This is the stand of hot nuts for sale down at the old harbour at Antalya that I told you about in my previous post. The woman was there toasting her nuts the first week we arrived when there was still a chill in the air and it was so cold we had the fireplace … Read more about Antalya, Turkey: hot nuts on a cold night
I can’t get enough of the sunsets in Antalya. Early evening, an hour or so before the sun goes down, we wander down to the old harbour, a ten minute walk from the house we’re renting. During the day Terence and I are so focused on work, that apart from our coffee and lunch breaks, … Read more about Antalya, Turkey: silhouettes and beers at sunset
Two months ago we arrived in Antalya, Turkey, from Crete via Northern Cyprus. We weren’t in Turkey to research or write about Turkey. We were here to hole up at our friends’ villa in Kas and use it as a base for a month to write up the Crete and Cyprus books, write a tonne … Read more about Living like locals
Motorhome tourists get haircuts at the local barber, shop at local markets and buy more souvenirs from the places they go to see: “They never want to stay in just one place, and unlike the tourists taking advantage of the cheap ‘everything included’ system we see in many of our hotels, they don’t only stay … Read more about The rising interest in four-wheeled holiday pleasure in Turkey: motorhome tourists rule!
A Mongolian yurt, luxury tented cabin, wooden wigwam, or plain old pup tent… wherever you choose to roll out your sleeping bag know that (just like caravanning), camping is cool. Or so the media has been insisting for a while now. More Brits were taking their tents to the country than ever before, BBC News … Read more about Cool camping: creature comforts, clever marketing and celebrity campers