swimming with sea turtles in Barbados~

I was actually not planing to do anything new. 

bunch of guys was walking on the beach and offering attractions to tourists.

When they ask us whould you like to swim with turtles?

Drinks+short boat trip+ feeding turtles for $20

without even thinking I said NO!

and then he said ok I'll make it $15 if you came now.

I definetely have something with sales. 

hundereds of things circled thru my brain like:

should I do it?

it is really good deal, isn't it?

it is on SALE baby!

$15 is money we could spend for only drink 

so it is good deal! 

 But I afraid of a loooot of things including underwater life.

But I also DO a looooot of things I afraid of.

why not snorkeling?

etc. etc. etc.

In few seconds I found myself trying to convince my husband how great idea to swim with turtles.

He is more open to new things then I am.

So we took our stuff and jump on the boat.

I won't deny I still afraid a bit but it was one of the best experiences I have ever done.

I saw so many "finding Nemos" :)

I wish I have under water camera so I can show them to you guys as well.

I am glad I did it!

Kirdim zincirlerimi!

Barbados'un tertemiz turkuaz denizi, ve bembeyaz kumu beni bastan cikardi. Dedimki simdi degilse ne zaman?

hemen yapmaliyim

Yoksa biliyorum, yapmadigima pisman olacagim

Butun bir hayatim boyunca su altindan korktum. Ayagimi kuma basamadim. Bir balik gorunce kactim -bunun icin gecerli sebeplerimde vardi hani- ama artik o gunler gecti.

Artik su alti dunyasiyla en ufak bir sorunum yok. Su kaplumbagalarina yaklasip onlara yemek bile atabiliyorum.

Iste burada da kaniti!

and what about turtles?

Now, all I know about them is they afraid of us more than we afraid of them

Kenarda gunesten rahatsiz olan pembeli benim.

Bundan sonra su alti kamerasi almayi dusunuyorum. 

Bakar bakar cekerim artik ne iyi olur :)

I am the pink one on this photo :) 

Take me back to kristal clear waters of Barbados!

Hopefully next time with a water-proof camera

Wimea Canyon Lookout {Kauai, Hawaii}~

Needless to say, you know I don't like nature.

And you know, nature doesn't like me too.

Whenever I Go for an out door activity, something unpleasant happens to me.

I feel like all those insects, animal and everything know that I came and they hit me, bite me, hurt me.

I can't understand why?

I mean, why me?

Anyway...

Usually, I wouldn't go anywhere like there but I made an exception for Kauai

thankfully, nothing happened bad and it was wonderful.

One of the best views I have ever seen in my entire life. 

I definitely would like come here again and hopefully next time for hiking.

Tabiati sevmedigimi defalarca soylemisimdir herhalde.

O da beni sevmiyor zaten.

Nerede bortu bocek bilumum haserat gelir beni isirir.

Masmavi tek bir hayvanatin gozukmedigi denizde yuzerken kafama balik carpmisligi var. Hemde kocamandi.

Grup halinde gittigimiz barbeku partisinde ormanda bacagima sarilmis yilan var.

Daha da gitmedim zaten ormana filan. 

Ama tabi Kaua'ye kadar gelip kanyona gitmeyecek degilim. 

Herseyi goze aldim ve gittim.

Neyseki basima bir sey gelmedi.

Tek kelimeyle muhtesem bir yerdi. 

Buraya tekrar gelip hiking yapmayi cok isterim.

okayanus, yerel cicekler, agaclar, ve cok hafif yosun kokusu belki...

anlatmasi zor ama muhtesem bir koku. 

Icime cekmeye doyamadim.

Keske kokulari da record etmenin bir yolu olsa.

Ben record edemesemde siz hayal edin lutfen. 

Biliyorum ki, bazi fotograflar cok net ve guzel ciksada bazilari biraz karanlik yada bugulu gozukuyor.

Yinede hic bir fotografin uzerinde hic bir degisiklik yapmadim. Oldugu gibi, ciplak gozle nasil gozukuyorsa oyle yayinlamayi tercih ettim. 

Yani bu gordugunuz guzellikte en ufak bir isik oyunu, en ufak bir abarti yok.

ne kadarda muhtesem degil mi?

Although most photos are nice and clear, I know some photos are fogy, some are little dark, etc. not so perfect. Just to let you know, I didn't made any change on any of them. So it is exactly howit looks with the naked eye.

isn't it so wonderful?

Portofino Beach {Kauai, Hawaii}~

Dear my European readers who lives in US,

Did you miss our wonderful beaches with a beautiful mountain view instead of endless ocean?

and

Did you miss using metric system?

if your answers are yes, 

Portofino beach in Kauai is a right place to come. 

I know it is little too far away especially if you are living in east coaat but believe me you won't regret!

Amerika'da yasiyorsunuz ve Avrupa'daki sahilleri ozlediniz.

Iste burasi dogru adres.

Avrupa'yi ozlesem direk giderim zaten yakin ne isim var Hawaii'de demeyin. Bazen oyle engeller cikiyorki yurtdisina cikilamayabiliyor ve bu insanin sinirlerini cidden yipratiyor.

here is the panaromic view

here is the road sign with a metric system.

How nice!

Although main land still didn't discovered that actually in everywehere else we use metric system and it is pretty useful, thankfully Hawaians already widely using it. 

I guess their next step is discovery of futbol. 

I mean real futbol -European futbol-

anyway, this is not our main subject today.

Metrik sistemin de kullanildigi bir kucuk koy. 

Ve hayir 21. yuzyilda hala kulacla, adimla parmak hesabi ve mille yapilan hic bir bilimselligi olmayan bir olcu birimini sevmeyecegim. 

Alismayacagim, terk falan da etmeyecegim.

Ya sev ya terketcilere selam olsun!

I loved everything in here. I felt like, I am in Italy and I needed to feel that way very much.

Her bakimdan olmasada pek cok bakimdan Italya sahillerine benziyordu. 

Hani gozumu kapatsam, uyusam ve tekrar acsam bir an kendimi italya'da zannederdim.

Zamanimiz kisitliydi o yuzden uyumadim, yuzdum :)

Orange sand???

Yes, it was orange. 

Everyhing looks little orange in here, right?

I guess beacause of the sand.

That's why I didn't made any change on light and exposure of the photos.

Fotograflara yansiyan hafif turuncumsu renk varya, o tamamen gercek.

Kum turuncu oldugundan herhalde...

Sand, people and hotel in the back, restaurant pretty much everything was feeling like Italy.

No wonder they called it Portofino beach.

Sadece koy degil, arkadaki restorant, insanlar ve baska hersey Avrupa gibiydi. Hatta pizza kokusu bile halk plajini andiriyordu :)

Niye portofino beach dediklerine o yuzden sasirmadim zaten.

Gerci New York'da var ama hic York'a benzemiyor :)

Neyse bu sefer tutturmuslar.

I know, those of you who have been there will think thank it doesn't exactly look like, but it definitely 

help to reduce my cravings until I go back the real one.

I hope, I can get back here one day. Especially if I can't get back to real one, any time soon.

Hawaii'deki Portofino'da guzeldi tabi ama bir dahaki sefere umarim gercegine donme sansim olur.

Avrupayi cok ozluyorum. Ozellikle bu aralar...

Black sand beach {Hilo, Hawaii}~

Last Christmas, we went to Colorado becuase my husband's family has a winter cottage over there and  spending Christmas up there is their family tradition. Honestly, it was not for me at all. 

I mean, I don't like family meetings, I don't like cold weather (I already live in somewhere really cold. What's the point of spending my vacation days in somewhere ELSE cold?) also, I don't like skiing. So I really didn't like it at all.

 When we were there, I watched a lot of movies to help time goes faster. One of the movie was Descandants and it was in Hawaii. The reason why I picked it was definitely George Clooney but after some point I couldn't really watch the actual movie or him. All I was watching wonderful nature and great sceneries. Since then, I am dreaming about to go to Hawaii.

 Thankfully, my dream came truth this Christmas. 

Gecen sene tam Noel zamani Colorado'ya gitmistik. 

Orada bir film izlemistik. Burada yazmistim izledigim filmleri. Onlardan bir tanesi -George Clooney'li olan- Hawaii'de geciyordu. Konusu aslinda huzunluydu ama konu falan yalan oldu. Clooney'nin hatrina secmistim. Clooney bile yalan oldu. Oyle guzel manzaralar vardi. Zaten oldum olasi Hawaii'yi merak ediyordum. Universitedeyken beraber okudugum ama bana nazaran oldukca varlikli ailelerden gelen arkadaslarim tatillerde gidiyor, dondukleri zaman bana gorduklerini anlatiyorlardi. Yani taa o zamanlardan var bir ilgim ama bu film istahimi iyiden iyiye kabartti. Neyseki Bu Noel tatilinde Hawaii'ye geldik, bende istahimi bastirmis oldum :)

Hawaii ile igili en merak ettigim sey ise her zaman icin siyah kum sahilleriydi. 

Cok sukurki, ilk gordugum yerde siyah kum sahili oldu. 

And black sand beaches was the most interesting place for me to see in Hawaii by far.

Luckyly, it was the first place I saw in Hawaii.

Her zaman bana inanmasi zor, sihirli, bir sey gibi geldi. 

Hani sanki kum her renk olurda siyah olamaz gibi. 

Oysa toprakta koyu renk ama kum baskaydi sanki.

It always seem to me unbelievably magical

and always sound impossible to me, but I saw with my own eyes 

it is possible. 

Feels  like mother nature created it for us to see its greatness.

-well, I know we can look at everything as a great creation but since it is very rare and far away. black sand is little more attractive and magical to me.-

On the other hand, it was a small beach with lots of stones.

I don't know if I would like to swim in it but looking at trees, ocean, snowy mountain tops and everything was fantastic.

ote yandan kucuk bir sahil ve pek cok kaya parcasi

Yuzmek icin pek uygun degildi ama manzara muhtesem tabi. 

Baktikca bakasi gelmiyor mu insanin?

I wasn't the only one who wouldn't like to swim in here though.

There was noone but couple of kids in the water.

Everyone was relaxing under the shadow of trees.

Later on I think, I discovered why everyone was very nice and  relaxed.

Tipki dusundugum gibi kimse denize girmiyor herkes gunesleniyordu.

Hatta cocuklar bile kiyida takiliyordu.

Kum cok kalin tanecikli oldugu icin oynanmaya uygun degildi.

Yani burada otur, agac golgesinde kitabini oku arada yesile, maviye, daglarin tepesindeki beyazliklara bak ve derdi kederi unut.

Oyle bir yer iste...  

We walked around impress with the amazing nature even more and then  join everyone else at the beach to relax under the trees.

As a constant worrier, I can definitely say this place had tons of things to encourage me to just lie down, enjoy with the view and don't think anything. 

After I saw a green plants, even a huge tree can grow out of  stones, nothing seem to me very difficult. 

Everything is possible. Nothing to really worry about.

Burada ilk gozume carpan insanlarin rahatligi olmustu ama sonra bende onlar gibi oldum sanki. En azindan o an icin. 

Sonra etrafi soyle bir dolasinca farkettim. Taslarin icinden cikan bitkiler falan...

Hatta kokunu kayalara salan cam agaclari

Hic bir sey imkansiz degil aslinda. 

Siyah kum olabiliyor, kayalarin arasindan otlar hatta agaclar cikabiliyor, ve ben Hawaii'ye gelebiliyorum. 

O zaman her sey mumkun.

Bende herkes gibi agac golgesine havlumu serdim ve kumun uzerine uzandim. Dert edecek hic bir seyim kalmamisti. 

Manzarayi izledim. 

Stay tuned more Hawaii posts are on its way! 

Princess Cays, Bahamas

Bahamalar'daki adalardan Princess Cruise Line'a ait bir kucuk ada

yada baska bir deyisle cennetten bir kose

Sansizdik malesef, hava cok bulutluydu ama buna ragmen ada genel anlamda cok guzeldi. 

Kumsali bastan basa gezmek toplam 20 dakikamizi aldi.

Cok fazla atraksyonu olmasa da denizin ve kumun tadini cikarmak icin muhtesem 

Renga renk seker gibi kabanalar

Biz kiralamaya gerek duymadik ama kucuk bebegi olan aileler icin cok kullanisli oldugunu dusunuyorum.

Adanin ic taraflarini kesfe cikmasak olmazdi.

Neyseki ikimizde yurumeyi ve gezmeyi cok seven insanlariz da gittigimiz yerde yatip kalmiyoruz. 

Her detayini gorebiliyoruz.

Tam ortasinda kocaman bir gol ve tabiki sea grapes agaclari vardi. 

Hemen toplayip bolca yedik :)

Gezerken adaya kus bakisi bakabilecegimiz bir yer bulduk

Yemek servisi yapilan acik hava restorantinin catisi. 

Simdi ise bu fotograflara bakip Subatin sonuna dogru cikacagimiz benzer seyahat icin gun sayiyorum.

Gemiye donmemize 1-2 saat kala sansimiza gunes acti.

Denizin tadini biraz daha cikardik.

Zaten gezimizin son duragiydi. Olmasa yazik olurdu.

Gemiye donerken tek dusundugum, cok guzel bir o kadar da kisa olduguydu.

Neyseki kavusmamiza az kaldi.