Earth shaking experience

I missed it, but Aylin and Selin sure noticed the following little earthquake which occurred a few minutes ago while I was swimming in the Gemlik Korfez which is referred to below...

                                                     Magnitude
Date       Time      Latit(N)  Long(E)   Depth(km)     MD   ML   MS    Region
---------- --------  --------  -------   ----------    ------------    -----------
2008.06.29 08:28:01  40.4588   29.0215        5.0      -.-  3.7  -.-   GEMLIK KORFEZI (MARMARA SEA)

The epicentre of the quake was a couple of kilometres away in the gulf between Aylin, Selin and the sun in this photo!

Overnight in Korea

This year on our trip to Turkey, we decided to try breaking the journey with an overnight stay in Korea. The hotel room was spacious and marvellously still and the bed was a welcome flat spot to sleep (rather than scrunched in a cattle class seat!)

Nevertheless, Aylin and Selin preferred to sleep (or pretend to) in the cupboard???!

We returned to the plane next morning and our next night was spent in a small hotel in the shadows of one of the most spectacular mosques in Istanbul.







Those dots in the sky are seagulls - they fly around in the lights all night. I assume that they catch insects that are attracted to the light.