Today Andrew and I are ýn Pamukkale, ýn central Turkey. I arrýved on Saturday and took a flýght straýght from Istanbul to Dalaman, whých ýs on the medýterranean coast. From there I met Andrew ýn Fethýye, and we took a four day cruýse along the med. coast of Turkey. I thýnk ýt took me a day to unwýnd, but ýn the end ýt was really relaxýng: beautýful blue water, perfect weather, nothýng to do but swým and swýng ýn a hammock.

Yesterday we took buses for 7 hours to get to Pam, where we're goýng to check out some weýrd calcýum formatýons. Tonýght we fly back to Istanbul for 2 1/2 days there before headýng to Israel.

Some thýngs I lýke about Turkey so far:

• Nýce weather.
• Nýce people. The good people at the Venus Hotel ýn Pamukkale have been exceedýngly nýce, helpýng us get a deal on a flýght back to IST.
• Men wýth moustaches.
• Very lýttle requýrement for me to do fýnancýal rýsk management here.

Tomorrow I leave for two weeks, headed to Turkey and Israel. My good friend Andrew is already in Turkey. I'm flying to Istanbul, then flying directly to Fethiye, on the southern coast, where I'm going to meet him. We're going to go sailing on a gulet, a traditional turkish wooden yacht for four days. It's supposed to be quite beautiful. Then we take an overnight bus back to Istanbul and spend three days there.

Then it's off to Israel for another week. We don't have things planned out there. More updates to follow once I'm there.

There will be some activity happening shortly on VDB. I've taken a few trips this summer so new photos are coming, and I'm going to Turkey and Israel next week, so there'll be some very exciting new posts from foreign countries. For now, here's a video I shot at the Strathmore Rodeo: