1. Turkish dondurma or "ice cream" street vendor teases Dean by publicly feeding him his ice cream.
2. Cara is granted permission to scale wall of a 5000 year old ancient cave house in Cappadoccia, after reaching the top she realises that she has no idea how she plans to get down and others have to scale wall to assist with the descent. And by others I mean a nice American couple and not Dean.
2. Cara is granted permission to scale wall of a 5000 year old ancient cave house in Cappadoccia, after reaching the top she realises that she has no idea how she plans to get down and others have to scale wall to assist with the descent. And by others I mean a nice American couple and not Dean.
3. Cara has to use secondary air supply to finish a dive so that we can see the grand finale, a giant statue of a shark and the only fish seen during dive. So I brave a potentially life threatening situation to see a underwater statue - yes I took one for the team and he still owes me big time for this!
4. McBryants accidentally get intoxicated the night before a long, very long bus ride and are saved when the bus driver stops in the middle of nowhere and there happens to be a Burger King off the side of the highway. First whopper I have had in a decade!
5. Cara sharing a seat with a woman that had a cockroach on her back. Finally the lady crushed the roach with the weight of her back and I was able to relax for the duration of bus ride. Dean giggled from the comfort of his bug free seat while I squirmed and winced at the horror!
6. The endless and rather ruthless hunt for the perfect leather poufs, this takes weeks to accomplish so start looking as soon as you arrive in Turkey! Oh and try not to haggle so much that the shop owner rips his leather pouf while demonstrating the handcrafted quality and ruins it before you purchase it - BRUTAL and no we did not buy the pouf because we felt bad.
7. Dean bargaining for a Turkish rug, this took 3 weeks and half a day and I couldn't feel my cheeks due to all the disgusting apple tea consumed throughout negotiations!
8. The magical disappearing salt act, there are a lot of magicians in Turkey and they all love Dean. I will post this magic trick with my next entry, it is hilarious!
9. McBryants attend The Whirling Dervish show in Istanbul and can report that watching men achieve a meditative state by endless spinning does in fact put Dean to sleep. I recommend the show after a strong dose of caffeine.
10. Relaxing Kas Itinerary: Day 1, 2 dives. Day 2, 2 dives. Day 3, Cara shops, Dean dives solo because I refuse to dive with him again. Day 4, 40 km mountain bike ride through the Akdag mountain range. Day 5, 15km sea kayak on the Mediterranean Sea. Day 6, Dean dives again and I shop and day drink! Day 7, I agree to be Dean's buddy again and so we dive again, followed by night of heavy drinking and smoking ciggies with locals! Day 8, another hung over travel day - WHY?!
10. Relaxing Kas Itinerary: Day 1, 2 dives. Day 2, 2 dives. Day 3, Cara shops, Dean dives solo because I refuse to dive with him again. Day 4, 40 km mountain bike ride through the Akdag mountain range. Day 5, 15km sea kayak on the Mediterranean Sea. Day 6, Dean dives again and I shop and day drink! Day 7, I agree to be Dean's buddy again and so we dive again, followed by night of heavy drinking and smoking ciggies with locals! Day 8, another hung over travel day - WHY?!
