Erkenci Kuş is a rom-com-drama from Turkey. It surely packs a punch with the main leads & supporting cast, music & literature references, eccentric characters & great plot lines!
Turkey is where east meets west and there's that appeal & something fo...
I've sailed from the Swedish island of Visby, with a fishing boat and crew to photograph and explore the lifestyles of the fisherman. It's extremely cold, rough and tumultuous on the Baltic Sea. The Baltic sea is unique in that it's a mix of fresh and saltwater and thereby creates an unique ecosystem of unexplained calm and then sudden storms. .. .. Two days into a five day trip, we are all exhausted and I'm part of the crew as there can be nobody on board as a "guest". Everyone plays a part... and I see how those men work in order to provide a livelihood. It's very humbling that I have a privileged life back home! .. .. We scramble to reach a nearby shore as we get caught up in a sudden and unpredictable cat-3 storm. The storm rages on for a few hours as our boat tosses and tumbles, at least we're closer to shore. But unfortunately we hit some rocks and we're boat wrecked.... but incredibly lucky to be able to float and swim towards land nearby! I've lost everything - backpack, my gear, all of my worldly possessions and escaped near death, withjust the clothes of my backand myluckycharms, the moonstones. All that working out and endurance training were put to the test in the two hours that I had to tread the bone-crushing cold water!
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As we near shore, it's twilight, and we see a few villagers in the shore (we know not where we've drifted) waiting for us with lights and blankets.
Rescued! On land but exhausted to my bones....I'm barely lucid. I sense that I'm being carried by all fours, then loaded onto a cart and then I pass out feeling very warm and comfortable.
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Bright sunlight hits my face.... and I wake up and scan my surroundings. I'm in a small room in a cozy bed layered with blankets, lit fireplace, water in a jug on the floor and a wooden stool nearby.
"Merhaba"... I moan. A little old lady with a kind face leans down to me and feels my forehead.
"Bene" she says in Italian and waves to a man, presumably her husband. He helps me sit up... and assesses my condition. All limbs in tact, nothing broken, hot fever, heavily sore throat and severe body ache and pain... I've survived it seems!!!
But my throat hurts so much that I can't speak.... and sign as much to them. The lady hands me a bowl of soup and it smells amazing!!! Now I realize I'm really super hungry... and start gulping down the soup like a maniac. Dog tired again, I fall back asleep under the watchful eye of the little lady.
