Some of the Ruins at Ephesus. The cost and likely futility of any attempted restoration has meant that little of it has been undertaken. Work on the historic structures however is well underway.
Captain Spiros welcomes Bev aboard. Bev wonders whether she could reciprocate and welcome Captain Spiros aboard.
Captain Spiros. We had to hose down the women with cold water.
Spiros-Schmiros, watch this for style! Wave damage to the nearby beaches was minimal.
Lovely clear and cool water but bugger-all aquatic life. A later scuba dive revealed rocks and more rocks but no fish.
Sulphur from an underwater vent - volcanic, not Bev's.
Dr Brad, in a rare moment of introspection, contemplates his compliance with the Hippocratic oath
Adjusting for high shutter speed to capture the moment.
Bev, Brad and Abdullah.
One of Sean's more animated moments.
Abdullah surrounded by 12 Aussies. The pine tree, supposedly, was grown from a seed from the original.
Sean comes 3rd in the moobs contest.
Bevvie on the ferry from the Gallipoli peninsular across to Cannakale-Troy side of the Dardanelles. Vegdan had to leave the bus's arse hanging out the back of the busy ferry.
Sean ponders what generous, indulgent parents he was blessed with. At the Charisma Hotel pool, Kusadasi. Samos, our first taste of Greece, is in the distance.
Adrian searches for his bikini top. Hotel hot springs near Pammukale
Bev has more glam in her own spa at the hotel. Santorini.
"This is why I go to work!" Santorini.
Erika finds her banjo. Or was that mojo? Santorini.
"This is why my mother goes to work!"
Parcours is French for too-cool-for-school types in baggy daks with their arse cracks showing jumping around the roofs.
Chris airs his tackle.
Day 3. Rita slips into holiday mode.
Bruce's simple assignment was to take a photo of the hotel.
For photo ops not functionality
No icecream vendors or souvenir stalls near here so there were very few tourists. Pammukale.
Typical Gen-Y Aussie tourists except that Sean and Erika stayed sober and un-tatooed.
You can't wipe the smiles off when you're in Santorini
If you pull my finger we can have bubbles in the spa too. Santorini.
1 small Pye floater attracts 3 fat geezers.
Kim adopts a slow and cautious approach to Aegean immersion
This bloke floated by as i sat in the hotel's outdoor cafe sipping a G&T.
Rita and Chris ignore the UFO to concentrate on the perfect pose.
Underground Roman cistern in Istanbul adjacent to the Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, St Sophia and Topkapi Palace. The darkness has not dissuaded carp from growing big in size and many in number.
Mykonos backstreet away from the tourist hordes.
We put the Pyes out in the hot sun to keep them warm.
Erika undergoes Santorini stress therapy.
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