We're going to go for a little bit of an unusual lunch.
Kokoreç !
Sheep's intestines!
I don't know i'm not convinced!
I don't do offal ....
Would i would i take you guys anywhere that's bad?
We are getting a ferry to Datça
I love filming days!
We're Marianne and Chris and we've been traveling full time since May 2018.
We'll just see how it goes i don't know.
Whilst attempting to drive around the world in Trudy our home on wheels this happened...
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As borders closed around us we decided to wait it out in Turkey until we were able to
continue our adventure East
We're just heading into town to get some details on the ferry to Datça which we're going to
head to tomorrow
and we're going to go for a little bit of an unusual lunch!
You are ! We are ! We had a fabulous time on the radio station yesterday, it was nice
we spent a couple of hours hanging out and just chatting which was great and we want
to say a massive thank you to Ersel, because yesterday after all the insurance drama where
we didn't really manage to get the result we wanted Ersel has sorted it out for us,
he's found a company to renew our insurance, so we're back on the road we're all legal
it's all good.
So we very nearly ended up staying in Bodrum indefinitely
because of the insurance issues so we're super relieved to have that sorted,
and we're back on the road!
Back on the road!
We've driven down into the town of the city of Bodrum here and we're just going to try
and find somewhere to park up and then walk down to the marina to see if we can get some
details on the boat ride for tomorrow.
Right a quick frog march down to the marina again, again!
So we've just arrived at the the ticket office here, the boats you can see behind us but
we're just checking because they're pretty low and I don't think Trudy will go under
there,
so it's whether or not we can put it just on the back here, so Marianne's just checking.
Okay that is all sorted, we are booked on the boat tomorrow morning
cost was 410 TL for Trudy and both of us.
A bit pastry, i found this shop yesterday,
it's a nice nice looking pastry there, so this is a little scooby snack just to keep
this going until we have lunch, cheesy bread.
So good, it's got feta cheese and bread with like little sesame seeds on top.
Okay so we have driven about 10 minutes from the city because we weren't traumatised enough on the radio yesterday,
that we that we've agreed to come for some local Turkish food and it's called Kokoreç is that right?
yes right that's right
Okay what are we having for lunch?
what is it? uh sheep's intestines, sheep's intestines?
That's right, we're going to have sheep's intestines for lunch!
Unfortunately, i'm going to, i'm probably going to be known as Mr Kokoreç from now on!
Mr Kokoreç ... there you go!
Everybody told us in Turkey we have to try it and up until this point we managed to get
away with it!
So today we're going for it!
So you can see the kokoreç roasting above the fire, how good does that look, it actually
looks like a joint of meat, it looks really good,
maybe I should try a quarter because i don't want to waste it if i don't like it.
Okay so we have the famous kokoreç and i'm going to give this a go,
what's it got on it?
lambs intestines yeah, it's got tomatoes and it's got a mixture of herbs, okay, spices, and spices,
yours is a little hot, mine's hot! so the thing is here i don't do offal .. so but this
is not awful, it's not awful it's intestines it's not awful it's Offal!
so we're just going to give it a go i'm either going to love it or hate it
and i think Marianne should try it too in a minute, no you put chilli on it !
it's good actually tastes like roast, a little bit fatty, I would say the texture is a little bit fatty,
the texture is quite weird actually the more i chew it
this is really good after a night out,
I don't know i'm not convinced
Would you order it again? you got to have another bite
It actually tastes nice,
that's what's playing with my head! i don't like the texture but i like the flavour
What is the texture though?
what is it like? or should you not think about it, just eat it?
Yeah i think you just got to eat it, yeah it's a little bit rubbery, but it's really
tender, if that makes sense? it's that soft chewy,, wet but it's good, it's good, the
flavours the flavours are actually amazing!
It tastes barbecued,
How many times have you had this ? All my life, I mean for the past 10 years, okay i
have, i can't i can't count!
So on the scale of restaurants of Kokoreç this is a good one?
This is a good one, yes, oh this is the best one in Bodrum, nice to know!
I am going back for more, yeah i was going to say you are going in for more!
The more you eat it, the more you like it!
It's kind of playing with my mind,
we have a rule between the two of us, i'm not really into eating things that are slightly
.......
Can i just say Marianne made this rule not me, the royal we! the royal we!
I'll jump out of an aeroplane and i'll drive up mountain roads, but i don't want to eat
things that i'm uncomfortable with.
Chris just forced some into my mouth, that's why I couldn't film it, and it literally tastes
.... i have the crunchy bit from the outside, it tastes like the crunchy bits on a roasted
lamb.
It does it does, like a barbecue, you know when you put a joint of meat like lamb on
the bbq and it's all smoky and crunchy, but it's not all crunchy!
Just eat the crunchy bits !
Don't over think it ... This might be my new motto in life ... Don't overthink it !
It has all gone ! And it's a weird thing it grows on you the flavour is really really good,
I would definitely recommend that you try it and apparently this is the best one in Bodrum.
So if you're in Bodrum and you want to try a really good one with lots of flavour this
is the place to come.
So we couldn't resist coming for some more food and, we're actually ordered some food
from this shop here and some food from this shop here!
I love filming days !
So it's amazing look, we got salad, pickles, kebabs and then we have this lovely mixed salad there, what is this called?
uncooked uncooked Kofte, sometimes with raw meat sometimes with bulgar wheat, oh okay
this is amazing, we got a durum for lunch, a spicy one
and this is what we watch them make and uh barbecue
Super - thank you - This salad is delicious, it's got like the i think it's with the pomegranate molasses
have you tried it try the salad? it's amazing! I literally love salad !
it's delicious,
How good is that, it's got lemon juice, olive oil, the pomegranate syrup juice, oh that's
lovely.
You take a little leaf yeah and you wrap it don't you?
wrap it right?, you take it you wrap it, if you want you can put lemon on it as well okay,
i prefer it without the lemon, okay but the lemon kind of cancels out the hotness the spiciness.
Okay i like it without the lemon, yeah lemony.
What do you call it? parsley, parsley and some spinach, giant rocket,
and it's good and you've got some sauce as well you can dip it.
That's probably hot sauce,
so we're trying this one now I've got a bit of pickle, squeezed a bit of lemon juice on
it, that's really good, i think that's bulger wheat it tastes like bulger, delicious it's
a bit like a Turkish 'yuk sung' you know the ones you get back in the Chinese restaurants back home,
what sauce is that? spicy - it's not too hot, there's very lots of different aromatics in there.
It's really good.
So we're just going to work off lunch a little bit, have a little wander through there's
a little local market here we thought we'd go and have a quick nose around
Bodrum market. Everyone loves a market!
It is quite a big market, yeah
who wants to visit a market when you've just eaten your way through three restaurants?!
But the food looks very fresh and delicious, if i was hungry!
They have a bit of everything here, haven't they?
We've just followed Tolga after the most fantastic lunch and he told us about some friends of
his, who also have a bus like van that is bright pepto bismol pink!
So we thought we'd bring you along to meet the guys who have a pepto-bismol pink bus!!
So meet the pepto-bismol pink bus, look at this Magnolia Taze from Bodrum with a little
cupcake, would you like to buy a burger?
Oh look at the lights, it's amazing I can't stand up, but it's good!
Kokoreç? it has like is a proper kitchen inside a pink van and we've got customers
here already!
And they're on instagram have a look at this, that's instagram and they do toast and kofte
and hamburgers
but their specialty is ... the specialty is magnolia! Yes it's a dessert, that's inside ..... does that mean we get to try it?
Pudding !! Would I take you guys anywhere that is bad?
No ... it is true.
oh does it mean fresh?
yes 'Taze' means fresh,
It's mummy cat - how cute is the cat?
Look at his eyes - he is like a lion, yes.
How nice is this?
Banana, kiwi, that's all they have left that's perfect, whatever you want this is beautiful,
Wow look at those, usually in the morning it's full.
I feel like we've just entered instagram gold, this is so cool, isn't it? it's so beautifully
decorated and i'm very excited about this,
oh my goodness, how good does that look?
hey more food, more food, definitely more food love!
Marianne got a banana one, I got a strawberry one, and a cup of tea!
This lady is a professional chef, and the smell coming out of this is incredible!
What a way to end the day, i know!
it's like a crumbly top, oh lovely, i went for the banana one, is it like creamy and?
i don't know i'm getting there, bear with me, oh!
oh it's lovely, it's like a rich vanilla custard and banana and chocolate chips, amazing and
everything good in the world!
Because we obviously haven't had enough food today!
We've had three lunches
And another thing Bodrum has is a wonderful amphitheater here, it's actually closed, we
can't go in at the moment but it's literally there, Trudy's there and Bodrum marina is
down there!
Bye amphitheatre!
Good morning, good morning! last morning in Bodrum we've just packed Trudy up and we're
heading off to the ferry,
Because today we're off to Dalyan ... Datça - Datça!
We've made some lovely friends in Bodrum, everyone's been super super lovely, haven't
they, it has been really really nice and a massive thank you to Tolga who has introduced
us to some of his friends, who are lovely.
Exactly, so we got about an hour till the ferry goes, but they wanted us there half
an hour early, so we're just going to drive there now and luckily the weather is calm
today, it's looking good.
We are getting a ferry from Bodrum to Datça and we've just arrived at the ferry we're
going on the sunny express!
Actually there's a few there's one called Kemel Reis here which is the popeye, popeye
in Turkish and there's a couple of different boats here Kaptan Farri, or the Sunny Express.
We've just got on the boat and there's a motorbike next to us with a top box, a suitcase, but
he's also made some saddle bags out of old jeans.
Look at that! how cool is that? there's a couple of pairs of jeans that have been sewn together.
We're just leaving the port of a Bodrum, just look at this, the water is beautiful, the boats are absolutely stunning,
you can see why thousands of people come here for their holiday.
It's just one of those places, I don't know about you, whether you like mountains or trees?
let us know what you prefer, but for me the idea of boats and sea and just parking up by a beach is just the best!
I thought i'd talk to you about the boat, so obviously we're parked downstairs, it's
a it's drive on and reverse off and that's why Trudy's at the back because she can't
go under it's not that tall, but what you can do, is they've got indoor comfortable
seats here,
you get to walk around the boat which is lovely, and then they've got a top deck as well which
is cool, let's go and have a look,
oh they've got toilets as well, fantastic
and then we'll just go upstairs. Oh there's El Capitan,
let me see if we can get him to wave!
We'll let him get on, because obviously this is the dodgy bit coming out of port! and then, oh look at this deck!
fantastic!
And that's Saint Peter's castle that we visited,
I could definitely have spent more time in Bodrum.
We're on a bit of a schedule because we have to go and pick up the power bank in Fethiye.
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