Day Three - Eleven
The rest of the trip was spent in an all-inclusive resort in Antalya, Turkey.
The flight over was bang on time and at the Antalya Airport, a van was waiting to bring me to the resort. I arrived a day early and spent most of the time resting from the days before.
AntalyaTR36.900963/30.695484
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We did venture out into the nearby town, Kemer, to do some shopping.
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One of the excursions was a trip to Göynük Canyon, where you could either take a raft up the canyon, or do “body rafting”, a fancy word for swimming.
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The water was freezing cold, but “body rafting" sounded cooler, so I did just that.
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Phaselis is an old Greek city, a couple of kilometers south of Kemer. We rented a Yacht for the day to visit the site, and a small boat brought us on shore to visit the city.
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One gets used quite quickly to the convenience of an all-inclusive resort, and most other days were spent swimming in the sea or pool, and lounging about.
After a week it was time to head back home. The plan was to spend a day in Antalya to visit some sites there, but the hot weather, and late checkout in the resort meant that I mostly just traveled to the city to get to the Hotel.
The flight left at 0700 the next morning, and a car would pick me up at 0400, if not for the fact that, despite three separate alarms, I woke up at 04:25.
Powered by adrenaline I got dressed, got some cash out of a nearby ATM and asked the hotel to get me a taxi to the airport.
Luckily I planned ahead and got a hotel close to the airport, so I made it in time for the flight back.
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The flight from Instanbul to Amsterdam was delayed a bit, but the exit row seat made up for the inconvenience.
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