As a concluding post for my holiday I thought it would be fitting to describe a few things that my friend and I felt summed up the trip and our memories.
I must start with the other hotel guests as there seemed to be a pre requisite as to whether you qualified to stay.
Firstly you had to have a tattoo, preferably a rather large one of your child’s name, some fantasy figure or some Celtic sign. This tattoo had to appear down one leg, arm or across your back or the best ones were all over your body!
Secondly the majority of the guests were German and a part of a family or in an older couple.
Thirdly you had to have sun burn and not just a little but a lot, the redder the better!!! (I can confidently say I did not succumb to burning my body, unfortunately my friend did, but just a little)
Lastly there was a vide variety of just bad looks/outfit choices, there were many mullets, white leggings and loads of tacky Europeans clothing- you name anything bogan/chavvy it was there.
The next point I must make is about the hotel staff and I will say they were an eager bunch. They were all young people who clearly enjoyed the sun and doing loads of physical activities. We were constantly harassed to do aerobics/water polo/darts etc. They loved us I think because we were the youngest people in there who weren’t under the age of 12! Special note to my favourite lady who had a gold tooth and liked to conduct aerobics classes wrapped in cling wrap!
Another thing that provided us with many moments of enjoyment was hotel staff trying to get people to do really cheesy photo shoots- it was super funny some of the poses they got people to do. They had couples kissing for the camera, children looking out to the ocean hugging and one girl seductively submerged in the hotel pool.
The thing I loved the most about Turkey was that everyone referred to us as ‘ladies’ everywhere we went it was the opening line. Also we kept getting asked if we were sisters nb/ my friend has Italian heritage and dark hair and I am clearly pasty and blonde- we do not look alike!
The not so nice thing about Turkey is that the water has manure in it (gross!) and on the first day I woke up with an infected eye (to be fair that could have been caused by something else but it is odd). The other gross thing about Turkey is that they don’t have a good irrigation system so you were supposed to wipe yourself and place the toilet paper in the bin next to the toilet, needless to say and I refused to do this, it just doesn’t feel right!
Back to the fun memories, almost all the alcoholic drinks we ordered came with plastic figurines and sometimes straws with glitter hanging off it, we tried to collect as many as these as possible- see photo evidence. Aat last count I think we had over 20! This is a small sign of how much we drunk!.
We watched many trashy Euro pop videos on repeat as the music channels were the only channels (aside from the news) that were in English (the song hot by Inna now totally reminds me of Turkey).
Finally I want to make a shout out to one special male guest who wore the shirt 'do you have MSN because I am a hotmale' hahahahaha
Ive got to say it wasn’t really until the second last day of the holiday that I was totally relaxed and it was so hard to leave that feeling and come back to dreary cold London. Turkey wasn’t a place I would have picked for a holiday but I’m so glad I got the opportunity to go.
I want to thank my friend for making this such a great holiday. Spending a week with someone makes you appreciate a friendship and someone's ability to put up with your crap! I am so lucky to call this very special lady my friend
Looking forward to the next holiday…
x
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