IF ONLY. The so called "sarkoy express" doesn't exist, but if it did I would have been on it!
The trip to Sarkoy took a marvelous 11 hours.
At this point, I could become a professional packer and I can now easily find comfortable ways to sit on the bus that will allow me to sleep. I'll tell you, it is not an easy feat.
Listening to T.Swift while dozing out... using Michaels stomach for a pillow. Ah the life!
At the rest stop we ate "tost" (toast.. with cheese in the middle). I then heard some English... naturally I'm drawn towards the speakers. Greek bikers. Harley bikers, no less (@Dad). May I also add, cranky, hungry, bikers. YIKES. They were angry at the turkish servers for not understanding their english or greek. I was getting ready to photograph a really epic fight when sweet Michael stepped in and helped translate that the bikers in fact wanted some water and cups of ice. Fight worthy, indeed.
We jumped back on the bus to Canakkale and another bus to Sarkoy. Then we walked a few blocks to the summer house. By this point, I was tired, cranky, and ready to start a fight myself. Michael and I went to the market and bought some food then we went home ate and we were all pretty ready to take a nap. However, we ended up visiting his aunt and uncle to say hello. May I just say their garden was absolutely adorable! Garden full of veggies complete with fruit trees, a gazebo covered in vines and a beautiful golden retriever (Duff) to top it all off.
Sorry about the dark picture, apparently it cannot be edited because I don't "own the photo" hmm.
Computers these days.
The next day, Michael and I went to the beach! I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I was to jump in some cold water... it was such a hot day that the water was like bath water. STILL! I got to go swimming! Michael and I ran toward the sea to find out that the first 15 feet were a ton of rocks... OW! I forgot my water shoes that first day, and thank god I had yet to buy my goggles... explanation to come.
We swam for a good hour and a half and then went off shopping. Clear water like this, I was in need of goggles and a snorkel. Last December, I took a trip with my Nana and found out that I really love snorkeling! I could spend forever out there checking out the under water life.
Back to present, we found affordable, decent quality snorkels and Michael got some water shoes, I was also in need of some heavy duty, waterproof sunblock. Check, check, check!
The next day the travelling must have caught up to me because my butt was going no where except on the big orange floral swing with my kindle. I was determined.
Boy. I'm attractive. Unfortunately its the only proof I've got.
Day four and we got out and went swimming again, this time with his cousin, aunt, uncle, mother and Emily. We had a blast. I used my snorkel and realized that you pretty much couldn't step anywhere without encountering a crab or hermit. [insert shiver here] the day before I was out there without water shoes on!? Never. Again.
Unfortunately, I broke my underwater camera in Mexico last winter. Applause? For me?
So no crab photos for you.
Michael and I stayed where we could touch the bottom, the waves were small, but we still wanted to be careful. Snorkel we did, for almost three hours! Then we sat on the beach and at corn on the cob.
Over the next few days we swam two more times. The final time we went swimming we had plenty of fun. Fish here are apparently not afraid of humans. I was walking/swimming, literally, inside schools of fish. They didn't seem to notice that I lacked gills. Cute little green fish, they were fun. I still had my worries about those crabs. I saw a few larger then my fist and I'll tell you those were some dramatic moments. I don't think I like crabs. The hermit crabs I could deal with, but some of those little guys aren't so little. Michael and I decided to go out a little deeper that day and see what was under water there. I swear, I've learned my lesson!
I put my foot down to see how deep we were, when I touched the sand a sting ray came from literally a centimeter away from my foot. Michael was feet away and he heard my scream underwater. Thank God I WAS underwater when I screamed. It hurt my own ears. I'm sorry but sting rays were not on my list of must see under water creatures... at least not when I'm stepping on them and they are probably really pissed off wanting some stinking sting ray revenge!
Breathing.
After my... encounter, I decided I didn't really want to swim anymore.
So I sat on the beach and made a rock castle. It was not worth seeing, trust me, so I took no photo. I did however make a really cute puppy. Now that I took a photo of!
We then spent the remainder of our time at the beach taking photos. Because we just cannot get any more cool.
Super-Katy
Just chillin' in the air.
"Pokemon Emily uses super punch... it's very effective. Pokemon Michael fainted."
As I get to this point on my week, I believe I will save the rest for a separate post.
Also, I wanted to let everyone know that apparently comments aren't working right now. People keep trying to leave them, I never the notifications. Try if you will but don't be shocked when I never see them.
Enjoy your day!
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