Bayram and Sue's birthday

Sue's birthday co-incided with Kurban Bayram this year. We decided to have a few days in Kusadasi to celebrate.



This is known locally as bird island



On the day of her birthday the 27th .... (November not her age ... she's only 21 )
we found this deserted beach and lay in the sun, reading, and enjoying the sunshine.



Our hotel room was opposite the harbour and while we were there the P & O Aurora came in overnight... the following evening it set sail again heading for Athens.

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Exercise machines in Akbuk

These exercise apparatus are to be found all along the sea-front in Akbuk



Come on Phil ..... show us how it's done ...

ooooops!!! .... think he's done himself a mischief

Yup .... he's definitely not comfortable now!!!

Cafe 3 2 1

Many of our readers know that Café 3 2 1 on Ege Caddessi made the best fish and chips in Didim and Altinkum. Some of them even knew that the business had shut just a few weeks ago.

Well we're pleased to tell you that it will re-open in new premises on Tuesday.

It is now located down past the Bistro and Delicious on the right hand side of the road in the building formerly occupied by the Symbol Bar.

We'll have more about it soon.

Having hacked our way through the jungle we found our back wall. We decided the plants such as the bouganvillea at the back needed more support, so we have erected some metalwork to provide it.

Here's me finishing off with the grinder before giving the whole structure a couple of coats of black paint.

Didim's new Marina

We had a stroll around the new Marina today. It is very impressive even though it's not quite finished yet.

There are several very expensive boats around in the dry dock area, already ...

.. and also a lot in the water.

The yacht club is open, and there are tennis courts and swimming pools for the lucky boat owners who use the marina.

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A Day out in Izmir

We decided to have a day out to Izmir this week, so we boarded a bus in Didim and in 2 hours we were there. A short complimentary minibus ride took us to Basmane and from there we walked to the Bazaar and on to the sea-front.

Once on the sea-front we took the ferry to Karşiyaka where we had lunch.

It was a beautiful day and a lot of fun.