in short
home once again... being away for a bit refreshes the mind for sure.
we had a nice drive around the coast area and returned home 1 day early. its nice to have a day at home before returning to work... and what better welcome than to find a kitty on the door steps of the building, and feed her with the kibbles i carry around in my bag...
i did some driving too on the way, as planned. i learned that i definitely dont like night driving, with cars on both lanes i had to use low beams and i felt like i couldnt see anything.
we stayed nights in Cinarcik, Ayvalik, Kusadasi, Bodrum and Akhisar. my deep and truthful analysis follows.
Cinarcik is a typical small & 'slow' turkish summer city, with one or 2 old fashioned discos and people walking by the seaside eating sunflower seeds. guys with pimped motorbikes showing them off to each other.
Ayvalik is a more popular holiday destination, but i think mainly amongst turks. a lot of touristic shops with design items also (especially in Cunda area i could have wondered around longer), very cute small streets between old buildings, fish restaurants, beaches and tourist-priced hotels.
Kusadasi is a tourist destination in every meaning of the word, but mainly among the british, german and dutch. no turks to be seen except working. full of fake-this and fake-that shops, hassling and a great variety of international foods and british cider but the prices are mindblowing (the europeans have money so why not?)
Bodrum is THE tourist destination though. with a mix of upper class turks and british and scandinavians also. a balance of turkish and international cuisine, its easy to find something good, although prices are higher again. beaches and brand shopping are available.
Akhisar is a backwards conservative worn out town which is worth seeing for the sake of seeing a backwards conservative worn out town.
we had a nice drive around the coast area and returned home 1 day early. its nice to have a day at home before returning to work... and what better welcome than to find a kitty on the door steps of the building, and feed her with the kibbles i carry around in my bag...
i did some driving too on the way, as planned. i learned that i definitely dont like night driving, with cars on both lanes i had to use low beams and i felt like i couldnt see anything.
we stayed nights in Cinarcik, Ayvalik, Kusadasi, Bodrum and Akhisar. my deep and truthful analysis follows.
Cinarcik is a typical small & 'slow' turkish summer city, with one or 2 old fashioned discos and people walking by the seaside eating sunflower seeds. guys with pimped motorbikes showing them off to each other.
Ayvalik is a more popular holiday destination, but i think mainly amongst turks. a lot of touristic shops with design items also (especially in Cunda area i could have wondered around longer), very cute small streets between old buildings, fish restaurants, beaches and tourist-priced hotels.
Kusadasi is a tourist destination in every meaning of the word, but mainly among the british, german and dutch. no turks to be seen except working. full of fake-this and fake-that shops, hassling and a great variety of international foods and british cider but the prices are mindblowing (the europeans have money so why not?)
Bodrum is THE tourist destination though. with a mix of upper class turks and british and scandinavians also. a balance of turkish and international cuisine, its easy to find something good, although prices are higher again. beaches and brand shopping are available.
Akhisar is a backwards conservative worn out town which is worth seeing for the sake of seeing a backwards conservative worn out town.
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