Been back just under a week, and thought i'd write a small report about our holiday...

Didn't start off too good - 7 of us were meant to depart from Teesside at about 11:00pm last Thursday. Got a phone call Thursday morning to say one of our friends was ill and didn't think she could go. Went to the Doctor's and he said she couldn't fly. Disaster before we even got there!

The 6 of us went, and got to the apartments about an hour or so ahead of schedule. Great.

We were staying at the Club Maric, just past Point Centre. Was clean and tidy, and nice pool. Won't go on about the place too much, but the staff weren't that great. David at the bar constantly looked depressed (don't we ever saw a proper smile from him), Tattoo/Tatu in the restaurant was a bit annoying, and the receptionist wasn't very reliable (I had to go get our key from behind the reception desk a few times because he was at the bar) or friendly (except maybe the last few days of our holiday). However, Shaggy in the restaurant was half decent, as was "Big Ron" AKA Hassan. Oh, and Michael, the night time receptionist/security guy was great. Very polite, even though he didn't know a great deal of English.

The last thing about these apartments - they have NO entertainment on a night. David kept trying to get us to go to a Turkish night, but we said no - and it never went ahead all the time we were there.

Moving on...

Went back to Club Happy Days (where we stayed last year) a few times......and it was great! Everyone was still there, and they all still remembered us. Have each others mobile numbers, and were texting throughout the holiday - really, really friendly people, and can't recommend the place enough. It's clean and tidy - admittedly, not The Ritz, but the staff make up for it no end.

The one place we have to recommend is the Bacchus Bar. Walk down to the front from the Point Centre, flick left, go over the bridge and it's on your left (alternatively, come out of McDonalds, walk forward down to the front, and it's left a little). They have a drag act on - Bella Beserk. We spent 3 nights there, it was absolutely amazing. If you go, ask Bella about her "Middlesbrough Boys at "Table 68". All 4 of the people there (The UNIQUE Vocal Talent of Mr Joe Williams, Denis, Bella Bezerk/John and her lovely partner John the Compere) are amazing, and the food is great too. Been to Marmaris 3 times, and had the best steak i've had, there.

Now for the bad points - got a huge blister on my finger off of a cigarette, new sandals rubbed and got a nasty blood blister on my foot.......and I got stung by a jelly fish (I think) when we were on the boat trip. Lovely.

Oh, and when I got home, I got a throat infection. Still off today!

Hope I haven't gone on too much, and no doubt there'll be another 10 posts after this, once the missus has read it and gave me the obligatory "Dan, you forgot to mention about....."

Going to Greece in 4 weeks on Sunday....then only a year before we can go back to Turkey!

Oh, and i'll be putting up a review for Club Maric soon.

Dan