From London to Australia and back again…
Alison or by her STA Explorer name, The Long Way Home, is on her way and populating her travel blog On The Way Home like a supreme blog being. Although only at the beginning of her travel-venture the journey is well underway.
Currently in Turkey she has been recently struggling with her pronunciation. It is around the name Ergirdir, a location on the shore of a lake by the same name. The post Ergirdir … try pronouncing that explains the issue:
“I thought it was pretty straight forward, ‘Erg-a-dear,’ but everywhere I went, people just looked at me blankly. I gave up and permanently carried the name written on a piece of paper.”
As a true traveller working for the good of the community, Alison has paved a path for those following her route by creating two posts recommending and reviewing. The first of these passes on the details that you’d be keen to know about the Caretta Pension in Patara, such as being
“…up a steep hill with some calf-testing steps, but it is spotless and spacious.”
The second covers the Lale Guesthouse which was recommended to Al and she took up residence in a dormitory with four beds,
“For the price (about 7 pounds/night) it was reasonable, but I longed to be in the private rooms which looked a lot better serviced and more comfortable (and had air con!!)! However, my room was a stones throw from the lake edge and excellent swimming.”
Al’s latest entry is all about Konya, The Birthplace of the Whirling Dervish. That is the claim to fame and she admits that there is little more to do than visit the tomb of the poet Mevlana Rumi. Nevertheless her post is enlightening, and Konya provided some interaction with English speakers. Two Scottish ‘lads’ who she said goodbye to the day after, leaving them leaning from their hotel window smoking and sipping on a cold one. As Al says herself,
“Nice!”
