Purple Ann's Wake Up Call

The Turkish experience continues

It is amazing how quickly the delights of a holiday fade when you return to work and discovere that the week away has piled up into 2 weeks extra work. I don't know how it manages to do that however I am determined to record the experience so that all of my friends can share in it.

As you can see from the early photos of the trip the sea was far too rough and cold to attempt to go swimming from the rocks at the eco centre so I went on the trip arranged to Olu Deniz, which appeared to be a sandy beach on the other side of the bay.

As you can see though from the distance you couldn't see the pebbles and the steep slope into the water which was just as cold as it was at the eco centre so I dipped my toes in and sat on the beach. You can see Susan and Layo who have tipped toed down to the water with the lilo that Susan had just bought. The plan was that Layo would lie on it on the water with Susan helping. It was so funny to watch that I didn't take any photos of the actual entry into the water because as layo launched herself onto the lilo on the water the waves completely turned her over and dumped her straight into the freezing sea.

Layo and I then went for a walk down to the lagoon, which was further than we thought and so when we got there we walked back again and went for an freshley squeezed Orange juice at the Buzz Bar

See how blissed out Layo looks rrelaxing on the comfy seating. We then went shopping and she bought three lovely floaty dresses and I bought two Amber necklaces.

As we left Olu Deniz I sat by the window of the mini bus and photographed the journey home as we got higher and higher up the mountainous roads.

This is looking back towards the beach with the mountains in the background, that odd reflection on the right hand side of the picture must be reflections from the window.

I love the reflection of the sun on the sea in this picture.

This is pretty high up still looking back across the bay towards the islands

And this one is looking the opposite direction towards the eco centre, which is on the promentory at the top .

On Sunday I will take you to Fetiye I know that isn't how you spell it but I have to get into town now so will look it up later.

The Turkish Saga

Hello again, I've just been watching the Moto GP race at Le Mans, amazing race; Jorges Lorenzo won in fantactic style; Marco Mellandri who was without a bike at Christmas last year took 2nd; and riding like a rocket Danny Pedrosa took 3rd in the final lap. Which is why I didn't get back to my blog this morning as i said I would.

Actually I have also been typing up some of my raw recipes which I will send out to anyone who would like to have a go at making some of the most delicious and nutritious foods anywhere. They are Tomato Curry; Spinach Cooling Nutty Curry; Sweet Creamy Super Blaster; Spinach Garam Masala Salad; Fresh Pea Salad and my all time favourite Avocado Kale Salad as inspired by Chad Sarno.

So back to my Turkish trip. I have been staying at an Eco Centre called Yuva which is on the coast along from Olu Deniz, but a long way along windy hair pin bend cliff roads. I was really pleased that it had been dark when I had arrived in the rain the first night, because I would have been pretty scarey in the wet. As it was the mini bus drivers obviously drove the roads all the time they felt safe enough.

  

If you look at the top right hand corner of the photo you will see a little lump on the end of the promentory that is where the eco centre is and the road follows the coast line. You can see how high up the road is, really exhilarating.

The chalets were clean and rustic with verandas overlooking the torquoise coast and the trees.

As you can see our veranda had a day bed on it which proved to be really popular with all the other guests which was great. I shared a room with a great woman called Susan. We got on fabulously and I know that we will travel together in the future, we have so much in common, in particular the way that we view the world

Every morning there were two sessions of Kundalini Yoga, the first one started at 6.30am which in British time was actually 4.30am. Needless to say I never made that one though i am aware that quite a few did, particularly Danya and Elaine who were in a chalet underneath the yoga platform.

I recon that the yoga platform must have one of the best views of any platform, what do you think?

Pretty amazing yes?

I thought that you might like to see what my room mate looked like so this is Susan standing in front of our chalet which has washing hanging on the line in front of it. 

In the background you can see the top of one of the amazing mountains that surounded us there. Oh I forgot to metion that I had gone on my own to a Raw Food Retreat which was organised by Suz Evasdaughter.

Suz had informed us that there were a bunch of us travelling together from Gatwick and so we had been emailing each other arranging rendezvousing prior to our arrival in Turkey. I had arrived about 2 hours earlier that the meet up time and so I had already gone through to the departure lounge and didn't meet up with them till we were about to board the plane.

That had no effect on the bonding which took place between all of us on the holiday, which was truly incredible. It didn't matter who I ended up sitting next to because everyone was wonderful to talk with. There was; Susan who I have already mentioned; Danya and Elaine who had flown in from Manchester, they were such fun to be with and made me laugh all the time; Danya is the one in the pink top.

I think they look so lovely in these two photos and such good friends.

I am going off now to make myself and Avocado Kale Salad as having typed up the recipe earlier all I can think about is eating it. However having cravings for such highly nutritious foods is brilliant.

Till next time, love and light

Purple Ann x

Turkish Delights

This is the first time that I have had the chance to get on my laptop since I got back from Turkey. It's amazing how much catching up needs to be done if you have a week off.

Turkey was fabulous on many levels. When I arrived at Dalaman airport it was chucking it down and when I woke the following morning it was still raining. I was taken on a tour of the nearby beaches but there was no chance of a swim.

 

I thought that coming this far south would guarentee that I got sunshine but the universe had other ideas and so eased me into the heat of Turkey gradually. This is me, I had socks on though you can't see them.

The old maxim of Red Sky at Night, shepherds delight proved to be acurate in Turkey as the sun set that evening was lovely.

 

So the next morning I opened the curtain with expectation of a glorious day and was greated by blue skies and sunshine

 

I took loads of photos from this point onwards and each time I come back to my blog I will add some more to take you through the story with me cos I think that I picture can show you so much more than words. This is the view from the veranda of the chalet I was staying in. It is looking out across the bay on the Tourquoise Coast towatds Olu Deniz. To the right in the foreground you can see two orange tanks this is the solar water system that they have everywhere in the region of Turkey I stayed in

I'm off into the bus now because coming on line at this time of night just makes everything work so slowlythat I have been out here much longer than I intended. So I'll wish you a good night and sleep soundly I'll be back in the morning.

x

Got snowed in in Whitby

Hi everyone

We went up to Whitby last weekend and had the most amazing time. Woke up on Saturday to a white winter wonderland.

 Then we went down to the sea front and were nearly blown away

 

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