Tag Archives: navigating

Grabbing the lion’s mane: Goodbye Bodrum, hello open road…

Posted on October 9, 2011 by lizcameron

It was here, the day to leave Bodrum for points north. Ready for the road – our first long, international road trip as a couple – through the heat of the Aegean region of Anatolia. Ready for where the road … Continue reading →

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Last night in Bodrum Part II: Dodging Breeze snakes and coffee bullets

Posted on October 5, 2011 by lizcameron

Snakes of warm breeze slid around me, curiously disconnected from one another.  I felt them swoosh up and down my arms, my palms flat on the table in front of me as if about to play a child’s slapping hand … Continue reading →

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Last night in Bodrum: Fish cheeks, rakı and coffee

Posted on September 28, 2011 by lizcameron

Feeling faintly present during our last night in the gated compound near Bodrum, guests of Mr. X and family, I made my way through it all pleasantly enough.  The puppets were really nowhere to be found, not that I looked … Continue reading →

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