I have neglected my blog for so long that I actually feel embarrassed. I love blogging but have been tempted away by the new delights of Instagram and also I've been talking to family and friends via messenger and FaceTime instead of via my blog. I have felt a social media emptiness these last couple of weeks and realised that I have missed my blog, a bit like missing a dear old friend. I hope you forgive me, my trusted friendly blog.
So now for a catch up. We have just returned from fortnight holiday number three this year and enjoyed the sunny holiday delights of Turkey again. In June we visited our favourite Turkish resort of Kalkan and this last holiday was in Olu Deniz. We like this resort for October as we find that as the season starts to wind down that we need a fairly busy place to stay so that there is still some hustle and bustle around us. There are plenty of places to visit nearby and various sightseeing places to explore.
The weather was perfect for the first week although it was cloudy on Saturday and rained on Sunday in the middle of our break, but it was back to sunshine on Monday. The hot sunny weather remained until our journey home on Friday night. We expected this patch of cloudy weather and visited the ghost town of Kayakoy on Saturday with a fairly short bus ride away at a cost of around £1.75 return each.
Earlier in the week we had caught the local bus to the top of Babadag Mountain to watch the steady stream of paragliders jumping from the platform for their thrills. There are many tandem paragliders with the passengers paying around £50 for the experience. We are both too chicken to try it ourselves but this did not stop us having a chuckle at some of the novice's legs still running in mid-air once they had already taken off. Instead we lazily sat back with a glass of chilled wine and enjoyed the view and entertainment.
Most people arrive by travel agency mini-bus but we were lucky enough to get on the local mini-bus as there are only two a day. We had to stand up as all seats were already taken and it was a long 40 minute journey up hairpin bends on a narrow road. Two ladies seated in front of me could not look out the window at times but as we have done this journey before with us sitting in the front seats next to the driver we know the road is safe.
It is usually a fairly peaceful spot at the mountain top but this time there were three JCBs drilling away. On closer inspection I noticed that they are building a cable car called the Skyline to take the paragliders up the mountain and sightseers up and down the mountain. This is due to open around May/June next year. I think that if we holiday in the area again then this will be well worth a visit, although David is not a fan of cable cars and may have to be persuaded.
Our hotel is just perfect for us and I booked it in January this year at a good price with Jet2 Holidays. We have been using this company quite a lot recently after using them for flights this April to Tenerife and again for flights to Tenerife for June 2018. One of the draws is the 22kg hold luggage allowance and 10kg hand luggage allowance. Other companies give much smaller weight allowances and charge excessive amounts for additional allowances. The hotel is fairly central, has a lovely (but freezing cold - or should that be"refreshing?") pool and plenty of sunbeds with no early morning towel runs to bag a bed. We stayed in this hotel over two years ago and we were pleasantly surprised at the standard of accommodation and service given the fairly low cost. We have a large room with king sized bed, window settee and balcony overlooking the pool with views towards the mountains. We stayed in the room next door last time we stayed.
Well I'll post more about our holiday soon and sign off for now. Find me (and follow me if you want to) on Instagram @themrsdanvers and I use #themrsdanvers.
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