Thursday, March 12, 2009

Out of Istanbul

just some thoughts from Selcuk ,Turkey

We left Muheza less than 2 weeks ago!!! -it seems eons ago and distant in memory
struggling to keep it close to our heart and mind.

-after calling Muheza 'home' for 6months...."meet you at home" " great to be back home" we are now on the road as tourists and home has again become Hazlitt Creek Rd.

- after being hot all the time , i haven't sweated in 13 days and we are cold here in Turkey.

-travelling by bus here in Turkey is more like our time in Chile and much different from the speed, crowds and 'sense of safety' in Tanzania 

-Turkey the land of baclava, olives and feta for breakfast...all good

-bus ride yesterday from Cannakkale to Izmir and saw an old Turkish man as sheep herder and contrasted that with the young Masai boys  we saw as goat and cow herders. 

-Turkish language  is a challenge to pronounce or remember vocabulary, yet  the people are very friendly nd willing to cope with our sign language( we will have to get use to this a s we travel in Eastern Europe. We sometimes slip into Swahili pleasantries.

-Turkish toilets cost, yesterday we spents 5.50 turkish Kira in .50, and .75  denominations

-home schooling this week included Galipoli(WW1), Troy( and that silly horse), and today at Ephesus a spectacular  archeological site of Greek and Roman remains

Thinking about points east and also planning our first stages of cycling  from Thrace to Greece and into Bulgaria

Boys traveling very well

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