Our new transport

For those who have asked ... this is the new car we should be picking up today.

It's called an Ikco Samand

As you can see, Easter Sunday has been a wild and windy (but warm) day here



They have been paving around Dolphin Square

And replanting the gardens

And the road past the Didyma Centre has also been
brick-weaved and a new parking area has been
created ... much better.

Happy Easter

End of an Era

This is the end of an era ... we have decided to sell our trusty steed.
We have advertised it in "Voices" and elsewhere.
When David broke his arm at Christmas, we discovered it's limitations.
Sue found it difficult to get out, and with the Dolmuş being so erratic,
and finishing so early in the winter,
we think we should probably leap up into the car owning society.

Checked the temperature of the sea today and as you can see,
it's rising quite nicely 17.2C is 62F in old money!

French Quarter

As you can see, the new French-style quarter is
slowly coming together.

Oh, and we have yet another bank ... no picture this time, but it's Yapi Bank and they are bank number 10.

A little break

Several of you have commented that we haven't updated the blog recently.
The reason is simple ..... we've been in Thailand for the last month, taking a break.

To see more of our travels follow this link to our picture gallery.

Oh, and these were Sue's present to me on my birthday ...

Shame they are fellas!!!!! They really are you know!!

Our garden project is now complete.
Stuart came over to lay the mosaic and has now finished grouting it.

What do you think?


Thanks a lot Stuart ....
we are so lucky to have such good friends.

Well here's a picture of how the old holiday complex next to Gaye1 is being reduced to rubble

Some is still awaiting destruction, Once finished a new 5 star holiday village will rise from the ashes.
The owner of local hotels The Triton and The Orion has a 49 Year lease on the land and has decided this is the future.
We will keep an eye.

We hired a car so that we could get a few things done, and having done them we decided to visit Kusadasi.
This is Koctas, which is owned by B & Q so we can get many of our DIY needs here, and much of the stock is the same as B & Q in UK.




And below is Kipa, which is another store owned by a British company, this time Tesco's, although, unlike Koctas, they don't stock many Tesco brands here.

The view from the car window of the setting sun over the water logged fields on the way home was really pretty.