Yesterday morning, Mary, my mother-in-law, and I decided to go for a stroll outside of our hotel compound at the WOW Resort. http://www.wowhotels.com/wowbodrumresort.asp
Even in a bustling resort area like this, you never know what you'll find. About 500 km away, we could hear a rooster crowing behind someone's bungalow. Then, as we approached a marina, we saw a mule munching on his breakfast. How funny!
The area here is full of hills dotted with white-washed homes and hotels and scraggly underbrush. By the time we walked up and down several times and back to the hotel, we both were hot and sweaty. We did stop to play on the teeter totters in a park for a bit. Always fun to let your inner child come out to play.
Today, we head back to Istanbul. We enjoyed a few days on the beach, but now I'm ready to be home.