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Soothing Travel Bedtime Story _ Calming Kekova Island _ Bedtime Story for Anxiety · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to get sleepy where we listen we relax and
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  Speaker 1: we get sleepy my name's thomas and i'm your host
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  Speaker 1: thanks so much for being here it's a pleasure to
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  Speaker 1: have your company Tonight, we'll journey to the warm, inviting
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  Speaker 1: waters of the Turkish Mediterranean coast, where we'll explore Kakova
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  Speaker 1: Island and its breathtaking surroundings. Before we begin, I just
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  Speaker 1: wanted to point out something new we're doing here on
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  Speaker 1: the show. Those of you who like to take a
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  Speaker 1: look at the episode notes when you come to listen
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  Speaker 1: may have noticed that we're now including mentions of the
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  Speaker 1: different content and themes that appear in each story. That's
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  Speaker 1: because we know our stories are diverse, something we take
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  Speaker 1: great pride in. we understand that not every single story
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  Speaker 1: is likely to be everybody's cup of tea. For instance,
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  Speaker 1: some of you love when we take a trip full
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  Speaker 1: of culinary delights or swim in the ocean, while others
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  Speaker 1: might prefer to avoid those sorts of themes. With that
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  Speaker 1: in mind, we'll now be including mentions of potentially sensitive
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  Speaker 1: topics in all of our show notes going forward so
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  Speaker 1: that you can be sure you find the stories that
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  Speaker 1: are right for you. We hope that this just helps
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  Speaker 1: that bit more in making sleep even easier to come
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  Speaker 1: by when you listen to Get Sleepy. Now then, let's
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  Speaker 1: get settled in for tonight's story, shall we? take a
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  Speaker 1: nice deep breath in holding at the top and then
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  Speaker 1: gently release the air back out as you sense your
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  Speaker 1: body sinking deeper into bed just give yourself Complete and
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  Speaker 1: entire permission to switch off from the events of the day.
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  Speaker 1: To let go of anything disruptive your mind is holding
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  Speaker 1: on to. This is a time for peace and rest.
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  Speaker 1: And you're in a safe haven. for your body and mind.
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  Speaker 1: If you haven't already done so, allow your eyes to
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  Speaker 1: gently fall closed. And as you adjust to the dark
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  Speaker 1: blank canvas behind your eyelids, you may notice a few
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  Speaker 1: specks of color or light appearing in your mind's eye.
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  Speaker 1: Just go with it, letting those visuals expand and evolve
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  Speaker 1: in your imagination. And begin picturing a serene blue sea
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  Speaker 1: glistening under warm golden sunshine. We're about to drift to
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  Speaker 1: the shores of the Turkish Mediterranean coast, where the calm
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  Speaker 1: aquamarine sea gently laps the smooth pale pebbles on the beach.
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  Speaker 1: This is where our story begins. You're standing on a
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  Speaker 1: simple jetty, feeling the warm sun caress your skin. As
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  Speaker 1: you allow its warmth to envelop you, you are filled
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  Speaker 1: with peaceful, happy feelings. You take in a deep breath
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  Speaker 1: of fragrant, salty air and notice the rocky landscape all around.
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  Speaker 1: Creamy rocks and boulders, crowned with olive trees, lemon trees,
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  Speaker 1: and Mediterranean shrubs, surround you. The sea laps at the
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  Speaker 1: shore just behind you as you stand on this jetty.
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  Speaker 1: In front of you is a stretch of brilliant turquoise
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  Speaker 1: sea and a magnificent olive green island. This is Kakova.
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  Speaker 1: Beside you, you notice a boat. See its rich wooden
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  Speaker 1: panelling and its top deck, perfect for watching any passing scenery.
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  Speaker 1: The clear, bright blue sea ripples around the boat. It
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  Speaker 1: seems to glisten and dance in the warm sunlight. It
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  Speaker 1: is so clear that you can see the pale rocks
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  Speaker 1: of the sea floor just a couple of meters below.
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  Speaker 1: You take another breath of well-being as you watch the water.
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  Speaker 1: Then you notice a shoal of tiny fish darting beneath
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  Speaker 1: the surface. Their silver bodies flash in the sunlight as
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  Speaker 1: they turn. They invite you to simply watch them. When
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  Speaker 1: you are ready, you move towards the boat. Your feet
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  Speaker 1: seem to find their own way off of the jetty
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  Speaker 1: and onto the gangway without you having to give it
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  Speaker 1: any thought. You pad along it quietly and climb onto
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  Speaker 1: the lower deck. On board, you take in the relaxing
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  Speaker 1: sway of the boat on the water. It's so calming
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  Speaker 1: and restful. Then you find a comfortable seat. It's out
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  Speaker 1: on the lower deck and it has a perfect view
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  Speaker 1: of everything around you. The seat supports your body fully
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  Speaker 1: and brings you a sense of contentment and well-being. The
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  Speaker 1: sun is still warm, and now a soft, comfortable breeze
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  Speaker 1: is playing against your skin. In this moment, you are
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  Speaker 1: grateful for the delightful weather you've had all day. Then,
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  Speaker 1: Just as you are ready to explore the sea ahead
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  Speaker 1: of you, the boat's motor hums to life. It feels
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  Speaker 1: just like magic. You begin to move gracefully towards the island.
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  Speaker 1: As the boat carries you along, you realize that any
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  Speaker 1: worries or preoccupations simply dissolve. It is as if you
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  Speaker 1: left them on the jetty to disappear into thin air.
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  Speaker 1: You simply relax into the present moment, knowing that there
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  Speaker 1: is nothing to do except allow yourself to be carried
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  Speaker 1: towards Kekova Island. So, you let yourself be taken. As
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  Speaker 1: the island draws nearer, you can make out more clearly
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  Speaker 1: the silvery green of its olive trees that stretch out
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  Speaker 1: all along its surface. Amongst them are chunky, pinkish boulders
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  Speaker 1: that tumble into the sea. The closest you get, the
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  Speaker 1: more you notice patterns and structures on the island. You
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  Speaker 1: wonder what the patterns are. and soon realize that winding
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  Speaker 1: up from the sea to the olive trees are ancient
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  Speaker 1: stone steps cut into the rock. You trace these steps
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  Speaker 1: with your gaze and see that they lead to weathered
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  Speaker 1: platforms and strange stunted walls. They are the remains of
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  Speaker 1: an ancient As the boat approaches the island, you see
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  Speaker 1: more and more of this city. Ruined buildings nestled in
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  Speaker 1: the olive trees grow clearer, their edges and curves coming
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  Speaker 1: into focus. Then your eye drifts to the shimmering water's edge.
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  Speaker 1: Just below the surface of the water, only a few
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  Speaker 1: meters off the island, are the sunken remains of more
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  Speaker 1: ancient buildings. Their foundations are visible, made of rugged stone
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  Speaker 1: and carefully built long ago. by skillful hands. As the
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  Speaker 1: boat slows to a gentle stop, you feel a sense
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  Speaker 1: of wonder enveloping you. How beautiful it is to see
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  Speaker 1: where humans have left a record of their lives in
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  Speaker 1: years gone by. The faint sounds of a lazily bustling
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  Speaker 1: port drift into your imagination like a shadow of this
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  Speaker 1: ancient city. You close your eyes and take time to
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  Speaker 1: imagine it fully. You invite Kekova Island to show you
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  Speaker 1: its past. The sound of an ancient anchor hits the sea,
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  Speaker 1: and you can see Kakova in its day. The gentle
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  Speaker 1: murmur of fishermen seems to drift on the wind. You
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  Speaker 1: can see the fishermen's catch, silvery fish glistening in the sun.
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  Speaker 1: men haul them off of the simple wooden boats. You
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  Speaker 1: imagine the ladies of the city happily bartering for the
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  Speaker 1: best deal, exchanging stories and laughing with each other. Then
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  Speaker 1: the soft pitter-patter of sandaled feet climbing those stone steps
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  Speaker 1: up and down, up and down, seems to reverberate through
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  Speaker 1: the years. You can hear the hum of men exchanging
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  Speaker 1: news and ideas, and the sing-song voices of children as
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  Speaker 1: they greet their friends. You picture a small child playing
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  Speaker 1: with a dog on a jetty. It pants and barks happily,
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  Speaker 1: wagging its tail. Up on the hills in the olive groves,
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  Speaker 1: a boy shepherding snow-white goats makes his way towards town.
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  Speaker 1: You can hear the goats as they bleat lazily, trotting
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  Speaker 1: through the shrubs. You take full pleasure in immersing yourself
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  Speaker 1: in this daily life that happened thousands of years ago.
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  Speaker 1: You can connect with the carefree simplicity of living so
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  Speaker 1: close to nature in a familiar community. You can feel
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  Speaker 1: the wholesomeness of a good day's work out at sea,
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  Speaker 1: or in the port, or in the olive groves. You
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  Speaker 1: sink into the relaxed contentment of dining outside in the
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  Speaker 1: warm evenings, or waking up to the turquoise sea and
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  Speaker 1: the scent of lemon trees. Kakova Island's magic opens your
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  Speaker 1: heart and seems to calm your whole being. you then
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  Speaker 1: become aware of the soothing movement of the boat again.
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  Speaker 1: It's as if something is calling you back. So, just
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  Speaker 1: as magically as you found it, you let ancient Kakova go.
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  Speaker 1: You allow the image of those people and their dreamy,
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  Speaker 1: soft lives to melt away. But you also notice that
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  Speaker 1: the sense of well-being lingers in your bones. You slowly
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  Speaker 1: come back to the present, to the island today, still
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  Speaker 1: beautiful but fringed by its sunken, ruined city. The boat
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  Speaker 1: soon turns away, heading in a slightly different direction. As
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  Speaker 1: you cast a last grateful look at the island and
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  Speaker 1: turn your head to the open water, you sense something
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  Speaker 1: wonderful ahead of you. You are being ferried towards another
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  Speaker 1: jetty that sits at the base of a small peninsula,
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  Speaker 1: As you take in the sight, you realize that up
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  Speaker 1: on its hill are the remains of a castle built
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  Speaker 1: in pale, rusty sandstone. You pick out a small path
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  Speaker 1: that zigzags from the jetty through a small village and
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  Speaker 1: up to this castle. You trace it with your eyes
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  Speaker 1: as your boat slows down. Then, you come to a stop.
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  Speaker 1: Taking your time getting off the boat, you make your
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  Speaker 1: way onto the jetty, where a sense of curiosity washes
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  Speaker 1: over you. You walk along the wooden jetty towards the
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  Speaker 1: village and the zigzagging path. The air is full of
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  Speaker 1: the scent of rosemary and thyme. You notice these herbs
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  Speaker 1: growing in abundance and breathe in their earthy aroma that
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  Speaker 1: lingers in the air. Your feet instinctively find the path,
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  Speaker 1: which is like and slightly gravelly. You like how it
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  Speaker 1: crunches softly underfoot. The path takes you through a series
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  Speaker 1: of wooden restaurants, closed but ready for customers tomorrow. You
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  Speaker 1: observe the tables and the chairs, lovingly made by hand.
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  Speaker 1: Once you've passed through them, your path leads you over
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  Speaker 1: a small hill. You follow it down the hill and
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  Speaker 1: into a small courtyard lined with lemon trees. Their branches
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  Speaker 1: bow with the weight of perfectly yellow lemons. You inhale
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  Speaker 1: their fresh scent. The path continues out of the courtyard
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  Speaker 1: and begins to climb through the village. As you ascend,
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  Speaker 1: you pass houses painted white and pale yellow. They have
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  Speaker 1: been carefully built into the slope of the land. The
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  Speaker 1: washing lines are laden with clean bed sheets that billow
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  Speaker 1: in the rippling breeze. You notice the care and attention
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  Speaker 1: that each house has been given by its owners. You
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  Speaker 1: carry on up the slope and through the village, admiring
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  Speaker 1: the gnarled olive trees that now lie in it. Then
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  Speaker 1: the path begins to widen as you leave the village.
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  Speaker 1: The scent of herbs returns. Then the path curves to
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  Speaker 1: the left. You follow its sweeping arc, your sense of
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  Speaker 1: curiosity mounting. The path takes you around a cluster of
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  Speaker 1: olive trees, and soon you find yourself at the foot
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  Speaker 1: of the ruined castle. You look at it, full of wonder.
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  Speaker 1: Casting your gaze up at the ruin, you find stone
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  Speaker 1: steps that are ready for you to explore. You make
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  Speaker 1: your way towards them. as you climb you notice that
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  Speaker 1: in between each stone tiny white and pink flowers are
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  Speaker 1: growing you carry on up the stairs they weave up
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  Speaker 1: and up towards the castle top You notice more and
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  Speaker 1: more dainty flowers thriving in the cracks between the rocks
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  Speaker 1: of the castle walls and sigh in contentment at your
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  Speaker 1: idyllic surroundings. Now, at the last step, you marvel at
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  Speaker 1: the castle, its ancient walls stand magnificently in front of you.
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  Speaker 1: You can see where windows and doors would have been.
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  Speaker 1: Standing here, you can feel the warm sun beaming onto
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  Speaker 1: your back. You turn to face it and realize that
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  Speaker 1: below is the most beautiful view. Up here, at the
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  Speaker 1: top of the castle, you can see the wide expanse
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  Speaker 1: of the Mediterranean Sea. Kakova Island sits in front of you,
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  Speaker 1: surrounded by the same brilliant turquoise water. To your right,
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  Speaker 1: the mainland of Turkey. stretches like a green arm dotted
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  Speaker 1: with rocks and trees. The warm and gentle breeze up
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  Speaker 1: here cleanses your mind. You are overcome with a deep
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  Speaker 1: feeling of happiness and peace as you look upon this wild,
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  Speaker 1: beautiful view. Then a quiet sense of movement ripples through you.
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  Speaker 1: You turn, naturally, back to the castle and find yourself
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  Speaker 1: wandering towards it. You allow your feet to carry you
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  Speaker 1: through the gap in the ruined wall. You discover a
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  Speaker 1: special nook Perhaps it was a bedroom once. The walls
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  Speaker 1: are worn and crumbled, but they largely still stand. On
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  Speaker 1: one side is a rough, rectangular hole. You imagine that
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  Speaker 1: long ago, a wooden door stood in this hole. You
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  Speaker 1: can almost see it rough and dark. But beyond the
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  Speaker 1: doorway is the same view of the brilliant sea and
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  Speaker 1: dusky green of Kakova Island. Looking at it from this perspective,
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  Speaker 1: it seems like a portal to another world. This is
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  Speaker 1: the perfect moment of peace that you didn't know you
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  Speaker 1: had been looking for. You invite the peace to wash
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  Speaker 1: over you fully and completely. As it does, you become
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  Speaker 1: aware of the tiredness in your body. It's the kind
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  Speaker 1: that comes after a long and wonderful journey. The rectangular hole,
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  Speaker 1: the ancient doorway, is inviting you forwards, and you sense
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  Speaker 1: that something magical is about to happen. The beautiful view
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  Speaker 1: seems to shimmer in anticipation. you know that whatever happens,
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  Speaker 1: it will be inspiring and good. So you gently lift
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  Speaker 1: your left foot and begin to step through the doorway.
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  Speaker 1: As soon as it passes the stone, your body starts
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  Speaker 1: to tingle. It's as if all your weight is being
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  Speaker 1: drained out of you. You are steadily becoming as light
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  Speaker 1: and soft as a feather. You're almost through the doorway
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  Speaker 1: when the breeze turns and drifts towards your back and
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  Speaker 1: out to sea. You are now so light and so
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  Speaker 1: soft that this breeze lifts you from behind. It's as
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  Speaker 1: if you really are a feather ready to be carried
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  Speaker 1: by the wind. You sense that all you need to
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  Speaker 1: do is relax. As you surrender to the warm, gentle breeze,
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  Speaker 1: you feel yourself being lifted off your feet and drifting
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  Speaker 1: into the air. You know you are perfectly safe here
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  Speaker 1: in this magical place. Then the breeze begins to carry
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  Speaker 1: you away from the castle. You float gently back down
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  Speaker 1: the slope, enveloped by a feeling of ease. The more
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  Speaker 1: you trust the breeze, the better you feel. The breeze
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  Speaker 1: floats you softly and gently down towards the village. You
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  Speaker 1: watch the homes and washing lines pass under you. The
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  Speaker 1: lemon-scented courtyard finds your nose. You breathe in the fresh
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  Speaker 1: scent of lemons once more. Then the breeze carries you
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  Speaker 1: past the wooden restaurants. The breeze holds you lovingly. It
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  Speaker 1: floats you back along the jetty where you see the
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  Speaker 1: fish shimmering under the water. Then it ushers you carefully
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  Speaker 1: back towards your boat. You land on the top deck
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  Speaker 1: as lightly as a butterfly. You are pleased to see
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  Speaker 1: that a beautiful white bed has been laid out for you.
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  Speaker 1: It is shrouded in a white cotton canopy to shade
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  Speaker 1: you from the light. You make your way towards it
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  Speaker 1: and caress the clean bedding. You lie down on its
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  Speaker 1: perfectly comfortable mattress. The pillows are the best that you
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  Speaker 1: have ever used, and the sheets are fresh and crisp.
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  Speaker 1: It's easy to feel comfortable here. Your mind drifts over
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  Speaker 1: the wonder of Kakova Island and the perfect peace of
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  Speaker 1: your surroundings. You sigh with relief, thanking the wind for
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  Speaker 1: its gentleness and relishing the beauty that this island and
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  Speaker 1: the castle have shown you. you pull the sheets over
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  Speaker 1: your body and let yourself relax as your breathing slows
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  Speaker 1: and your eyelids close you thank yourself for going on
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  Speaker 1: this journey then finally you feel yourself drift into sleep.
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  Speaker 1: You set sail into the deepest, most restful sleep of
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  Speaker 1: your life in the full knowledge that when you wake,
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  Speaker 1: the peace of the Turkish Mediterranean coast will still be
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  Speaker 1: with Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. you
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  Speaker 1: you you you you you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.