"Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na - Baby Give It Up, Give It Up, Baby Give It Up!"
So our first full day had been a good introduction to Bodrum. We’d learned roughly where things were and such, and had our first meal and look around etc. On our next day, we had the boat trip to look forward to – something we had booked the day beforehand. One of the stand-out points to make about this trip was that it only cost 10Lira. That’s approximately £4.. sterling. Just typing that now doesn’t sound right, perhaps it was 20lira. But still, it was dead cheap, and I therefore felt there was some hidden catch about the trip.
One great thing about the trip was that all 12 of us went along. Woop. We had to meet at the tourist shop/area where we had booked it, and it was quite an early meet-up (well for me, and probably Sean, Chris, Steve, Paul, Ian etc). If I remember correctly, myself and some of the other guys were late leaving and were the last ones to reach the meeting point. Close shave! From here, a guy told us to follow him to the boat. We went down many side streets and alleyways and I wondered whether this was actually the trip, or that he’d just take us down a dead-end then mug us all. It was absolutely swelteringly hot – a few of us stopped off on the walking-bus to get water, but I didn’t (mistakably). We eventually made it to the dock, and were instructed to go on one boat, but then another, and then finally told which one we had to go on. As we walked on, there was a man holding a bin-liner and everyone ahead of us had taken off their flip-flops and put them inside it. We all did the same, even though I made the point that he hadn’t actually asked for them. For all we knew, he could’ve been taking the trash off the boat, and we’d all given him a nice array of footwear. Either that or this was the hidden catch behind the 10/20lira cost!
We sat there waiting to set off from the dock and we were all reluctant to talk or move too much because doing so would use up any energy left that the sun had already drained. I remember Sean re
peatedly saying how much he was sweating. I think we all were! In the end, the boat got going and for a while most of us stayed on the bottom part with the roof over our heads, mainly because it was ridiculously hot. After a while, we all found our way to the top and it was awesome – they had quite a few cushion-type-long-pillow-things which we all lay on and took in our surroundings. I’m not sure at what point it came on, but there was also mega music speakers at the back of the boat (where we had positioned ourselves) which pumped out some tunes that we’d never heard and were clearly national favourites – but it was ridiculously loud and every so often it would POP and go off and then come back on making everyone jump. Especially whoever was closest to it at the time – many a time this would’ve been Paul reading his book. He was not happy!
We sat there waiting to set off from the dock and we were all reluctant to talk or move too much because doing so would use up any energy left that the sun had already drained. I remember Sean re
peatedly saying how much he was sweating. I think we all were! In the end, the boat got going and for a while most of us stayed on the bottom part with the roof over our heads, mainly because it was ridiculously hot. After a while, we all found our way to the top and it was awesome – they had quite a few cushion-type-long-pillow-things which we all lay on and took in our surroundings. I’m not sure at what point it came on, but there was also mega music speakers at the back of the boat (where we had positioned ourselves) which pumped out some tunes that we’d never heard and were clearly national favourites – but it was ridiculously loud and every so often it would POP and go off and then come back on making everyone jump. Especially whoever was closest to it at the time – many a time this would’ve been Paul reading his book. He was not happy!Our first stop-off on the trip was.. well I can’t remember, but it had a hot-springs part to it you had to pay for. We were also allowed off to go for a quick swim in
the sea which was cool, although there’s not much more to say for it. Steve brought the ball along and we bashed that around for a bit before everyone got back on the boat. The next stop was fantastic... becau
se it was in the middle of nowhere. The boat stopped and I think someone told us we’d be here for a little while. It was in the middle of the sea, and after a little while we noticed people on other boats jumping off into the sea. I can’t remember who was first to take the plunge, but it started off the trend. I imagine it was Steve, or maybe Rob. The boat was, guess-timately, 15 feet high? But at the time, and being as I’m afraid of heights, it seemed bloody high. After a lot of peer pressure, I decided to go for it. It felt like I was falling for about 5 minutes, then after hitting the water it felt like I was under for another 5. But it was an incredible 
rush and I did it a couple more times before the boat moved on. All of us bar Chris (girl!) Saz (girl) and Tellie (girl) did it. Saz and Paul got some brilliant pictures of us leaping off, including this beauty from Paul, of Rob flying off the boat and into the water.
We went along to a few other nice spots on the boat trip, including one area where the sea was so clear you could basically see to the bottom. At this point, we were all fed as well, and the food was tip-top for the admission price. After eating we headed back to the top of the boat and by now the banging tunes had been pumping out for a while. I’m pretty sure ‘We Speak No Americano’, ‘Stereo Love’ and ‘Alors on Danse’ were all played. Everytime I hear ‘Stereo Love’ now it reminds me of the boat.
Before the end of the trip was upon us, we managed to get a go on a banana boat. Paul, Sean, Tellie and Ian missed out.. but at least they missed out on almost becoming blind, which I think it’s fair to say happened to a few of us. It was great fun, it’s just that the water sprayed into your face so fast that you didn’t have a chance to close your eyes at some points – it meant that a lot of the time I couldn’t see where we were going. We fell off a few times which was actually quite funny. One of these falls ended up in me falling on top of Saz. Another one ended up in Chris floating away into the distance like a puppy. Paul got some wicked snaps of us all on the boat.
It had been a lovely boat trip that had lasted the whole day basically (what a bargain!) and we ended it by posing for many photographs like typical Brits on tour. OI OI.
As part of the boat trip deal, we could also go for Turkish baths, but myself and others decided against it, as we just wanted to have a shower and chill out for a bit. It sounded good, and there was a particularly funny story Steve told, about Ryan wondering whether he should go naked or not? I probably remember it wrong. The rest of us had showers and such, then decided to go for a drink somewhere along the front. On our travels we walked past ‘Kule Rock City’ – a rock bar! It was at this point that I put forward the idea of going there later.
Once everyone got back, we went for a meal at Curly’s bar – a bar we had walked past many times already, but apparently he said that if we all went we’d get some free drinks (in the end it was wine for the girls). One of the bar staff, Ahmet, came over to us when we were eating and chatted away for ages, and as the topic got onto football, he challenged us to a game. He said there was a pitch not far away from the bar, and that they usually play at midnight, so he and his mates would give us a game in two nights time (he suggested the following night, but we were planning to go to Halikarnas). It sounded awesome, and would give us a chance to put away some of the demons that were still following us after England’s awful performance in the World Cup just a week or so before. After the meal we went back to the hotel for people to get ready/drink some more. This is where myself and Chris were lucky enough to witness Sean’s dance routine to the camp classic ‘Baby Give It Up’. It was immense.
Once lot
s of drinks had been sank and dances been performed, we went onto the Rock Bar where much fun was had – it was incredibly expensive but the music was spot on. From as soon as we heard ‘Thunderstruck’ by AC/DC, we knew we’d found the right place. We took up our own little corner and rocked about for ages, jumping on tables and such, before deciding to go on to somewhere else.
Many of us were drunk by this point, most notably Sean who had gone around and given everyone a lick on the cheek, and
a select few a ‘groin-grab’, including Jake and myself (at least). We drunkenly walked on for a while before finding a place where we had some sheesha. HOWEVER, before we sat down for it, a few of us needed the toilet, and this is where a moment of hilarity occurred.
Once lot
s of drinks had been sank and dances been performed, we went onto the Rock Bar where much fun was had – it was incredibly expensive but the music was spot on. From as soon as we heard ‘Thunderstruck’ by AC/DC, we knew we’d found the right place. We took up our own little corner and rocked about for ages, jumping on tables and such, before deciding to go on to somewhere else.Many of us were drunk by this point, most notably Sean who had gone around and given everyone a lick on the cheek, and
a select few a ‘groin-grab’, including Jake and myself (at least). We drunkenly walked on for a while before finding a place where we had some sheesha. HOWEVER, before we sat down for it, a few of us needed the toilet, and this is where a moment of hilarity occurred.I can’t really remember who else was there (sorry, bit of a hazy memory) other than Sean, Chris and myself (maybe Ian?) but we were allowed into a hotel for a wizz. After I had finished, I came out of the
cubicle to wash my hands and Sean (very drunk) walked past me into the cubicle. As I was washing my hands, I heard him shouting something from the toilet and turned round, and he had a massive painting dangling over the side of the door. We all burst out with laughter, and he was saying, in a high-pitched voice “take it! take it!” so I tried to, then he screamed “Nooooooo!” and grabbed it back. We all started chanting and as me and Chris left, a guy from the hotel came towards us and told us to be quiet. It was so funny.
Not much else happened, other than an incident with the sheesha (apparently I almost started a fire which is a load of rubbish) where I knocked it and a tiny few bits flew out, one hitting my leg and it burnt a little, and another bit falling on the chairs but it didn’t do much damage. We all decided to rush off at this point though because “it was on fire!”. Bullshit.
cubicle to wash my hands and Sean (very drunk) walked past me into the cubicle. As I was washing my hands, I heard him shouting something from the toilet and turned round, and he had a massive painting dangling over the side of the door. We all burst out with laughter, and he was saying, in a high-pitched voice “take it! take it!” so I tried to, then he screamed “Nooooooo!” and grabbed it back. We all started chanting and as me and Chris left, a guy from the hotel came towards us and told us to be quiet. It was so funny.Not much else happened, other than an incident with the sheesha (apparently I almost started a fire which is a load of rubbish) where I knocked it and a tiny few bits flew out, one hitting my leg and it burnt a little, and another bit falling on the chairs but it didn’t do much damage. We all decided to rush off at this point though because “it was on fire!”. Bullshit.
I thought that that was it for this night, but after just looking at Emma’s pictures on Facebook, I see there was one more ‘incident’ left in the night. And a very controversial one it became. It involved Ryan sleeping, and people pulling ‘pranks’ on him whilst he was doing so, because he is a such a deep sleeper. Now, SOMEONE shaved his leg, I’m pretty sure it was Jake because there’s a picture of the shaver in his hand. But yours truly was blamed for it, even though there is no proof. Quite a telling picture of this moment (and the whole holiday) is one of Emma’s face near Ryan’s bare-naked bum. For those of you who want to see it, I’m not putting it on here. But, if you’re desperate for it, it’s here.
Next – Halikarna’s and the match!
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