Day 15 - Last day in Calis Beach/off to Rhodes.
This was our last day in Turkey, all we had to do was finish some laundry and make our 4:30 ferry to Rhodes. We stayed up late last night watching Breaking Bad after all the action outside died down and slept in til 10. We woke, had coffee (Krista had tea) and ate a "traditional English breakfast" of beans on toast. We sat on our balcony and took in our last day in Turkey! Calis beach is a beautiful place to have stayed and I was a little sad to leave it behind, BUT Greece was ahead! Having little faith in others, I had to make sure that our transfer was going to come to our apartment. We walked down to Karakay Turizm and spoke to Serkec, the guy who booked our trip to Rhodes. He assured us the transfer would pick us up and get us to the boat on time.
We went back to the apartment, nibbled on some lunch, then decided to nap. We woke, cleaned the house up a bit and checked out. We walked down to the corner where we were told that our transfer would pick us up between 3:30-3:40. We waited and waited until 4pm. Our boat was to leave at 4:30 and it still would take us 15 min to get there!! We had to make the boat! Stupid transfer!! I quickly flagged down a Taksi (Turkish) and we made our boat. We would've lost our hotel in Rhodes, had to make the next ferry in the morning at 9am, needed to book another hotel last minute in Fethiye and a new one in Rhodes. Boooo Karakay Turizm! I sent them a nasty email demanding them to at least cover our Taksi. On top of it all, the ferry WAS supposed to be a fast track hydrofoil, but when we got there, it was just a regular ferry. Instead of an exhilarating 90 minute ride of epic-ness, it was a slow nauseating 3 hour crawl. Un stoked! Roll with the punches...
Well we putted into Rhodes and arrived at the ferry port. We went through the port where it is said that the Colossus of Rhodes once stood. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, it was made out of bronze and greeted all who travelled to Rhodes. In 500AD it collapsed due to an earthquake and fell into pieces where it lay, it was ignored for another 4 centuries. Story has it that a Jewish merchant bought it and had to use several caravans to take it away. It was then melted down and used for coin currency.
We got off the terminal, went through customs and were officially in Greece! When we went to find a taxi to Faliraki beach, we were told that a nationwide taxi strike had occurred a few days ago. Oh mios duo, It just keeps piling on!
Walking through the old town of Rhodes, we went in search of a bus station. We asked many people along the way, but all was not lost, I got to practice my Greek! We finally found the bus station, it was filled with locals and tourists. We were herded onto to busses, and made the journey to Faliraki Beach. What a hopping joint! Half naked people everywhere! We checked in to our modest Pansiyon and found a delightful dinner where I sucked down a few Heinekens and we shared a Greek plate. A peaceful end to an otherwise, turbulent day
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