Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: Highlander on June 29, 2014, 17:52:18 PM
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H is for hosts. Everywhere we went the service was efficient and polite – as always.
O is for oranges. They simply taste so different in Turkey.
L is for Letoon. Ate there twice with our friends and excellent both times, the second time made even more the pleasurable because the wonderful Nevra was still on duty. The present Mrs H said that her Chicken Teriyaki was the best meal she have ever had in Calis
I is for Italian. Which allows me to mention Casa di Mama which in turn allows my to mention who pleased I was to represent CBF in presenting six Certificates to the winners in the Best Restaurant 2013 vote.
D is for doctor. Our friends were in the same café as other residents of the apartments we were staying add who had a sickly young child with them. A local doctor at an adjoining table got up, politely introduced himself and said that he could tell the child was unwell. After examining the child and asking the parents some questions he asked the people to wait while he went to his surgery. He appeared as short time later, handed over some drugs and after refusing payment went back to his table.
A is for Anne (and Billy of course). Two of the nicest people we know and who let us use their apartment.
Y is for yogurt. Not a favourite of mine previously but am coming round to it.
R is for roads. What a difference since we first went.
E is for Eyna. Enjoyed my ever so brief visit to the 3c’s shop there
V is for Violet Apartments. A beautiful complex.
I is for ice cream salesmen. Hadn’t realised that they were so amusing.
E is for efficiency. We travelled with Jet2 and check-in at both Glasgow and Dalaman was super- efficient.
W is for water taxi. Still a lovely way to travel back to Calis after a meal in Fethiye
2 is for the number of splendid visits to Letoon.
0 is for the number of wild passionate nights enjoyed.
1 is for Mrs H. There really is only one.
4 is for the minimum number of times this old man was offered a seat on the dolmus.
H is for Holiday Express Inn. Arrived back at 2:20am to be told by manager on duty “We have a problem this evening – we are overbooked. Blue touch paper lit. My response was less than polite but end with the words “this is totally unacceptable”. Was told to wait while they made some phone calls which I presumed to mean they were trying to find a bed elsewhere. Queue another couple arriving checking-in in under two minutes and being told their room number. Blue touch paper lit AGAIN with me demanding an explanation as to why this couple’s room was not overbooked. Non forthcoming but final outcome - we were given a room but some poor bugger arriving later may not have been so fortunate.
O is for obese people. I readily admit to being overweight but some of the sights at the airport and on the prom have to be seen to be believed.
L is for Litter. Always annoys me seeing the mess that’s left around the place. Fethiye are improving things with tasteful screening. I hope Calis follows suit soonest.
I is for inconsiderate people. One of who arrived at our complex and thought it was acceptable to play has ipod at full blasted around the pool. Was soon sorted by the owners on the complex. Thanks – you know who you are.
D is for Dalaman Airport. Chaos when we arrived. Why on earth do they not provide enough staff when so many flights are landing around the same time.
A is for ambiance. A personal opinion but I think there is far too much neon and noise on the front these days. Maya, one of our favourite haunts, has gone. Gitarci was just about the only place we could hear ourselves think. At one point on a boat trip, the decibel levels matched that of Scarlett
Y is for young people. Those who made no effort whatsoever to allow us past to get off the dolmus. Especially disappointing as they were Turkish.
R is for red line. What an absolute nonsense.
E is for embarrassment. Mine when asking a shop assistant in a Fethiye clothes shop where the changing rooms was greeted with the reply “No idea mate I’m from Glasgow”
V is for Viagra. Far too expensive
I is for idiots. Those who go up and down the prom on that electric scooter things.
E is for endless. The endless number of stalls at the market all selling the same goods.
W is for wheelchairs. Forgive me, but can someone explain why wheelchair users are allowed to “jump” the queue at Passport Control at Dalaman.
2 is for the number of splendid visits to Letoon.
0 is for the number of wild passionate nights enjoyed.
1 is for Mrs H. There really is only one.
4 is for the minimum number of times this old man was offered a seat on the dolmus.
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G is for Great to meet you at last
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And you sir :)
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Call me old fashioned, but I love no 1 best of all! ;)
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V is for the Viagra is not working if you had 0 passionate nights!
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Great review Mr H,sorry I did not bump into you this time another time,but I did get to meet a mutual friend Chris and Pete at Letoon thanks to you and my sister who knows her better than me was well chuffed to see a long lost friend
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Anyone want to join in with the rest of the alphabet. One good review, one bad.
We still have
C F G J K M N P Q S T U X and Z
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Great to meet you John (albeit very briefly).
I do agree wholeheartedly re "W" the wheelchair user comment. At Bournemouth airport on our departure, there was queue at bar, and this group with one person in a wheelchair (just dodgy leg, not elderly or disabled), and they jumped queue and insisted they got their order in first. I wasn't amused, but everyone in front of me did the British thing and just let it go - I was quietly boiling inside.
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Just realised, I could have claimed the letter "C" for Colin!
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Sounds like you had a great time H. It seems to have gone by in a flash.
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Double D for disappointed J & B that we never met up in June :(
K for Kayakoy and the Istanbul night 8)
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S is for Sad lot of cods wollop.
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Having had a husband who was in a wheelchair for 5 years.. Think yourselves lucky!!!!! The ignorant people we came across when we were out and about makes my blood boil! I could give you countless examples of how badly Barrie and I have been treated by the able bodied . We have never asked for preferential treatment but a bit of understanding wouldn't go amiss.. It is bad enough getting through the airport as a normal passenger these days without being in a wheelchair.. I can lend you ours if you want to try it? Sorry but this really upset me.
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N is for,,,,,,,, normal holiday for you then John.x
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Colin T was talking about queue jumping at the bar and H about passport control -
I agree some people can be very inconsiderate to wheelchair users but why is it necessary to be first in these instances? Some wheelchair users can also be selfish.
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Great review. Love the part about the doctor. Good to see those sort of things still happen here. Sorry we didnt bump into you anywhere x
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We were on a flight to Dalaman a few days ago 2 men in wheelchairs went on first and got seated at the front, which is normal procedure, a daughter of one of the men was sat near the back (did not want to pay to book a seat). When the plane landed she pushed everyone out of the way very rude, saying my father is disabled and needs help getting off. He then got off and walked to passport control. Normal procedure is for disabled people to stay on the plane and wait till it is empty, even the staff were embarrassed.
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I saw a similar thing going through security, the next time I saw them was running around duty free, loaded with drinks and tobacco,out of order, and spoils it for the genuine ones,
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I do think the wheelchair use at airports is abused - which is a shame for the genuine wheel chair users. When checking in at Malaga a few years back they used our queue for all the wheelchair users and their families, as and when they arrived, it meant that we stood in the queue for almost an hour and only just got our flight, our seat numbers had already been called out when we got there. To make matters worse, one lady who was in a wheelchair, was in our disco every night dancing away !
Likewise, it is amazing that going out to Malaga last March, about 8 wheel chair users were taken on the plane first - quite understandably - but when we landed the stewardess asked all those people needing assistance to stay in their seats whilst the other passengers disembarked - by the time we got off there were only two left - the others had suddenly decided that they could walk and got off first !
It is not surprising therefore that some wheelchair users get a bit of a cynical look - it is a shame for the genuine people who do need and appreciate this assistance.
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I think it's perfectly fair that bonafide wheelchair users get the help required, it's the family's with children that think they've some god given right to walk straight to the front of the queue that gets my goat!
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I think it's perfectly fair that bonafide wheelchair users get the help required, it's the family's with children that think they've some god given right to walk straight to the front of the queue that gets my goat!
I think it's right that families with young children get seated early. if they get on last and there is limited seating how can you expect a young child to sit on their own for a 4 hour flight?
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Like everyone else, if you need to sit together then book your seats accordingly. I've travelled all over the world with a young family and never once had a problem.
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Thank you George...for your support.... X
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Obviously it is not wheelchair users that are the problem, it is folk who abuse the system.
It makes sense to allow them time to get on as otherwise they would be holding others up and that would cause complaints as well. It also allows airport staff to be freed up to go and help others.
The plane won't leave without us so what does it matter.
Have to say that children under five and an adult is acceptable but the whole family is a different matter. Only once had to do it with our grandchild and I went on with him as he was sleeping and I was carrying him at the time. The other five adults queued.
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No concessions for young children at Dalaman. We stood in a queue for 1 hour and watched two totally upset toddlers being comforted by their Mothers and Fathers. They were stripped down to underwear and walked out of the queue and around the airport and back. These children where in a bad state, but no one offered to put them to the front of the queue and allow them through.
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My issue is with one wheelchair user and four of their group "jumping" a passport control with still over two and a half hours to take-off time.
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Just to get back on track H, can I have the letter M? MISSED you and Brenda (that's the bad review of "M" ), but only just - it appears we were all in Calis at the same time (for the first time!) but still managed to miss you! We overlapped by a few days too. Oh well - MAYBE next time (that's the good review of "M" ;) :)
Sounds like you had a good time; loved the review.
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Agreed julesbob0303. I don't quite know how we contrived not to get together ;).
T would be for technology. I can't tell you how often I saw a group of 4 - 6 dinners half of whom spent a decent amount of their meal time on either mobile phones or tablets. They barely spoke to each other for the time that they were in the restaurant
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Good to meet you again H. Thanks for taking the time (whilst leaving your drink) to pop and see us.
Looks like you had a great time!