The night ferry to Kos would depart at 00.50 am and we would arrive there around 5.45 am. Although it was a luxurious ferry with cosy little couches to sleep on, I didn’t get much sleep. When we got in Kos early in the morning, we had to wait till 9 am again to take the next ferry to Bodrum. We reached there one hour later and I was actually exhausted. My legs still hurt a lot, I hadn’t slept for more than 24 hours and we still had to find our hotel. So at first we asked a taxi driver how much it would cost to bring us to the hotel and ofcourse as usual he tried to rip us off by asking 20 liras for a 5-minute drive. I refused to pay that much money so asked some locals for help and indeed they said normally it costs 10 lira max to get there, but it would be even cheaper to get the local bus which was 3 lira per person. The kind man stopped a local bus for us and we showed our address. The funny thing about Turkish addresses are that locals themselves have difficulty knowing where it could be. The neighbourhoods are very big with many side streets and no overview. There are official busstops but the bus basically stops anywhere for people to get in or off.
Our arrival at Bodrum (hyperlapse on a boat)
We arrived in the neighbourhood we had to be and from there we had to find our address ourselves. So there you go: sore legs, no sleep, hot sun, heavy luggage, hunger/thirsty, etc. I was feeling so tired and just couldn’t walk anymore. The joy I felt when we finally found our hotel and the idea of a bed I could fall on to sleep was indescribable. Still, I glad we took the local bus instead of the taxi, because we saved some money we could use now for other purposes. I seriously can’t stand the idea of people trying to rip me off. One of the few cons of being a traveler abroad is that some people try to take advantage of you and your good willingness. That is just not done.
When we arrived at our hotel around 12 pm, we went directly to bed to catch some sleep. For dinner we followed Tripadvisor’s advise to eat at Konya Ugurlu Restaurant in Gümbet which was on a walking distance from our place. The food was literally to die for. I ordered this amazing meatball dish straight from the oven, cooked in tomato/onion sauce and got rice and bread served with it. Farhang played it safe as usual and ordered Adana kebab (boring). After that, we ordered the oh so delicious Künefe with keymak which is a sweet dish with melted cheese in it. I think I can officially say it has become my favourite sweet dish ever! Oh my goodness, who and how on earth did they manage to make something taste that good? Please try one if you haven’t yet! The next morning was all about sleeping and resting. Count on at least one recovery day from one day traveling from one place to another. We started our days with Turkish breakfast; freshly made bread, Simit (sesam bread rings) and keymak (sort whipped cream with a cheesy taste).
We have been working hard to finish our website and articles. Some last things had to be done and our website would be ready for launching. We also had to plan a route for Turkey; which cities/areas do we want to see?
But what about Bodrum? Is it a recommendation? No. We both weren’t very excited about the city. It has lost his authentity a long time ago when all those tourists came to spoil it unfortunately (city centre especially). The crowdness, the high prices shop owners and restaurants ask, the irritating obers approaching you everywhere you go, etc. We just went outside to have food, other than that we hung out at our apartment working on our website and travel plans.
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