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well hello friends I am currently in a
beautiful seaside city I am here in
Izmir in Turkey and this is actually a
really popular destination for Turkish
people or any other tourists that want
to come on vacation because it's got a
beautiful coastline it's just across the
way from Greece and quite a while back
it was actually the Greeks who lived in
this part of the world and I believe the
older name is actually Samina and this
morning we flew here from Istanbul and
it was something completely outrageous
for the ticket cost I think was like
fifteen or twenty dollars it was just a
one-way because from here we're gonna go
to Cappadocia so in general I think this
would be an absolutely amazing place to
tag onto your trip if you come to Turkey
because not only are the price is going
to be much less here than in Istanbul
Istanbul I would say is you know kind of
expensive sort of but yeah this is
absolutely stunning I'm really excited
to check out the city and we also rented
a car so we're gonna be doing some
driving up the coast in the next couple
days so we are at a really cool local
place for lunch and I'm trying something
that I've never had before
it's called Lok monsoon beliefs and I
guess it's like the Turkish version of
pizza with the thin crust and they have
like an oven over there where you know
they freshly baked it and on top it's
kind of just like minced meat with
different spices and I think a little
bit of tomato in what you do else over
here we are being shown you put the
veggies inside and it kind of looks like
a wrap
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right it's similar to Peeta in a way but
the crust is like so much thicker and
area finally pizza
yeah so right outside the place where we
just had lunch we noticed that there's
this little cubby that has a whole bunch
of bread in it and the lovely owner who
is a wonderful guy actually I think does
this as a form of charity for anybody
who needs bread they can just take it so
cool
so just casually walking down the street
and I see what looks like a brain
and sure enough it is a green not sure
exactly what kind it is but possibly a
sheep brain so apparently it is even
some time so very interesting all right
so I'm kind of in the downtown center of
East Muir right now and behind me is
actually the cutest little mosque I
think it's called Connick Lamas and on
that note I just wanted to make a point
that here in izmir I actually don't see
that many women in a job a lot of people
don't actually realize that even though
turkey is a Muslim majority country
there's actually a lot of diversity and
faith and it isn't you know so extreme
so to say like an Istanbul you'll
actually see I'd say at least 50 to 60%
of the women not wearing hijab and here
in Izmir I'd say it's maybe like 15
percent wearing it from my understanding
it's because a lot of the people who
live in this city are actually
originally you know descendants from the
Greek Empire so practicing Islam isn't
quite as common in families here so it
is just really interesting to be in
Turkey and see as many people in hijab
as you would in downtown Toronto
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oh hi guys I am coming to you from our
amazing suite that we just got to I will
show it to you in a second it is
ridiculous but I actually didn't know
that we weren't staying in Izmir tonight
we drove for about an hour and a half to
the city called Kusadasi I hope I'm
pronouncing that even remotely correct
but yeah I guess we're actually staying
here for the next couple of nights we
have some day trips plan that are
outside of the city too but this is just
a beautiful area because we are right on
the water we have the most amazing view
right now and I am so excited so when
you first walk in you get a ridiculous
view but we'll get to that in just a
second
first of all the washroom is actually
quite nice quite spacious we have a very
large shower and then when we come into
the main room you see the most gorgeous
view of the agency and it is going to be
so amazing to have drinks out here and
watch the sunset I'm actually going to
try and fly my drone tonight before the
Sun completely goes down and then we've
got a little living space lovely bed
lots of room and we even have a kitchen
we got a little microwave got plenty of
room to bring stuff and this is just
gorgeous
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well hello guys we are on day two and as
you can see I am in a very unique place
I had actually never heard of this place
before I came to Turkey it is called
pamukkala and it is these natural
thermal springs basically on the side of
a mountain you can see all the white
mineral sediment the water is this like
beautiful see-through turquoise like
blue sort of color and the temperature
is surprisingly very warm as well as you
guys can see people are walking up and
down the side of the mountain and I
definitely did not come ideally trust
I'm wearing jeans right now so I've
rolled them up as much as I can and I'm
going to try and make my way up and down
the mountain because what else are you
going to see something so amazing but
this whole area is actually a former
ancient Roman city I believe it's called
hierapolis so on top of these thermal
springs there's actually ruins and kind
of an ancient city there's an
amphitheater so we're gonna see that
after we make our way up and down the
mountain here but this is just
incredible
so if you guys can see these white rocks
are not that slippery these are actually
the ideal to walk on but this stuff this
kind of brown sediment that you see it's
actually super super slippery so you
have to be so careful walking on that
especially with a camera but over here
is also actually okay it's just loose
sort of sediment not the best for the
bottoms of your feet but not as slippery
it's really interesting because in some
ways it really looked like snow like
when we were about to drive up here I
was like is that snow are we in the
mountains like what is this stuff but
yeah I guess it is just that form of
sediment and actually when you touch it
it's actually quite sturdy it's quite
hard this really just looks like the
most epic infinity pool does it not of
course it's not that deep but like wow
the color and the way that it's just so
still is incredible
so as you guys can see here there is
steam coming off the water it's so hot
in this area and they are directing the
water into certain parts of the pools I
think so it's kind of evenly distributed
but so interesting so here we are in the
ruins and it's very interesting because
I just realized that this right here
probably was the canals that they
actually used to run you know water from
place-to-place way back when but it is
incredible that actually so much is
still here and kind of still does look
like an ancient city
so I just got to the amphitheater which
you guys can see right behind me and
this is honestly just stunning it's
actually really interesting to think
that you know hundreds and thousands
technically of years ago that people
actually came here they actually sat in
these stands they actually put on shows
in the theater and how different life
must have been than the one that I'm
living now
so if you guys ever do get a chance to
come to Turkey I think this place has to
be a hundred percent on your list
because it's actually not that out of
the way and not that difficult to come
here because obviously it is a popular
tourist site here in Turkey so if you're
coming to Istanbul you can easily get a
flight to Izmir or maybe there's even
another city that is closer and then
usually there's lots of excursions or
just you know a bus that will take you
and I'd say give yourself at least a day
to see everything because this is a huge
complex you can also go swimming if the
pool is open and really take your time
in the you know thermal pools walking
around make sure you don't slip but I
hope you guys enjoyed this video and
found it interesting let me know what
you thought in the comments down below
if you've ever been to Turkey or if
you'd now like to and other than that I
hope you guys are having an amazing day
keeping your own kind of beautiful and I
will see you soon bye guys
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