Day 8 - Kuşadası

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Mylène isn't feeling up to biking anymore, but decided to compromise by renting a car. I'm continuing on as usual but we'll meet up at the destination each day.

After leaving İzmir I rode to Efes (Ephesus), another ancient city with extensive ruins. It is much more expansive than Troy and also better preserved / restored.


We managed to get the amphitheater all to ourselves.


Greek column weight lifting

We couldn't find any couchsurfers in Kuşadası so we found a campground where we set up our tent. We found it on arrival to be a very resort type town with a lot of shopping and only tourist traps in the center. The boardwalk is long and very well designed, even with a couple of beaches along its length.


We were treated to a nice sunset on the boardwalk.

All of the merchants and restaurateurs made a big deal out of us speaking Turkish. I couldn't tell if they just wanted to sell us stuff or, as they put it, we were the first tourists they had met who knew more than a simple hello. One guy even gave Mylène a good luck charm (miniature knitted gloves).


Some friendly road sign advice.

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