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Page Four, The Ei-lttov, November 5, 1976 Marc Mullinax:Around the World Mediterranean LifeMixes Freedom ‘Inexpensive Loving Editors ' Eote: Mccra Mullinaxj a senior history major from Raleighy is traveling around the world by air and bus September 9-- Deoember 13. In addition to keeping his own journal3 Mara is sending students at Mars Hill a record of his travels^ hoping that more of them will see the exciting possibilities for gaining credit through independent study pro jects and travel. Turkey is almost over and I am sorry to see it go. Right after my last re>- port, I came under the hospitality of one Turk after another- They regard me as a guest in their country and treat me as such, under threat of hurting their feelings. I spent over a week on the south coast of Turkey—Anamur, Silifke—all these towns have the friendliest people. For more times than I can count, I was practically dragged into someone's shop and looked over, given cai Ctea) and sweets, and made the center of attention. I think their hearts go out to visitors, who make an attempt (poor as it may be) to speak the language. The three words for "hello", "where is", and "good" were the passwords that I used. I was taken from there. The people are friendly to each other as well. Every morning there is a ritual of handshakes to your friends.Many times I went into town af ter sunrise to watch it wake up and make friends over cai. The food is another thing worth re turning to.Sis kebob, eggplant, salads, rice pudding, and especially the yogurt Cl kilo for 40:) . make up my extremely tasty diet. One can get very full for a dollar at the cafes. I've fallen in love with dried figs and the haluah Cegg whites, sesame seeds and sugar all mixed together). The cai is so good I've bought a box for home use. The last two weeks have seen me gain five poiinds at least. The Mediterranean life is one of care free living as well as inexpensive lov ing. I've spent about forty dollars in sixteen to seventeen days. I have the best tan in years.Swimming in blue seas does wonders for the body, soul, and outlook. In Silifke, I went out with a local fisherman to cast his nets and ac companied him the next morning when he pulled then in. Only twelve fish, one ray and a shark (baby) in, 500 meters of nets. It was really eye-opening to see a local person dance his dance and face the luck the world gives him. The Goreme valley is a little known, mystical wonderland that has been for gotten by time, and seemingly the rest of the world. A volcano erupted in ages past and the soft volcanic ash has e- roded quite strangely. There were actu ally two eruptions and the top layer is harder than the bottom. Cone shaped formations (bottom layer) topped by hard, wide rocks grace a whole valley. Also, in the soft ash, ancient peoples have burrowed into the mountain sides, making dwellings Cand often cities) that hold 10,000 and go down into the earth for nine floors. The most inter esting were old Christian churches, built into the ash with frescoes adorn ing them. Once there were 360 of these churches, but the quick erosion has e- radicated 352 of them off the face of the earth. Islam is a way of life here. Mosques and minarets are present in the smal lest of towns. Five times a day, the caller (now through a loudspeaker) calls the people to prayer. Every morn ing I am awakened by the chanting that goes on from three to fifteen minutes. In the stillness it sounds like the voice of God calling to do his bidding. The religion has made the people very honest and friendly, but they keep it to themselves. It is not an evangelical religion as mine claims to be, so I was not even allowed to see the Koran. The eastern Turks are less friendly than the southern Turks. The men get very personal with the ladies on our tour. I got spit upon and had a fire cracker thrown at me.The ladies have it bad. It is a man' s world here (as in all Turkey), Women are never seen unless in pairs or -heavily veiled. Rural areas are worse than the cosmopolitan places* Turkish television is heavily accent' ed with Turkish art. Dancing, singit? and opera are on evening television* Six out of ten commercials are from the three main banks in Turkey. Also, in east Turkey the roads ate bad. We spent half of today on dit^' roads. Imagine international trucking on one and half lane roads that and descend mountain passes of 8,00^ feet I Today I bought something after ha5' gling over the price—the first ti®® for an actual purchase. The man told that he thought America was a capital^ istic place which he didn't like at He was a fighter of the Kurdestan cauS®' that being a race of people situated i*' west Iran and east Turkey who want dependence. He was also a communis^’ Only after I assured him that T.'^^ •sympathetic to socialist ideals did sell the shirt to me for $1.50 1®®^ than advertised. You don't know what you have, it's gone—and then you tend not miss it. I've become very used to ^ happy with the life I lead. Showers be every other day, wondering wh©^® your food will come from, worrying ® bout the food and water, are all in^®' gral parts of my existence. It's be' en two weeks since I've seen hot water there is none in sight. l have not n ice since I left home. Really,you do® know how well Americans live. In case the.only way I could be convin^® was to see it. I'm convinced. jif«.'trokon -. dM > fGtvilh' ' ■[ ^hAsos 'A. :ik w. • -t*\_ L . ' Lisvos " 'j" \ Kh!o^( -• Ankara U^chir ^ {Angoro)^ Ils ;«Uey, ^'^ture 1 Hist( 'll, it mej- Mars ''ere i, 'hey di! Eve i Vs Hi: Neith( Vembri “table. 1945 J'ys 1, '1 is Her w hiked ht S fij. Vorie ^®ciude th^^’ ^ hen lege ''as V ti'" « the ^PPalac Mars °Pnd Nt Or . 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