The Very First Time...

Posted by flemeni, 23 October 2009 · 294 views

The very first time i visited Turkieit was an exotic experience. I was young and did not understand a word about different cultures,religion or daily life.Before departure i read a few pages about Turkie, and felt quite welprepared.... i had my beautyfull girlfriend with me and a lot of traveling checks, that ought to do it..

After arrival in Istanbul,we took a cap(or did it take uss?) and flew into town to a hotel with the most lousy room ive ever seen.we did spend a week in the old part of town,Stambul,and visited all the usual places.
we entered a bus heading for Alanya. and was very exited about going into Asia.
I remember an old man in the bus,sitting in the seat in fornt of uss...stange clothes, funny hat and fumbling with a strange little necklace all the time, i was quite surpriced when he suddenly left his seat and kneeled on the floor,I thougt he was sick and offcourse i offered him my help.... he wasnt excactly happy about it.

After arrival to Alanya we found this nice little pension, it was placed by the beach on the eastern side of the center, and driven by a ritired teacher and his wife,yildirim was their name, the pension was placed exactly where the 16 kilometers of hotels starts these days...( I was told that 100 of them closed last winter)
After 22 hours of busdriving. It was so nice to go to the beach, but just befor going i had a haircut (navycut) and drank a lot off water(not from a bottle). the sea looked so lovely and the sun was strong and warm. offcourse i was dressed in shorts only.
An older woman sat on a stone by the water,I wondered,considering the heat, why she wore so much clothe- and it was all black... a astrange local custum. After some time, still dressed in shorts, i placed myself right next to the elder woman and tried to cummunicate with her...but she was so angry,and i never understood why....i was quite dissapointed about the result of my mission of intercultural contact, therefore i retired and injoyed a sunbath for an hour or two(ofcourse around noon), no doubt about the strength of the sun,my skin was glowing in red colours, and my head and stomack felt strange. Short after i looked like a drunk who fougth heavily to keep in balance as i tried to walk the 200 meters towards my bathroom where i stayed for hours ( I guess you dont need the details),the same day my clever girlfriend bought water in bottles a nice hat for me. Maby i wasnt so wellprepared after all... Lighten[1].gif

The Town And The Area

Foreword
In a world where people are in a race to leave at a place untouched and with an unspoiled beauty, Gazipasa shines out with its unpolluted nature, pure historical heritage and friendly hospitality of its people.
In Gazipasa the Taurus Mountains run parallel to the infinite azure of the Mediterranean Sea with their snow capped peaks in the winter and their emerald green in the summer.

A Serene Paradise: GAZİPAŞA
Turkey’s share in the world tourism market is continuously growing. Vacationers once they come to Turkey, they want to come again. There are even people who buy houses and settle here after spending their vacations in Turkey. In this way, Turkey attracts new tourists every year. And the heart of Turkey’s tourism beats in Antalya. The region has become a trademark in world tourism, At one end of this favorite tourism center, there is a place called Gazipasa. This town is a neighbor of Alanya, a tourism resort in the Antalya province with the largest tourist accommodation capacity in the area. Alanya is only 40 kilometers to Gazipasa and it is 180 kilometers from Antalya’s city center. But, while Alanya, one of these two neighboring towns is recognized as a great tourism center, Gazipasa is known by the name “Serene Paradise,” Its natural environment, way of life, villages and human relationships have made this area rightfully deserve the description.

The Selinus Beach that stretches fur 2.5 kilometers and widens up to 150 meters at some places is the location where tourism facilities of the town are concentrated. This large sand beach is an ideal spot for taking a dip in the sea and for sunbathing 300 days of the year. But if you prefer to take your book with you and read it at a quieter beach, you can do it just by walking few paces. A little further up, there is a small cove where you and your companion can swim and relax alone most of the time. The antique port and the ruins of a castle that used to defend it ages ago, will tell you that this special cove has a very long history. If you look up at the slopes descending towards the sea, you will realize that banana groves have intermingled with the remnants of the antique town that spreads along a large area. It is a bit difficult to leave this blue sea and the bright sun and move along. But in order to get acquainted with the centuries-old tradition of the Mediterranean people who go up to mountain pastures on high plateaus every summer you have to leave this beautiful beach. Short trips towards the hills covered with pine groves make the vacation more rewarding. On these short trips, one gets to know antique ruins, castles, rock tombs hewn thousands of years ago and the traditional rural life in the villages. You will come across healthy children with rosy cheeks, growing up in clean air and eating natural food, on the high plateaus, still playing the children’s games of their granddads and grandmothers. You will see idyllic sceneries of goat and sheep spreading out on wide and green pastures, deep valleys, rivers and steep rocks rising up into the sky.

The Villa

Newbuild, high quality, house by the Turkish mederteranian coast is For rent

The house has seven permanent beds in four bedrooms, a large kitchen-dining room with white goods, two bathrooms, livingroom with music and TV/DVD, two balconies with great wievs too the mountains, the sea and the city.

The livingarea is 200 m2.

The house is placed on a small hill just outside the city off Gazipasa, 43 km easth of Alanya. Gazipasa is a beautyfull cosy village with 20000 cityzens in which you can get anything you need. The atmosphere of gazipasa is relaxed and very friendly-absolutely not compromised by the tourism.

The surroundings offers sights off the blue mountains, two beaches and forests and a lot of unspoiled spots of nature- this house and its surroundings is a paradise for those who really wants to relax and injoy the quite privacy in the sun.

the rent for the villa is 280 euro a week, or 460 euro pr month in case of long termrent

For further information and booking please write too flemeni@forum

With regards

Flemming Melby

The Very First Time...

The Town And The Area

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