It's hard for a man in Turkey. Part 2
It's not really hard. The title refers to part one.
It turned out that I perceived Alanya and its surroundings as the territory of our small hotel. And if so, then you need to talk about food.
There was only breakfast at the hotel. Quite worthy, but this is not enough. Since the room had a kitchen, you could cook on your own. Not often, but we took advantage of this opportunity. There was a huge shop next to the hotel. Either TESTO or PESTO. I do not remember. My friend and I went there on the very first day, were stunned by the prices and began to collect food and drinks in the cart. An attendant approached us and said that only Turkish entrepreneurs can shop in this store. Well, what's the matter? We registered as Turkish entrepreneurs and bought a lot of things there. Let's say a box of milk cost the same as two bags in a regular store. The same with beer. The same with Coca-Cola. But self-cooking on vacation is wrong. And of course we went to restaurants. We were lucky. On the first day we wandered into a fairly expensive restaurant called Viking. It was great there.
At first, such chic cakes were served before the dishes.
And the dishes themselves were served on the table right on the fire.
Don't be fooled by the flag of Ukraine on our table (we are Russians). Initially, there was a flag of Denmark, but my daughter ran to the next table and changed the flags. The fact is that for her Ukraine is a magical country where unicorns, gnomes, elves and centaurs live. And fairies. And one of these fairies sends her gifts, congratulations and books. And they are written in an amazing fey language. And this fairy herself can speak this mysterious, almost understandable language. And this fairy's name is staruha_izergil. And on the flag of this amazing country - the sun and the sea. The daughter also perceives the Russian coat of arms in a peculiar way - it is a cheerful bird with two heads, and in her paws she has perfume and a magic wand.
The Viking restaurant is quite expensive, but we were offered a 10 percent discount for all our next visits. I cheekily said, "Gimme 20! " The owners were surprised, but they gave it, and the Viking became inexpensive.
Another good institution "Monaco". The price is average, the kitchen is normal, but the interior is great. We went there as if spellbound only for the sake of these pumpkin lamps.
Then it turned out that one of the streets of Alanya was completely decorated with similar lamps.
I had to buy 5 pieces with me. Because it's beautiful.
If you want local flavor, then you can move away a little from the sea and the promenade and eat in cafes designed for Turkish common people.
There will be only a few items on the menu, the interiors are modest, there is no alcohol, but it is tasty and very cheap.
Now about animation and entertainment in this gigantic territory of my hotel. Since the title mentions a man, then about him. About my friend.
Each evening, this bon vivant went to cheer in the kursaal, where he boldly lorned the blushing spa ladies.
Or rather, he wandered around bars and discos in search of adventure.
This is not where he was looking for these adventures.
Once I took my children to the trampoline. The most innocent place.
And I hear a woman in Russian trying to figure out how much this pleasure costs. Such a pretty one. Blonde. We got talking. She is the captain of the Ministry of Emergency Situations from the city (doesn't matter). 35 years. They were allowed to travel to Turkey. Low salary. And you want to unwind and forget about all kinds of emergencies with victims and victims. And at least someone treated me to a cocktail. Come and drink vodka brought from home. . .
Where are you bon vivant and juire? In the Kursaal? You don't go there. Not there.
Now about children's entertainment.
Fortunately, the children rejected swimming on the noisy, vain, kitsch scows that I hated.
But my son, seeing such an advertisement on the street. . .
. . . said that he also wanted to hug and kiss dolphins. Realizing that this is VIP entertainment, I got behind the wheel and drove to the local dolphinarium to find out what and how. It turned out to be expensive, but I'm the father. Luckily, my daughter said she didn't want to swim with dolphins because they bite. I did not try to convince, because the economy.
The next day, the whole company of us arrived at the dolphinarium. We were allowed to watch the performance "for everyone", and then the daughter said that she also wanted to hug dolphins, like her brother. It was already quite expensive. But, closing my eyes, I paid for two baths.
It was great. It was cool. This will be remembered for a lifetime. But the nasty dolphin people did everything to make photography impossible. Like this. It was impossible to approach the grid.
And after the session, they took out photos taken by a local photographer, and they completely killed me. The price for 15 photos and a flash drive was 200 euros. . . For one. But I had two of them. Total 400, plus 2 tickets for 100 euros. Yes, the whole family can go to Turkey again with this money.
But fortunately, I managed to swindle the grass-roots employee of this photo studio. She was from Kyrgyzstan. I told her that I had been to Osh and Bishkek, and these are wonderful cities. He also bribed her with the phrase that if I spend so much money, then my wife will scold me. As a result, when she carried the unpurchased photos to the shredder, she managed to stash a few of mine, and she took them out to me already outside the territory of the dolphinarium. It was also not three rubles, but uplifting. And I did not spend this money in vain.
But entertainment doesn't have to be expensive. And my dreams came true. We found in Alanya, not at all in the center, a real Turkish ice cream virtuoso. It was exciting and very inexpensive.
Where to go. Go. . .
I remember the days when you could rent a Renault 12 for $12.
A funny but very worthy car. It was. . . heh, heh. . . in 1991.
Here, I also met an old friend. Tofas Kartal. $20 per day. 1995
And here is an old acquaintance. 1977 Land Rover Defender for $30 a day. I drove it to Troy in 1997.
Now I rented a brand new Renault Symbol for 30 euros. Wonderful car. Economical to the point of stinginess. Diesel, and besides stalled at every traffic light, and then automatically started. Savings!
With trips, everything is not so simple. We went to see the Manavgat waterfall. I am ten times. And as usual I got lost. In a tiny village in the mountains, I used gestures (guess how I depicted a waterfall? ) I tried to ask the local nymphets for directions. These guys got on their bikes and said to follow them.
They took me to Manavgat. They refused money. With difficulty I managed to persuade them to agree to my payment for a large bottle of Coca-Cola. But they brought me to the wild coast of Manavgat. There was nothing but clothes-bathing women and their stern husband.
This did not suit us. But in vain. After spending 40 minutes, we drove up to a civilized shore. It was a disappointment. I remember Manavgat as a quiet, shady, romantic place. Now it is a crowded, trading, greedy attraction.
I'm filming and there's a crowd around me. Longing and sadness.
But reserved places remained near Alanya. Dim Cave. It was opened for visiting quite recently - in 1998. We arrived there, and the first thing I asked was how many steps there were. Wow! As a result, I went down 50 steps, sat down and watched the exhausted faces of amateur speleologists, who flowed from the large hall to the small one. To some, especially the exhausted ones, I offered to send a second hall to the goblin and join me. Sit, have a rest. Many agreed.
But if you don't bother with this cave and drive further, then here it is! The beauty. There is a beautiful reservoir in the mountains, also recently built. The views are amazing. And there is no one around.
And next to it are a bunch of restaurants with small water parks that make you feel full and provide satiety and bliss. Only one minus - food, according to oriental tradition, on pillows on the floor. Inconvenient.
In short. Why this story of mine. The taste and color, as they say, but why do you need 5 stars with the territory? You will get bored there on the second day. We accidentally stopped at the beach of such a hotel, returning from Manavgat. I went to buy a Coca-Cola bar and understood everything. They gave me Coca-Cola but asked me to leave. The taste of a long-forgotten drink. Colored sugar. And longing on the faces of people on this beach. . . There is a territory. There are also animators. Drunken boredom. . . And to Alanya, where life is, 25 color meters.
Try my recreation option. Firstly, savings, and secondly, real life, not an attraction.
Although young people don't care where to poke their smartphones.
In your five or in my unstarred hotel. But it's its own culture.
Next, just a few photos. Rudiments of old sweet Turkey. In the supermarket, potatoes and onions are side by side with iPhones and TVs.
Here's another. Sale of postcards and phone cards. Legs are included.
You must love football so much.
JAVA comes from the sixties.
Another evening pedestrian street.
The gardener, of course, is an entertainer, but in vain he is so. Wrong place.
Impeccable funicular.
Just in the mountains, this wooden plane hung over the road and water flowed from it onto passing cars, cooling them.
Morning dispersal of ships.
A happy father, a weary friend, and a young girl.
And now I will spread my wings over you and wish you happy travels.
