Dinner out on the Terrace

The Meal...

The View....

Lunch, even cafeteria food is amazing!

If only we had this in NY!



Looks like Flan!!!



Random photo from visit to town.

HS arrives in TR...

Day 1 - Visiting the Bianca Nomara quarry...



It's quite a sight! Heavy machinery is always fun.

Off in the distance, far far away is HS.

The factory...

Proof that work does get done even when in Turkey.

Howard stayed that extra day for good reason!

105km Bicycle Tour

For my second weekend in Afyon, Osman (owner of the factory I am here to visit, to right), took me with his buddies for a ride around the countryside. Let me tell you, its absolutely beautiful. I wish I could have taken more pictures of that, but there is time, I will have to race up those hills and take a breather at the top and pull out my camera! My bike is the second from the left!

This is how we reward ourselves after a hard long ride.

These are the other guests which like to have breakfast with us, about a dozen of them.

Dinner at Kaymak

I made this plate up myself, I am thinking I will post a picture of every meal I have from now on, every day. At the hotel, it is a buffet, and every meal has been different. It's a good thing I would get bored very easily.



Soup..... yummmmm.

Ikbal Rock

So here are some, very few, photos from my recent hike up the nearby mountain. I haven't bouldered out here, but will hopefully this weekend. It looks like there could be some fun problems, very short but challenging nonetheless.

I am pretty sure in these two areas, photos above and below, will need to be top roped. I will try it this weekend and post my findings.

This is a general view from the main access road. You can also see this as you approach the hotel area from the main highway. Plenty of parking, if you have a car that is, I personally would recommend a bike, I brought mine here from NYC which has turned out to be quite useful.

Ikbal Termal Hotel

Here is my home for the next few..... I don't really know how long.

I went hiking today and took this picture from on top of a rock, I am thinking there is great potential for bouldering out here, I'll call it Ikbal Rock after the hotel, that way locals can help anyone find it.