Hi Tony,
I learn something every day! I still have quite a few plants from my seed collection growing around the garden.
Did you find any white flowering forms of said primula?
I will never forget that hotel, Arda. I almost fell over when I was told the price per night! In fact I did start to walk out the door when the hotel manager came racing after me and offered me their Bargain Basement room , which was, well, in the basement. It still cost me, who was a strict budget that had to last 3 months, a virtual arm and a leg, but the food, the service, the atmosphere was fantastic. There were many very rich looking Turkish people staying there but no foreign tourists. The hotel put on a big open air concert down by the lake with belly dancers and the whole orchestra on Sunday morning. For those of us who just wanted to get away to the wilderness for a bit of peace and quiet - forget it! I remember thinking at the time how different this was to Tasmanian national parks but these days the gap is narrowing with an increasing inclusion of these commercial assets inside them now.
Cheers, Marcus
