tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887493634994635585.post23313900353130170..comments2022-12-01T10:22:31.062+03:00Comments on Arse About Fez: Camel CockBillfredohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02629797188503331650noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887493634994635585.post-10467428537345769282010-07-20T20:38:37.278+03:002010-07-20T20:38:37.278+03:00Oof, freaking Kamil Koç. A few years back they wer...Oof, freaking Kamil Koç. A few years back they were supposed to drop me off in Alexandropolis (visa run). They failed to do so, which, not being particularly familiar with Greece, I didn't realize until we were halfway through Komotini. I asked why we didn't stop, and they blamed me for not telling them I wnated to get off in Alexandropolis (I had, actually. Twice, to 2 different people who wrote it down on their lists shortly after we left). So I ended up in a town called Xanti, pretty but expensive and not much going on, that was nowhere near the railroad so I had to stay there and miss work for 2 days until there was a run back to Istanbul. Which was actually only to Tekirdağ, as it turned out, and I had to pay for an additional service bus back to Istanbul.Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933997864575809110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887493634994635585.post-51020673813402050062010-07-18T20:08:53.965+03:002010-07-18T20:08:53.965+03:00My Izmir-based in laws use nothing but Nilufer.My Izmir-based in laws use nothing but Nilufer.Salty Miss Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02603806796783950508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887493634994635585.post-66982021425462237162010-07-15T16:26:10.731+03:002010-07-15T16:26:10.731+03:00Anything except Varan and Ulusoy is shit, or camel...Anything except Varan and Ulusoy is shit, or camel cock as you put it, but they're expensive as hell. Trains are, on the other hand, much better than you'd expect, especially if you are a non-sleeper.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681254947619250519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887493634994635585.post-66239240693206180752010-07-14T06:34:09.641+03:002010-07-14T06:34:09.641+03:00I will never complain about riding the local city ...I will never complain about riding the local city bus again, your ghastly experience beats some of the not-so-great ones I've had by a country mile!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01211271684417439534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887493634994635585.post-79279864592438986832010-07-12T15:13:43.094+03:002010-07-12T15:13:43.094+03:00We just had the same experience on Metro coming ba...We just had the same experience on Metro coming back from Izmir to Istanbul last week. It was godawful.<br /><br />Our TVs didn't work and the waystation we stopped at for lunch was owned by Metro and charged 3 times the normal price. They actually had signed posted up telling us that tax (i.e. making profit) was holy if you can believe the audacity. <br /><br />Finally after arriving at the service transit, we waited another half hour for the bus to take off in a sweltering service. We actually had to round up the driver who claimed that we couldn't leave until the service was full. Well, it had been full for half an hour and then he kicked off 8 people because there were no seats available and it was illegal to have people standing. So 8 people had waited for our overfull service to get going and then got kicked off because we should have left before they had gotten on. Then the service took some random route to the middle of nowhere which managed to go faraway from where anybody lived in those areas. <br /><br />I would avoid that company at all costs as well.Nickhttp://turkeyinaflash.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887493634994635585.post-53379596828245285942010-07-12T12:27:27.707+03:002010-07-12T12:27:27.707+03:00We took the train to Ankara and made a mistake of ...We took the train to Ankara and made a mistake of booking a regular seat. It was fairly yuck.. but when we went on to Adana, we cleverly booked a sleeper and the ride was great. You get special treatment and sitting in a dining car drinking cheep beer made the experience pretty nice. <br />I hate bus travel. I feel like I am trapped in an Iron Lady torture device.Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03686282358562565742noreply@blogger.com