Buying a House in Turkey Part 13

The foks at Sunshine kept telling us we needed to go to the bazaar in Turgutreis on a Saturday. It's the biggest town on the peninsula after Bodrum. We finally relented and rode the Dolmus there, and it was crazy. The market was HUGE. Lots of food vendors, produce, clothes and linens, bags etc. Lots of tourists, and lots of folks hassling us to buy. Did I mention it was HUGE? What started as a narrow lane of clothing vendors - expaned out into a plethera of food stalls and cruise line tourists.

There's a big expat contingent that live here, and down one of the side streets, we found a cafe serving English Breakfast -- made a change from salty cheese and olives - so we dived into eggs and beans, and a quick scan of an Engligh paper. Wouldn't want to live the Expat life here - but happy to dip my toe into it for a while every now and then when I fancy some Heinz beans!

This is the Mosque in Turg. it's down near the beach.

After a hot and muggy stroll around the market - we bought a lolly that looked and tasted remarkably like a Zoom! There's definatley more to this town than we've seen and appreciated, but it was a bit too close to the textbook expat life - and although it's nice to know it exists - I don't want to live it.

Our tourist quota filled -- we headed to the Dolmus station to catch a quick Dolmus to Yalikavak. We went hurtling over to the Yalikavak Dolmus, and grabbed a seat... and waited... and waited.....

Another passenger waited nearby......! He obviously knew the Dolmus wasn't leaving anytime soon. Chilled and comfortable with a curb-pillow - this dog didn't move a muscle, during our hour wait for the Yalikavak dolmus to leave.

We noticed that the dolmus's to Bodrum go much more regularly - but it looks like to Yalikavak - the service isn't quite so frequent. Nothing worse than 110 degree heat, dolmus pumping fumes, and an unknown wait -- to make you appreciate a cold beer in a bar in Yalikavak waiting for you.