Izmir

We took the bus to Izmir, quite a big town, 6 million people I think. Walked all day around the covered markets, did finally find some zurna reeds (the main reason for coming to Turkey). Also found some silk thread to make lures to catch garfish! It took some effort as we'd forgotten the word for silk, but with mulberry, tree, insect, 'like that stuff over there' we got by.

Back in Kuşadası we found that the customs in Izmir had seized our parcel ( a small computer for navigation) and if we wanted to claim it we had to make the 5 hour journey again, so have abandoned it, hope it returns to sender so we can have it posted to another country. It was the worst time of year as Ramadam was ending so there was a lot of holiday going on.