Day 26 - 31; Antalya. Night bus from Cappadoccia to Antalya which in hind sight worked out but I missed the landscape of middle Turkiye on the way. Had the whole back of the bus to myself so able to catch a few winks.
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| Trying to get some blogging in |
Morning in Antalya for the next week or so in a city that I knew I would like.
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| Bus to metro only 300 m walk |
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| Nice and clean |
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| easy once I figured out paying with visa directly |
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| I like it |
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| can't stay quiet like this morning |
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| Down in to the heart of the old town |
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| Orange tree, oh nice |
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| Hakan the owner giving me a big triple for $30 |
Very thankful to find Gizli Bahce Hotel that granted me a very early check in at 8am. That's damn early. Had many of good chats with Hakan the owner who had been running the place for 20 years. Right in the heart of old town with its own garden bar and next to my favourite bar "Rock Bull".
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| yet another non paper country |
Walk around the centre and to the beach which I was craving again since my time in Bulgaria.
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Lots of restaurants and bars
woven in to these curved streets |
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| Slipperiest steps on the planet! |
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The tiny central marina for
tour boats basically |
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| Central Beach Club |
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| Break water |
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| Front of the hotel |
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| Heading South along the coast of Antalya |
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| Looking over the tram tracks |
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| Posser, but still cool |
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| weird name for a grape juice |
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| Incredible cliffs along the coast |
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2 km to the beach, tram would
have been a good idea. |
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| Good tourist look out for a photo |
Rocky beach...damn, but hey different.
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| Beach socks or shoes not a bad idea |
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| Pretty damn good |
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| Tram back to centre |
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| Love this shot |
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| pricey Adana Kebab plate |
A few drinks at Gizli Bahce Garden then over to Rockbull.
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| Turtles in the garden |
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Found a sneaky hack
4 x tequila shots for $6 so I put
it all together on ice! |
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| Rockbull |
A bar that I liked a lot until I got banned...Odin Pub. Outdoor chill music until 12am then hard rock inside until 3am whether there was a crowd or not. We had a peak crowd of 8 including two entertaining Siberian girls which were the first Siberians I had ever met. Turkiye is full of Eastern tourists, especially Antalya.
Inside great rock music which I had been looking for since I left Ireland at the end of September.
Sad Side Story "Life Time Ban": While at the inside part I met everyone and was enjoying myself a lot. Later when the Siberian girls left I ended up chatting to a Turkish girl still drinking a beer by herself at 3am and me eating the free popcorn at her table. She left to have a cigarette like everyone else in all of Turkiye and then some guy came over and told me I was banned...I looked at him and said "what...whatever" and I went to the bathroom and then back to my hotel. A good night I thought until 2 nights later when I went to check out the bands again only to find out I was banned indefinitely from Odin Pub! WTF!? At that moment I wished I had at least peed on the toilet seat the other night, hahaha!
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| The Siberians |
Another day walking around and this time making about 6-7 km to the Bazaar and back to the city. Awesome day.
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| Best snack! Stuffed vine leaves |
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| Hidirlik Tower |
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| Looking South along the coast |
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Charging tables in the park
free Wifi...good right? |
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| Park restaurants |
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| Promenade connecting coast |
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| Blackberry, likely not licensed? |
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| Beautiful midtown garden resto |
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| But this is where I ate |
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| Custom Haka pipes |
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| Getting close to the market |
At the Muratpasa Belediyesi Cumhuriyet Mahallesi Katli Kapali Pazari - OR - Some Turkish Market
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| Isotope double bananas |
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| $8 for this great doner plate |
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| Meltem Doner |
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| In to the night |
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| Sellers out in the night |
Little Diving Action: When in Antalya...Go for a few dives on the cheap and not good side, but still glad I did it! Think it was 35 euros all in. Bus to boat, boat ride, lunch, 2 x dives. That's great.
Side Story: How do they do this so cheap? Shared tanks and gear. So they take 24 people and go in groups of 6 with all of the 5 guides going in and out with each group and of different levels.
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| Lots of mountain range near Antalya |
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| Kilit...bus? |
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| Always nice to see boats |
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| here we go |
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| Oil tankers so close by |
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| You guys coming... not much to see |
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| Nice coastal hills South of Antalya |
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| Turkiye seems fished out... |
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| Fun group of people made it even better. |
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| I have seen better formations... |
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| The one fish we saw, jajaja |
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| Super cheap spot - $5 for lunch |
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| Over looking old town |
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| switch over to a double room with a comfy chair |
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| Junk collector, nice |
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| Red wedding |
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| Another $6 lunch |
Ah yes, a Turkish Bath was on my list and completed in Antalya. Yeni Hamam the spot near old town.
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| Home cooking |
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| Friendly family restaurant since 1974! |
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| Internet cafe still existing? |
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| Getting ready for the 100 years of Turkiye |
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| Inside Hadrian's Gate |
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| Hadrian's Gate |
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| Nice night for a song |
A late night after Rockbull closed a big group made its way to the park with a few guitars. And yes I played "El Classico" (Free Fallin)
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| Not like the photo at all |
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New Zealand losing to South Africa
by a missed try conversion! |
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Some of Anton's work
for Halloween |
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| Ilhan "Pitbull" and Anton |
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| Tight bathroom |
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| Little Turkish Cola's half price of a Coke |
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| Africa Twin Police Motorcycle! |
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| Police BMW |
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| Another great $7 doner dinner |
Love the cleaning toilets.
100 years of Turkey/Turkiye!
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| Mustafa Kemal Ataturk |
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| I'm sure this is a huge Turkish band, but I don't know them |
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