tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post8895232666758728402..comments2024-01-27T20:32:17.610-05:00Comments on Pinchgut: Sorry guys but I ate one of you!Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-79774806378163814052009-03-31T02:46:00.000-04:002009-03-31T02:46:00.000-04:00Glad that allis well.. Have no desire to go but it...Glad that allis well.. Have no desire to go but it is nice to see the photos!Trinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13406842707732044565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-70627973980632873242009-03-30T23:59:00.000-04:002009-03-30T23:59:00.000-04:00We visited Turkey by yacht in the early 90s. Arriv...We visited Turkey by yacht in the early 90s. Arriving from the Greek island of Samos we were greeted by Turkish customs and immigration officials. When they saw we had British passports, they demanded that we pay the arrival fees in pounds sterling. Fortunately, two of our party had joined us from the UK and had the relevant coinage. They would have liked us better if we had been dinky di Aussies.<BR/><BR/>My experience of the carpet selling was that the vendors insisted that first you drink a Turkish coffee, for which I have no inclination. As a result, I was off on a bad start. Secondly, I detest haggling about prices. Tell me the price and if it's not ridiculous, I'll buy it. I'm not interested in spending the day bargaining, it gives me no pleasure.<BR/><BR/>Our visit was to Kusadasi from where we arranged a mini bus with driver to take us to Ephesus. He very quickly arranged for us to have lunch at some friend's or relation's place on the way. In the end we had to insist that we not be shown any more food because (a) we were too full to contemplate it and more importantly (b) we wanted to go to Ephesus, which we really enjoyed when we finally got there.<BR/><BR/>But Turkey and the Turks had it all over the Greek islands, infested with German tourists...Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806660109196835114noreply@blogger.com