Got our new car, and time in Turkey extended

At about 11:30am Wednesday, only 14 hours or so after the car accident happened, another car was sitting outside our apartment building delivered by the car rental company from 200 kms (125 miles) away. I don't know what to say except that I am amazed by the great service!

We had to drive the two men (one was the owner of the company) who brought the new car back to the place where our damaged car was sitting. I had to pay the owner 5,000 lira ($850 CAD, $650 USD) in cash. No paperwork, and no receipt. I'm confident it's all good though. And if he's putting it in his pocket, well then it's none of my business.

We got back to the damaged car and got the hood open and had a better look in the daylight.

Surprisingly, there is no frame damage and it's not quite a bad as I thought. It looks worse than it is. I found out later that they got a mechanic to repair whatever it was that was keeping it from running, and they drove it back to Fethiye (200kms, 125 miles) yesterday afternoon.

We thanked them and said goodbyes. 

Then we drove back over to the eye doctor to confirm a couple more things and so that he could have another look at my eye that had the bacterial infection. He said he was impressed by how much it had improved in less than 24 hours due to the antibacterial cream, cleaning wipes, and antibiotics that he prescribed.

The eye doctor is located right close to the waterfront, so we went for a short walk. It was another beautiful day.

The eye doctor had asked if we could do whatever possible to extend our time in Turkey so that he could properly look after us. It was difficult to do because our Turkish visas expire on January 11th. And of course we had flights booked.

But it turned out that the flights were easy to change, and there was no penalty.

And I did all the research on what the consequences are if we overstay our tourist visas. There are a lot of stories on the internet of people who have done exactly that for a whole range of reasons. It seems that if the overstay is less than 10 days, you might get a small (under $100) administrative fine, and even then it's up to the border guard. And, if you have a medical note then odds are very good you will simply be waived through.

So we will ask the doctor for a letter, and we have changed our Tanzania flight date to January 19th.

We have an extra 9 days in Turkey, and we are okay with that!

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