{"id":178,"date":"2012-10-16T15:21:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T15:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=178"},"modified":"2012-10-16T15:21:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T15:21:07","slug":"peace-tranquility-and-f-16s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"Peace, Tranquility and F-16&#8217;s&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Duty calls and it was time to &#8216;do the right thing&#8217; and take Mrs Billy Goat away for our anniversary&#8230;..three weeks of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pin_the_Tail_on_the_Donkey\">Pin The Tail On The Donkey<\/a> later and we settle on this idyllic resort tucked up in a pine forest in downtown Yalanci Bogaz, T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n<p>All the boxes were ticked:<\/p>\n<p>Child Free Resort &#8211; Tick<br \/>\nAll Inclusive &#8211; Tick<br \/>\nPeace and Quiet &#8211; Tick<br \/>\nF-16&#8217;s running bombing missions into Syria&#8230;..Huh?<\/p>\n<p>Yep, you guessed it&#8230;..no vacation all year and we pick the <strong>ONE WEEK<\/strong> when Syria starts throwing its toys over the fence and the Turkish Military&#8217;s patience finally wears thin&#8230;&#8230;cue Syrian Radar Positions being targeted while we were (ironically) lounging around at an area in this place called The Relax Pool \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>This is <strong>NOT<\/strong> what you should see while chilling at the pool on vacation:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/noisey_F16s.jpg?resize=450%2C268\" alt=\"Huh F-16's ??\" width=\"450\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rest are actual shots of the place, plus a bona fide Turkish Bath (yep we had one like the proper pale tourists that we were posing as&#8230;.) and some cheesy seafront shots from the nearest town.<\/p>\n<p>Hos\u00e7akalin \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Marmaris_Turkey_October_2012_02.JPG?resize=620%2C465\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Marmaris_Turkey_October_2012_03.JPG?resize=620%2C465\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Marmaris_Turkey_October_2012_04.JPG?resize=620%2C465\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Marmaris_Turkey_October_2012_05.JPG?resize=620%2C465\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Marmaris_Turkey_October_2012_08.JPG?resize=620%2C465\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Marmaris_Turkey_October_2012_13.JPG?resize=620%2C465\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Marmaris_Turkey_October_2012_21.JPG?resize=620%2C465\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Marmaris_Turkey_October_2012_25.JPG?resize=620%2C465\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Marmaris_Turkey_October_2012_35.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Marmaris_Turkey_October_2012_38.JPG?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Marmaris_Turkey_October_2012_49.JPG?resize=620%2C465\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Marmaris_Turkey_October_2012_50.JPG?resize=620%2C465\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duty calls and it was time to &#8216;do the right thing&#8217; 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