the marina in Fethiye
going through the photos for day 5, the food pics far outnumbered the shots of Türkiye itself...almost to the point of wondering whether i should start a food blog...i mean, really...for someone who loves food as much as i do, and who took photos of (almost) everything we ate (still sad that i missed a couple of meals)...
granted this day wasn't much of a jam-packed day of fun things, like the few days following...
Pamukkale breakfast
after a tasty and filling breakfast by Hassan's wife, we caught the dolmus back to the otogar in Denizli and got super bargain tickets on a mini-bus to Fetihye.
waiting at the dolmus stop in Pamukkale
even though i previously spoke of the dangers of bargain tickets, we weren't concerned about the size of the bus as we were only travelling 4 hrs.
i'd love to think that my bargaining skills were really starting to sharpen up, but mostly it was because our new friend--Hassan's cousin--was back at his job rounding up travellers at the otogar...when he saw us show up, he took care of us.
waiting for the bus with a cup of çay, simit stand in the background
bus snacks:
peynir (cheese) with simit (these became some of our Turkey lunch/snack staples)
strawberry season in Turkey
the drive was something else...through crazy snow capped (!) mountain ranges.
when we got to the otogar in Fethiye, we decided to hike the few kms through town...with the help of a random Turkish man who seemed to be excited that he got to practice his English...he directed us towards Ideal Pension.
i love that even all the bargain places we were searching out in Turkey are like hotels...some with swimming pools like Hassan's place...some with awesome views out onto the bay from our personal balcony...incredible.
this far side of Fethiye is definitely a marina town, complete with tourist market and souvenir shops.
we walked around the market for a bit and met a woman with a belly dance costumes store...i went in to talk to her because my good friend Cathy (a belly dancer and teacher) had asked me to bring her home some new outfits.
Darya is a lovely lady (and probably the only woman who runs and/or works in a shop in Turkey...something we later noticed)...i told her i'd come back to buy a costume, and she gave us some blue eye pins to ward off the evil eye.
walnut & pomegranate salad
tomato soup
lentil-tomato soup with lemon and rice
we had a wonderfully tasty and cheap dinner of lentil soup, tomato soup and walnut & pomegranate salad at Pasa Kebap...and of course some Efes beer to discuss our plans for the morning.
the plan? leave early on a dolmus to the small town of Kabak for a 2 day hike along the mediterranean on the Lycian Way!
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