The Hunt for Crocus wattiorum

[Paddy Tobin]

Arthur,

Great account of your travels and discoveries; really enjoyed it.

I have taken your G. peshmenii photograph from above and tried to make it a bit more white. I hope it works and you don't mind.

Paddy

[art600]

Paddy

Every offer of help is greatly appreciated 

Glad you enjoyed my trip - we certainly did.

[Lvandelft]

Hi Art, what an interesting story of your hunting trip together with the pictures.
Really enjoyed reading about such an adventurous travel where everything is not always like expected when planning before….?
Thanks so much for showing.

[David Nicholson]

Splendid report Arthur, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[tonyg]

Art - great story, great adventure.  Thanks for sharing - I'm looking forward to being an OAP and the chance to throw caution to the wind!

[art600]

Amazing trip, Arthur. We were in same locality approximately at same time. I left Antalya to home early morning 4th of November. Before a little about plants I would like to tell some words about car-rent and hotels in Antalya. Possibly it will help to other travellers.


Janis

Janis,

My problems with car hire in Turkey have been with Avis.  Never with poor vehicles, as you experienced, but imcompetence in delivering and collecting the car.

I found Argus Car Hire on a comparison site.  They act as an agent for the smaller car hire companies that generally do not have offices at the airport.  Their recommendations have been excellent on all 5 occasions we have used them, and I would recommend anyone considering travel to Greece or Turkey to give them a try.

I have recommendations for hotels in a lot of Turkish towns and would be happy to provide these when people want them.

[Tony Willis]

Arthur this is strange. This was my 20th trip to Turkey and I have used Avis every time prebooking in the UK picking the car up at the airport and delivering it back there with never a problem.Most times I have had an upgrade free.

My one problem was when I went on a package to Istanbul and used the local Avis for a couple of days hire. It was a sub agency and the car was a wreck.

[cohan]

great report and lovely plants, thanks for taking the time, art

[Joakim B]

Comming a bit late but thanks for the adventures Art and Janis
I was in the area in one of the hotels for a conference and it is nice to see the landscape in this time of the year.
Lovely cyclamen Art.

Kind regards
Joakim