Egirdir My Dear?
I caught the bus to Egidir from Cappaddocia, which took about 8 hours. Whilst on the bus, coming into Egidir was absolutely beautiful and it really took my breath away. As you drive down from a huge hill you get a brilliant panorama view of the whole town. Egidir has Turkeys biggest lake (at first I forgot it was a lake and thought it was sea it was that big!) The whole lake is surrounded by mountains so its an awesome view and the waves on the lake were bigger than in the sea.
At the beach (on the lake) I rented a pedalo and took cigarettes and drinks with me, stupidly, thinking that I would be able to smoke! I had no idea how to steer the thing so nearly ran down a four year old (she looked petrified) and then almost crashed into a boat. Finally worked out the steering and lit up a cigarette but the waves were massive and one went straight over my head. Ended up really far out at sea and I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to get back in but after a tiring journey managed it - without hurting anyone!
There is also a small market in the town but the evenings are very dull as its not a tourist town so the Muslim people don’t have any bars to go to. I then traveled back to Istanbul after a ride on a bus called Kamil Koc, ha ha, I love the Turkish names for things!
http://www.worldtravelerjournal.com/category/turkey/
http://www.globosapiens.net/travel-information/Egirdir-768.html
December 7th, 2007 at 12:04 am
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