Alas, I was badly hurt by the salesperson who was not familiar with the business. Neither Nalan Shiqi nor Yunluo brought swimsuits and slippers, so they boarded the ship in long clothes and long pants. The selling point of the six-island cruise route is the Butterfly Valley and Roman ruins. Butterfly Valley is a place that "Traveling Around the World" and LP both strongly recommend.
This is not the Butterfly Valley where Zhang Wuji treated his illness. It is actually private territory. The island fee of 5 lira is paid to the individual. But the road is really not good. It is still the same as it was formed by the movement of the earth's crust. From the foot of the mountain to the waterfall, it is not an exaggeration to roll and crawl all the way.
Many people gave up halfway because they thought it was inappropriate to climb such a mountain when they were all wearing swimsuits and slippers on a boat trip. People often fell down. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were looking for butterflies, but later they learned that the canyon was named because it was shaped like a butterfly, not because there were so many butterflies.
The scenery was not as beautiful as I imagined, probably because it was not the flood season. The water flow of the waterfall was not very strong, because of the large drop, so you could hear the sound of rushing water all the way. Since we only had 30 minutes to get to the island, we took a look and hurried back. On the way down the mountain, we heard the assembly order from the boat, and hurriedly rushed to the boat.
Another place worth seeing is the Roman church ruins. You need to pay an island fee of 8 lira. This was a refuge for Christians in the 6th and 7th centuries. People back then would have chosen a place like this. This is a truly unbeatable sea view room. Over the long years, only a few ruins are left here.
The picturesque blue sky and clear water make people feel the vicissitudes of time. Of the remaining four islands, one is for viewing from afar, the remaining two are for swimming, and one is a beach. People without swimsuits can only take pictures on the boat. Watching a group of children jumping from the bow. Swim to the stern and continue jumping.
I never get tired of it. I found that there were no Chinese people on the two Mediterranean cruise ships except Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo. As expected, this is a European vacation destination, and most Chinese people still regard Antalya as their main battlefield. Some people also brought their pet dogs, and other people were more tolerant of pets.
The sea trips are indeed the same, although the islands are different. Thanks to the seemingly enthusiastic salesperson, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo went to feel the sea breeze for two days. If I could do it again, I would definitely arrange it better. The most satisfying thing about the whole trip in Fethiye was the cheapest Vanilla Hotel booked in Turkey.
The price is very cheap, and it also includes breakfast and dinner. The hotel's thoughtful service made Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo very satisfied. There were flowers on the bed, and the pattern changed every day. They even tidied up the messy boxes that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo had thrown around. Definitely a good review! The most touching thing was that the dinner here was the sweetest cantaloupe in history.
Nalanshiqi and Yunluo still have endless aftertastes. The chef has a special dish every day, and the enthusiastic and humorous waiter uncle taught Nalanshiqi and Yunluo how to drink Turkish black tea, and also teased the sedge by the way. The whole time was very relaxed and loving. Pamukkale, a geological wonder (nineth day) Pamukkale, a geological wonder, ended the trip to Fethiye.
Naranshiqi and Yunluo's destination is Pamukkale. There is no direct bus from Fette to Pamukkale (which means "cotton + castle". First take a bus to Denizli, then change to a mini bus to Pamukkale. This is a small village, but Pamukkale, a wonder listed as a geological heritage by the United Nations, attracts countless people every year.
Everyone who came back from Pamukkale said that they were almost roasted there. The white rocks reflected the already vicious sunlight again, and the sunburn might be more serious than going out to sea. In order to avoid sunburn for Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo chose to go up later, thinking that the tourists who did not stay overnight in Pamukkale would definitely come down in the evening.
There will be fewer people this way. Tickets are 25 liras. Including the ancient Greek city of Hierapolis mentioned above. Pamukkale is also a controversial place. People who think it is good highly recommend it. People who think it is not good think it is too bad and it is better to go to Huanglong. When Yunluo arrived, Yunluo felt that the scenery he saw was just like the one in the poster.
And it was the most exciting part of Yunluo's trip to Turkey. I was attracted by Pamukkale and fell in love with Turkey. Yunluo was not disappointed. As soon as I arrived at the gate of Pamukkale, I was dragged by two girls to take pictures. What was going on? Why did a girl want to take a photo with Yunluo? I still don't understand it.
At this time, Sedge will say that girls also like foreign beauties, just like you take pictures of Turkish beauties, but they just ask for a group photo. Okay. Sedge has learned his lesson by praising his wife so well (⊙_⊙). The white rocks of Pamukkale are formed by the hot spring water on the top of the mountain, which washes and accumulates from top to bottom, forming layers of hills like terraces.
Each layer accumulates into a small pond, and the clear water is dyed blue by the blue sky. The most thorough blue and the purest white complement each other, giving people a strong visual impact. When it is still, the water is as clear as a mirror, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds. Gently paddle the water, and the limestone mud deposited on the bottom of the water rises, instantly dyeing the clear pool into goat milk color.
Therefore, there is a beautiful legend about Pamukkale. In the past, the shepherd Endymion forgot to milk his goats in order to have a tryst with the Greek goddess Selene, causing the goat milk to flow freely and cover the entire hill. This is the origin of the Turkish folk legend about Pamukkale. This snow-white limestone is actually very hard.
In order to protect this world natural heritage, it is stipulated that shoes cannot be worn. Tourists who go up one by one are on tiptoe, grinning! (Of course, they have to look beautiful when taking pictures! o(n_n)o) Shoes can be worn after leaving the limestone area. On the top of the mountain is the ancient city of Hierapolis, built in the second century BC, and the most complete attraction is the Haier Poly Theater.
It is still almost intact. The theater is magnificent and can accommodate thousands of people. When you clap your hands gently, the echo can reverberate throughout the space, which is quite magical. In addition, there are some ruins of bathhouses, arenas, streets, etc., with only broken walls left. Standing on the huge stones, you can roughly see the outline of the entire city.
The huge rocks were transported from outside the mountain to the top of the mountain, which makes people feel the difficulty of construction at that time. On the way down the mountain, it happened to be sunset. The light shone through the clouds, like a burning cloud. It also shone on the layers of water terraces, and the light and shadow changed. The water and sky are one color, which is amazing. Although Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo paid attention to sun protection.
But when I got back home at night, I found that I was still sunburned. Especially around my eyes, I felt bad instantly. My face has never been sunburned before. It seems that my physical strength has reached the limit of a cycle, which led to a lack of motivation and a bad mood in the next five days. You also need to transfer from Denizli to Bodrum from Pamukkale.
It takes about 4 hours from Denizli. Yunluo hesitated for a long time to add Bodrum because it was not so convenient. But too much expectation in my heart made Yunluo very disappointed after arriving. I thought this was an Aegean style area with white houses with blue roofs.
It turned out that there were only white houses here. Fortunately, the hotel that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo booked was the style that Yunluo liked. We originally planned to rest in the room until five o'clock, but the sun was still too hot, so we dawdled until six o'clock. We didn't get to see the castle that we originally planned, as it was closed. A must-go road from the hotel to the beach.
It was like a clothing market in China, selling all kinds of replicas of famous brands made in China. The music in the bar was also very loud, and it felt just like that. Yunluo was in a bad mood and was picky about everything. He was even dissatisfied with a sign. It said "sex on the beach 15tl", and Yunluo was very curious at the time.
How to translate this? Later I found out that it was a cocktail, Yunluo thought too much. What's more annoying is that every time they go to a bar, someone will stop Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo and ask them to go in for a drink. The solicitor asked Yunluo if she was Korean, and Yunluo said yes and spoke a few words in Korean to him.
The solicitor asked Yunluo if he was Japanese. Yunluo said yes and spoke a few words to him in Japanese. Some guessed correctly. They asked Yunluo if he was Chinese and spoke a few words to him in Chinese. Seeing that Yunluo was in a bad mood, Sedge said to buy a flower. The flower boy actually said 10 lira, which was too expensive. Yunluo said to him, thank you, but no.
The flower girl said, you are so beautiful. I will sell it to you for only 5 liras. Yunluo said, thank you, I don't want it. Sedge said take it, the roses on the Aegean Sea have a different meaning. Okay. On the way back, we met a free distribution event of Lipton iced black tea. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo each took a can.
As a result, I saw several children going back and forth several times, taking several bottles and putting them in the bag. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo walked and strolled, and when they entered a small store, they found that everyone in the store was drinking Lipton, and the child they met just now was sitting next to them. Haha, what a loving child, he even knew to take it back to his family.
In fact, the houses in Bodrum are very unique. Each house is different from the others. Every household likes to plant a lot of climbing flowers around them. The white walls and red flowers give a warm feeling, showing the owner's good intentions and attitude of enjoying life. Let Yunluo have an idea again, which becomes stronger and stronger.
After working for a few more years, I will decisively sell my house in Beijing, find a remote and quiet place, build a small yard like this, plant flowers and raise birds, and then travel around the world and write travel notes! In order to avoid getting sunburned, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo got up very early to stroll around the alleys. As a result, an interesting thing happened, which made Yunluo feel much better.
Yunluo had found a particularly beautiful house surrounded by strings of flowers, red like fire and white like snow, and asked Sedge to take a picture of Yunluo in front of the yard. At this time, a big black and brown dog suddenly ran in front of Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo, scaring Yunluo, who felt that Yunluo seemed to have invaded its territory.
But it was very friendly, wagging its tail at Yunluo and rubbing against her skirt. The dog had an exquisite collar on its neck, so it must be a domestic dog. Yunluo touched its head with her hand, and it lay down beside Yunluo, looking very happy.
As soon as Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were about to take pictures, it ran to the center of the camera very consciously, very smart. After playing with it for a few minutes, I decided not to take pictures anymore and went back to the hotel to have breakfast. As a result, it followed Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo all the way to the hotel entrance, then wagged its tail and left.
Yunluo told friends in China about this, and one of them said that this might be a Turkish prince who was under a spell and needed foreign love to save him. Haha, is this the rhythm of reading too many fairy tales? The plan for the second day in Bodrum was to go to the museum, but after reading the reviews, it said that the museum was very small and not interesting, and the castle was the most worthwhile place to visit.
Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo discussed it and decided to go to the castle again. But they were disappointed again. It was closed on Monday. When they came yesterday, they didn't even notice this. So they decided to go to the museum, which was better than nothing. But the museum was also closed.
Yunluo's good luck... We moved to another hotel that day. It is said to be famous for its unbeatable sea view. It is a three-star hotel with a beautiful open-air restaurant and a large swimming pool. It is located on a hilltop facing the sea. The overall feeling is not bad. Of course, it finally has a blue roof!
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
But Yunluo felt exhausted and had no energy to look at the sea view. The only thing he wanted to do was sleep. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were going out later and later every day and returning to the hotel earlier and earlier. They were no longer in good shape when they first arrived.
At night in Istanbul (the 12th day), we transferred to Izmir and arrived in Istanbul. There is an airport next to Bodrum, but at that time, we thought that Naranshiqi and Yunluo could visit some attractions in the North Aegean Sea, such as ancient sites like Ephesus, or seaside towns like Selcuk and Cesme.
Moreover, the cheapest flight of Pegasus Airlines is the round trip between Istanbul and Izmir, and Nalanshiqi and Yunluo don't want to miss such a special offer. It takes about 4 hours to take a bus from Bodrum to Izmir. Then from the bus station to the airport. Izmir is the third largest city in Turkey after the largest city Istanbul and the capital Ankara.
But there was no minibus that went directly from the bus to the airport. You had to get there by taxi when you were almost there. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were too early again. Here, you didn't need to arrive two hours in advance. Whether it was checking in for boarding passes or going through security, the speed was extremely fast.
And the airport in Izmir is very small. Apart from a souvenir shop, a high-end restaurant and two fast food restaurants, there is nothing else. Yunluo thought that the commercialization level was similar to that of the airports in third-tier cities in China. Fortunately, the plane took off on time and saw the beautiful sunset again.
The weather was really good during the two weeks that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were in Turkey. In addition to the good season, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo's personalities were not bad either. It was only an hour's flight away. When the plane was about to land. The afterglow of the sunset had just faded, and the lights of Istanbul were gradually lit up.
The last ray of sunlight highlighted the landmark buildings, including the mosque, lighthouse, clock tower, and old palace. I have never seen such a bright city. The lights of the mosque, the lights on the streets, and the lights of the houses echoed each other. It suddenly made people feel familiar with this city, as if they had been there before, as if the distance between you and this city was shrinking.
I am no longer a traveler, but you are going home. When I got off the plane and took my luggage, I unexpectedly met a yellow-skinned young man with a reserved look, who looked like a Chinese. When I asked him, he turned out to be a young man who came to Turkey on a business trip. He said that before he got on the plane, he saw Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo, and he thought that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were Chinese.
Ask Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo, are you international students? Haha, how can there be such old international students? His client is a capable Istanbul woman, who asked Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo where they lived and told Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo how to take the bus. However, she still felt that Istanbul was very commercialized now.
Some people from other countries or regions are very bad and specifically cheat tourists here. They reminded Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to be careful. They also enthusiastically sent Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to the bus and told the driver where Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo should get off. After getting off the bus and taking a taxi, it was almost eleven o'clock when they arrived at the hotel.
When Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo checked in, they met some college students from Beijing who were on their graduation trip. When they learned that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were from Beijing, they greeted them in Beijing dialect, "Nonghao!" Haha, Yunluo also knew a few words of Cantonese, so he greeted them in Cantonese, "Lehouwa".
Sometimes, it is so wonderful that a simple conversation between strangers can bring people closer together. Alas, the rooms in Istanbul are really small. In this city where every inch of land is valuable, it seems that the hotel rooms are not big. Fortunately, the facilities are very complete, and the enthusiasm of the owner made Yunluo feel very good about the hotel.
The first day in Istanbul, crossing Europe and Asia (Day 13) Istanbul The first day in Istanbul If you want to have a deep experience in Istanbul, ten days is not too long. If you want to take a quick look, one day is enough. The length of time depends entirely on your mentality. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo arranged three days.
The two girls who had no requests along the way finally made their own requests. One wanted to walk on the bridge, and the other wanted to go to Taksim Square and Istiklal Avenue. These two small requests must be met. There are two bridges in Istanbul. Yunluo thought it was the one connecting the Asian and European continents.
In this way, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo went out to sea and then walked three or five kilometers to reach the destination. They boarded the ship at the port opposite the Yeni Mosque, got off at the terminal in the Asian area, and walked towards the bridge across Asia and Europe. They saw many magnificent buildings along the way, including mosques, the new palace, etc. After getting off the ship, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo walked for a long time but still didn't arrive. (To be continued...)