Burhaniye to Kucukkuyu on the shores of the Mediterranean.

The place we stayed at last night was called 'Cicek Aile Pansiyou' in the town of Burhaniye. I'm not in the habit of bagging guesthouses, but this was not good value. The wifi didn't work in the room, the young girls who were staying across from Len were so loud, it was obvious they couldn't give a damn about us and our sleep. Probably the daughters of the owner.  I went out to tell them to shut up, Len went out and told them to well and truly shut up, and this was at 1.30am this  morning.  So I started my ride very tired, very cold and not happy. 

12 degrees C and time to get on the bikes. 

I've posted 3 photos below that I couldn't post last night from a couple of days ago.

 The photo above was taken by Peter whist I was checking out the ceiling on the ship to Turkey 2 days ago.

 The photo above was taken by Peter whilst riding along the shores of the Mediterranean. 

 The above photo was taken yesterday afternoon down at Burhaniye beach. There was no one on the sun lounges or the beach today. Everyone has gone back home and this place was deserted.

Back to today's ride.

Len took us through some back areas to avoid the major highway.  The road followed the coastline and over bridges with many fishing boats still in the harbour who did not venture out into the sea in these strong winds. There was little traffic all the way to Akcay.  This is a really big town with many hotels and shops that would keep a keen shopper like myself busy for hours.  But there would be no stopping as my cycling buddies were ahead and we all wanted to get in nice and early and warm up.

We entered the outskirts of Kucukkuyu around 12.30pm and found a nice hotel called 'Seckon Hotel' which is about 3kms away from the shopping centre.  The hotel sits right on the beach and we have a balcony with stunning views, all for the princely sum of 25 Aussie dollars each. 

Peter and I went for a walk into town and got some soup, but decided against walking back the 3kms so we caught the local bus.  Even though it was really cold this morning, the day did warm up and we had a beautiful sunny afternoon with not a breath of wind.  I sat on the balcony for over an hour just in awe at this beautiful setting hoping these conditions remain for the next 10 days. 

 The photo above is looking out our hotel room along the Mediterranean coastline.

 The photo above shows the bathing area in front of our hotel.  I'll leave the swimming till Gallipoli.

The photo above is Mama with Peter behind the bar of the hotel. 

Not sure what's on the menu for dinner tonight, but we'll be eating at the hotel, too cold be walking the streets tonight.

Tomorrow we have to do some serious climbing on the way to Troy our destination for the day.

Until tomorrow, safe riding.