Kalkan

Kalkan - Turkey

After a very long day we arrived at the Dalaman airport which is on the south western Med. coast of Turkey. We are looking forward to some warmer weather after Cappadocia and plan to stay put for 10 days and recharge our batteries.  The owner of the villa arranged a driver for us and we were pleased to ride the 2 hours to the villa in a comfortable SUV. The roads were winding and some times on dirt and it was dark so we were thankful that we were in the hands of someone who really knew the roads well. We arrived at the villa in Kalkan (south of Dalaman) and didn’t look around too much but headed to bed as soon as we could.  

We awoke to a surprisingly amazing view of the Mediterranean in the morning and a beautiful pool that was a bit frosty but when your body temperture lowers enough, it's quite comfortable. The villa is big with more bedrooms than we need but for a pretty inexpensive, low season rate. The town below has many small shops for food and clothing and is full of Brits.  We got our rations for the week and buckleed down for a few days of school work and sunning by the pool.

 

The Smith family was staying in OluDeniz which was an hours drive away and home to the Blue Lagoon so we ventured in to the town with our rental car. We spent the day swimming in the clear water of the Blue Lagoon and relaxing on sun beds. 

It was a very relaxing afternoon. We decided to join the Smith’s at their all-inclusive hotel for dinner and a breakdancing show (which was amazing by the way). The kids met a whole gang of kids visiting from Germany and Great Britain in addition to the Vancouver family and had such a  great night that we decided to come back the next day and stay over for a night. Again, inexpensive low season rate and all you can eat – 3 meals a day. For our 3 strapping lads, the words ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET are music to their ears and our wallets. 



OluDeniz is a paragliding mecca and there were no shortage of people to watch in the sky as this particular weekend the town was hosting a paragliding international competition.  We sat by the pool and let the kids get their fill of new friends to play manhunt with…the sacrifices we make for these children! We said good bye to the Smith’s with a plan to meet them in Egypt in 2 weeks. We headed back to Kalkan for much needed schoolwork and the last days on the coast. The next morning Devin lost his other front tooth and Calvin came down with some kind of stomach bug that gave him the chills, a fever and many visits to the bathroom.

He was the sickest that I have ever seen him and I was worried. Unfortunately I don’t know how to drive a standard engine car so he had to drive himself to the doctor in town and get some antibiotics.  He was very cautious when driving over any bumps on the road.  We made it and after paying cash to the Dr. for his time and some anitbiotics, he was on the toilet to recovery.

That night was Halloween and the boys were a little bummed out about missing it, so we loaded up on some candy and headed back home. I took Devin upstairs and put my Turkish pants on him with some other accessories and he became a genie.

Noah dressed in my clothes and Aidan surprised us all when he came down dressed as Devin, including short pants and top , blacked out front teeth and clutching Devin’s treasured blankets. We all laughed hard, including Devin. Trick or treating consisted of me waiting behind every bedroom door while the kids knocked and I shelled out candy as a different person each time. It didn’t compare to Halloween in our neighbourhood but the boys were happy to get candy…period.