Altinkum, Turkey (Part 1)
As you may have noticed, my posts have been severely lacking for the past three weeks. This is not due to laziness (heaven forbid) but because I have been sunning myself in Turkey- which is almost as bad! It is the seventh time I have been to the gorgeously hot country, and the third time in the particular resort we stayed in, Altinkum. I went with my sister and parents, and another family that we are good friends with, who have two girls that are the same age as Jasmine and I.
The first few days were spent settling in and chilling out by the pool. Luckily I still had a little base tan left from Benicassim, so it must be the first holiday I haven't burnt on! We went for a walk to the marina on one of the days, that has only been there for three years, and has some very impressive looking yachts moored up. On the first Saturday we went to Didim market, a huge weekly market that sells everything from olives to bath salts to fake handbags! It is all under canopy so is not unbearable in the daytime heat, and great for a good haggle. Because we were staying in a self-catered villa, we made use of the many vegetable stalls which were much cheaper than buying from the supermarkets.
On Bank Holiday Monday we went to the night market, which has lots of gorgeous restaurants situated along the coastline, with a perfect view of the sunset. Unfortunately we made the mistake of doing the shopping first, so missed it! We did have a stunning meal though, I chose the beef fajita, which was brought on a sizzling hotplate and smelt delicious.
On Wednesday we went to one of the restaurants near our villa for a curry night which was fun. After we had eaten they had a quiz which the adults won, and then a game called 'Paddles' which was like 'Mr and Mrs' where we were in pairs and had to match our answers with our partner. It was something different to do and created a few laughs!
On Friday we went on a boat trip aboard a ship called 'Sunshine'. We stopped at five different spots and had chance to do a bit of snorkelling, and some jumping off the top deck. The weather was perfect, and the food we got on the
boat was really good, considering the whole day cost us just £10 each. Four of us went on a water ride called 'Big Mable', which was basically a massive inflatable chair that was dragged behind a speedboat, it was awesome!
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