Review of Calis I don't understand??????

[Old Nick]

Rimms, I did not say that any expat had "berated" tourists in this thread, although a couple have come close.  I said that I had witnessed it.  You seem like a pretty laid back, happy with your lot sort of guy, so perhaps you don't move in those circles, but believe me, I have had conversations with plenty of expats whose attitude towards holiday makers stinks. 

[Menthol]

I did not intend to cause offence to anyone on here or indeed not on here.
 
My humour can be questionable, I agree, but that is what it is, humour. However, if anyone has been upset by remarks, then please accept my apologies.

Enjoy the forum, it really is ace.

[echogirl1]

Just wanted to put in my two pennorth.  The only full time resident on the complex where we holiday regularly, who is a lovely, witty man who keeps the complex beautifully (at no charge), always makes us laugh when he says roll on October when all you lot have gone home.  I am sure in some ways he means it but I am sure he misses the regulars and the banter round the pool.  It is a fine line between living somewhere, and having other apartments rented out by all and sundry for the season, as Slikmrs has found to her cost.

[mac2010]

Many years ago there was photograph on here of Calis pre-tourism when there was a narrow spit of land on the coast behind which was a large expanse of water. Along the spit ran a rail line to the far end where the canal meets the bay where there was a small quay for loading coal (I think). That was when Calis Plaji really was a work beach. Has anyone got a copy?

On the question of the indigenous population of the area, I wonder how many of the residents Turks were born and bred in the area. Many seem to have come from eastern Turkey or other parts of the country. One I know, when I commented on the friendliness and hospitality of Turkish people, replied "Not in Fethiye. They don't know hospitality here. Not hospitality like we know in the east." I wonder these "incomers" go down with locals, let alone Brit expats.

I think its this one you are talking about.

[mac2010]

Sorry some thing went wrong the first time.Is it this one .

[Steve (redding43)]

^Looks the same as it does now other than the toilet facilities have gone down hill since this pic  

[mac2010]

And there is less rubbish laying around and no bloody tourist's

[nichola]

Personally I love all the seasons here. The winter when it's quiet and we can enjoy a pleasant walk in the sun without melting or pop down to the beach and have it virtually all to ourselves! Catch up and socialize with friends we never see in summer. Lighting the fire when the sun goes down and the temperatures drop to near freezing and snuggling up watching some mindless crap on tele of an evening.

I also love the spring as it starts to get busy and the summer months with the buzz in the air of people excited and enjoying the holiday they have scraped and saved for come over. The best part is meeting and spending time with new and old people/friends hearing their stories and experiences and sharing with them of places they can visit and things they can do.

I'm sure many of us can remember times when Hisarönü was nothing more than a dirt track with a couple of pensions, Ölüdeniz and Çaliş just strips of sand. Huge parts of these areas have developed around tourism and many locals have become very rich as a result through selling off their land for development. There is good and not so good in all of this just as there are some people you can never please and others happy to embrace what's on offer but it's what you make of it that's important whether you live here or just visit for two weeks in the sun.

[daffodillys]

here here ! well said. I have lived and worked in Turkey but i chose to buy a holiday home in Calis as i knew i didnt want to move out full time. I thought it had the right balance, enough going on to please my family and friends but still quiet enough out of season for me. As i stated before, i found the friendliness and the welcome second to none, not so sure now, didnt think i would be thought of as a "bloody tourist" just because i dont live in Calis all year round.

[lance]

It was chrome ore Colwyn shipped by barge from catalarik open mine to boats waiting by the Sat restaurant .