping sweat the second we went out the door and it just got worse as the day progressed (i drank 1.5L of water over lunch!). the heat made it sometimes a bit difficult to appreciate the places we visited.

ephesus was an ancient greek (and later roman) city that at it's peak housed over 200, 000 people. there are extensive remains of the city - which were beautiful and overwhelming all at the same time...