When did the new road signs appear in the Gümüşlük area? It’s been over a year since we visited our…

The Turyol Ferry Service is an alternative to the IDO city ferry service, and runs more of less along the same routes – but their ferries are more modern, and their service, more frequent, as well as faster.

Istanbul Travel Guide review and summary. The 4 books I bought before I visited Istanbul for the first time.

Foreign bloggers share their amusing and poignant thoughts, tongue-in-cheek observations and tales of personal experiences of the country they call home

Just spent the last couple of weeks learning more about flight routes in and out of Turkey than I think…

Daily Chart in the November edition of the Economist. The Brookings Institution and the London School of Economics surveyed 150 worldwide metropolitan…

“Seek the strongest colour effect possible. The content is of no importance” Henri Matisse

My Turkey reading list, and I’ll post my critique of them as I plough through them

I’ve found an alternative to the Expat Forums – in the shape of The Bodrum Bulletin, which is a fortnightly newsletter. It really has a community feel, and looks like it’s written by an Expat, who lives in the area.

“Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be…Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you’ll live as you’ve never lived before.”

So now it’s just a waiting game for the Power of Attorney to be signed and delivered to Sunshine. It feels like today is the first real day of our holiday, even though we’ve been here a full week already, time to rent a scooter and explore.

Getting the ball rolling on the House Buying process in Turkey. Offer made, small speed bump, but not too big a hurdle to be overcome.

Let’s just pretend we can’t hear those alarm bells ringing!

Market Day in Bodrum Tuesday is Fabric Market day in Bodrum. We had an amble around there — it was…

As usual, Red solidified the relationship with Mehmet by speaking the International Language of football with him. Next stop – the Notary office to get our passports translated into Turkish for the Military Approval process.

Day of Rest After a lazy start to the day, we headed over to the Bodrum Otogar to catch a…

I’m sure Tuzla Turkey will be fully developed in a couple of years, but there’s no guarantee all of these shells will be completed, and we didn’t have the patience to wait until they were.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t read the menu. In Turkish restaurants, eating starts with a visual, not an intellectual experience.

Lunch in Yalikavak After putting the first property on the short list, we jumped back in the car and drove…

I got a feeling. I don’t know if it was the view; the lack of oxygen this high on the hillside; or the steep steps I’d just sprinted up. But as we rounded the corner of, the first view of the house I got lightheaded.

Early Morning Stroll Up bright and early for a traditional Turkish breakfast at the hotel – feta cheese, olives and…

“There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.” — Charles Dudley Warner

Our first arrival at Bodrum Airport, and ground transportation to Bodrum was a bit of a mystery. It took and hour to leave, but Bodrum was waiting for us.