Travelog for: Cute Knut

I have arrived safely at Aliah's place. It seems like Yul is not home at the moment because he is visiting imajica so I step-in in become the host until he gets back.

We're at National Monument which was built to pay tribute to valiant Malaysian soldiers who gave their lives defending the country during Communist Insurgensy in the 1950s. It is one of the largest freestanding sculptures in the world.

We're at one of the sculptures at the ASEAN Sculpture Garden.

We're at Tun Abdul Razak Memorial, Malaysia's second Prime Minister. The memorial used to be his residence & now it exhibits documents, mementos, souvenirs & his personal belongings.

We're at Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman, a fine example of a traditional Malay house. We love the beautiful carvings of the house as well as its beautiful grounds.

I am at the Teddy Bear party and enjoying myself!

Arrived a few days ago to the lovely wet countryside of England, rained and it rained and it rained.  My host took quite a while to updae her computer, she had a big operation and couldnt walk and problems with her computer, and she isnt too technical either.... lol.... 

Anyway, I arrived and I am going again to Turkey, where I can lie in the sun and sip pina coladas, well Turkish tea anyway.

Well we arrived, and my host was right, it was hot, we are here for a week.  Hardly anyone in the hotel so we had the pool all to ourselves.  Now that was fun.  Well we went and had a swim as we arrived early in the day, travelled late overnight.  But the pool was lovely and cold brrr  brrr which definitely woke me up!!!  quickly...

then I had a lovely turkish tea, which quickly then warmed me up. 

Tomorrow we are going to one of the 7 wonders of the world, ....  wait and see for the surprise

The day before we left, my hosts own bear arrived home for the journey, Eddy Bear so I had some companh

Had a relaxing day by the pool, took a little walk out and about and then settled for a lovely cold drink.

At night the sunsets were lovely, so beautiful.

Kusadasi is a port and lots of cruise ships come in and light up at night and they head off for exotic places first thing in the morning.  At night all the pretty lights on the boat are lit up.

Tommorrow we are going to Ephasus one of the 7 Wonders of the World, also to see Marys resting place, Mary the mother of Jesus from Christian religion

Today we are going on a trip to Ephesus, please take a look at the site which will have more photos on, my host does not know how to attach link to page, as I said before she can type real fast but not technical at all..... www.ephesus.biz
This is one of the 7 Wonders of the World








Temple of Artemis in Ephesus Turkey
The Temple of Artemis (Artemision) - Ephesus Turkey - A column and scanty fragments strewn on the ground are all that remains of the Seventh Wonder of the World. According to Strabo, the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus was destroyed at least seven times and rebuilt just as many times. Archaeological findings instead attest to at least four rebuilding of this temple, starting in the 7th century B.C. . Chersiphone and Metagene erected an Ionic dipteral temple in the 6th century B.C. and its building required was set on fire by Herostratus; the successive majestic structure, built entirely of marble, was begun in 334 and was finished in 250 B.C. : it aroused the admiration of even Alexander the Great who would have liked to have taken charge - at his own expense - of the continuation of the work. Among others, Scopas and Praxiteles worked there, while the design is attributed to Chirocratus.

 

    The Hellenistic temple was built on a podium, to which one ascended by a plinth formed of thirteen steps. A double colonnade encircled the peristyle and the inside space (105 x 55 m) . The relief of the columns were believed to be the work of Scopas, while Praxiteles worked at the realization of the altar. The decadence marked by the Goths ( 3rd century) continued in the Christian era, when materials for the nearby Basilica of St.John and for is left of numerous works of art which at one time used to adorn it, although interesting tokens are kept at the local Museum at the British Museum in London.


 

  The foundation of the temple was rectangular in form, similar to most temples at the time. Unlike other sanctuaries, however, the building was made of marble, with a decorated facade overlooking a spacious courtyard. There were 127 columns in total, aligned orthogonally over the whole platform area, except for the central cella or house of the goddess. Marble steps surrounding the building platform led to the high terrace which was approximately 80 m (260 ft) by 130 m (430 ft) in plan. The columns were 20 m (60 ft) high with Ionic capitals and carved circular sides.

 

  The temple served as both a marketplace and a religious institution. For years, the sanctuary was visited by merchants, tourists, artisans, and kings who paid homage to the goddess by sharing their profits with her. Recent archeological excavations at the site revealed gifts from pilgrims including statuettes of Artemis made of gold and ivory... earrings, bracelets, and necklaces... artifacts from as far as Persia and India.


   
 
>>The Pollio Fountain
>>Temple of Domitian
>>Curetes Street
>>Trajan Fountain
>>Temple of Hadrian
>>Latriana 
>>Houses on the Slopes 
>>The Celcus Library 
>>Marble Street 
>>Ephesus Theatre 
>>Harbour Baths 

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Half day Ephesus tour 1
($90) 
Half day Ephesus tour 2
($110) 
Full day Ephesus tour
($130) 
Full day Ephesus tour 2
($150) 

PRIENE-MILETOS-DIDYMA
($190) 


 
 

Well my host has had her "new Knee", I have come back from Turkey.  And now its raining again, it always seems to rain in england.  She has not been able to walk so could not update logs.

Well we were having Christmas day with friends, then mother in law got ill with Vertigo so we had a quick Christmas meal with friends then drove up to Nottingham (Robin Hood Country) to stay there for a week.  So the meal you see is boxing day, the day after the big christmas meal, but I did get to pull a cracker.!!    I hid in the Christmas tree it is very sparkly, you can just see me in the middle to the right...

We went Christmas Eve to a garden centre in ottery St Mary,called Otter nurseries, it was very pretty there.  I met the two reindeer Rudi and Judi and they sang a little song.  Everything was very pretty.  I visited some artic friends whilst I was there, I asked if they knew my REAL mummy and Daddy but they said they were at the furthest Iceberg and didnt know the family...

Then my last picture is me going on to my next host Bun Traveller.  My host says she knows she will look after me.  I tried to get hold of my hosts bunny, I got a picture as my host had made her pretty for Christmas but everytime we sat down with the camera Snowy ran off.

My host has done a kaleidescope of me, if you look around the middle you will see little me, its from the picture of the twinkling tree my host is having trouble downloading.