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Alanya Limanı

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    • Day 25

      Alanya. Turkey. Yeah. Nah.

      November 27, 2023 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

      I woke early in hopes to beat the rough seas and get a decent run complete before the treadmill evacuated me. I'd set my alarm for 0430, noting I'd lose an hour with time zone change. I was on ships WiFi with zero automated clock updates.

      I woke to my alarm and the seas were still very rough. I decided to return to slumber. Commit to my shore excursion and run in the afternoon. I'm so glad I did. We didn't/ couldn't dock. I call bullsh*t as I've seen rougher toddler pools in Australia, but who am I to argue with the commercial realities vs mother nature of a cruise line.

      I looked longingly at the shore I'd not get to explore. The ancient stalactite / stalagmite cave excursion I'd booked that would not be. I remembered my Dad. His lessons on rock and mineral formation. And the wonder I'd held at the Geological world he seemed to know so intimately. I was dismayed. And caged.

      F*ck you I decided. Today. I will not have cabin fever. I have slept. I have energy. And this sh*t needs discharging.

      I harnessed my energy. I was wound up and ready! I walked. I ran. I wanted 50k steps today to diffuse and hit a personal goal. I managed 45,000ish and an 18km run. My longest ever.

      I packed more into today than a human being should. 38km on foot. A massage. I finished the evening with a beautiful Teppanyaki dinner with Ian and Annie, and a show. Hypnotist Christopher Caress. I volunteered as tribute. I made it through the selection round and was asked to leave the stage as I could not be put into a state of sleep. Sums up my life to date. Apparently I'm resistive to hypnosis. I'm resistive to trusting a showman on a cruiseship, though the 8 remaining on stage seemed in a powerful trance.

      I wish I could be hypnotised. How wonderful the power of suggestion would be. I'll keep on trying.

      Onwards to Limassol, Cyprus, with no expectations we'll be able to dock.

      I'll have a Netty day if we don't.
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    • Day 2

      Day 2 Alanya, Turkey

      December 12, 2019 in Turkey ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      A leisurely start to the day today. We didn’t even open our eyes until 9am. Last night the captain warned us of 2.5 meter swells in the night anytime from 2am. It’s fair to say he wasn’t wrong. At 3am we were being chucked about all over the place, very rough seas but I like that, Sharon was not so keen. I did fully intend comforting here and making sure she was ok, but I just went back to sleep instead.

      Unlike Princess Cruises, these don’t adjust the ships time to match the country. So although it was 9am on the ship, it was 10am in the port. A little strange and I guess that could be confusing for some but it didn’t cause us a problem.

      We started the morning by finding the restaurant on deck 4 and having a nice full English. It didn’t disappoint. All the staff are very friendly and the food was good.

      We left the ship around 11am to explore the town. The weather today was about 12 degrees and as we left the ship it was raining but only very lightly but was very grey. It wasn’t cold but it was coat weather. We had a walk around the town and the harbour area and just a gentle relaxing wander around before getting back aboard for some lunch. As we were having lunch the heavens opened and it threw it down, ah well we were dry !! We had a wander round the ship and a bit of a Nanna nap before taking advantage of the all day buffet and getting a little top up. It dried up mid afternoon so we spent a bit of time with a cuppa at the back of the ship watching the sun go down., before watching us sail away around 6pm. The port, castle and bay all looked lovely lit up as it was dark when we sailed away.

      This evening saw more of the same really, drinks and food, plenty of it. We took part in the quiz before dinner, might have been better had we not bothered, we were rubbish !! We ate in the main restaurant this evening and the food was good. It’s a tad unfortunate that we have to pass through the buffet area on our way back to our room, of course we stopped for a sandwich.

      So it’s 11pm and we’re back in our cabin, we are going to attempt getting up early in the morning to see us dock in to Marmaris. Whether that happens is anyone’s guess.
      Until tomorrow, thanks for listening.
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    • Day 6

      Bootsfahrt

      May 7, 2022 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Heute mit Kay ( Karen wird seekrank ) den ganzen Tag mit dem piratenboot entlang der Kuste Alanyas. Mit den piratengrotten und inclusive schaumparty und feuerspucker😁👍

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