Having succumbed to the proclamations of my boss İsmail that we could find 3mt surf in Ağaçlar, on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, we set out on the road. Although skeptical, grand visions of a surf school were prevalent!
Thoroughly disappointed at our findings, not all was lost, I located my dream car and took it for a test drive.
The face of disappointment
The dream car
Yes, It's official!!! We're coming to Australia to visit!
Our March travel plans to Australia are finalized, we depart İstanbul on 28th February at 7:10pm and arrive at our final destination, Melbourne, via Dubai, on 2nd March at 6:35am. You may ask if we are masochists? Yes, undoubtedly!
For those of you that may be unaware, my sister Nicky is getting married on 3rd March! Yes, that's two weddings in the Garland clan just inside 6 months. After the wedding, much socializing and dropping my parents at the local mental health and relaxation center, Birnur and I will head to Sydney (Friday 9th March) where we will stay with Jason and his lovely fiancé, Carla.
We'll be back in Melbourne on Monday 12th March before setting off on another masochistic journey back to İstanbul on Wednesday 14 Mar at 10:25pm.
See you in Oz!!!!!
Well I must say that I am surprised at the results of the December Viewers Poll on the whereabouts of Adnan Khan. 75% of the poll responders assumed that he was smoking some chronic in the konya area of Turkey.
Let's analyze these figures before we go jumping to too many conclusions. I guess, that of the staggering eight responders who assumed Adnan's location and disposition, they had either:
a) previously sited Adnan's Afghanistan pictures where he accidentally stumbled across a 'plantation' reminiscent of the Amazon Jungle; or
b) Sited Adnan in traditional Pakistan attire (see: Friends Afar) and mistakenly thought that he had shed his professional journalist image for that of a tree hugging hippie.
I can assure you that Adnan certainly isn't some tree hugging, weed smoking hippie and we will have to work on his professional image upon his return to Istanbul (by the way he returns this Friday) but don't call him until at least Sunday as he may still may not be lucid from the effects of chronic :)
p.s. Adnan, should you happen to read this, Dirk has invited us to his palatial residence for Friday reunion drinks!
