The Well of the Turk, Crete

Should You Work For The Turk?

Advantages: Varied tasks to chose from, Quick and reliable tracking of work and payments
Disadvantages: US-centric, Can only cash out via Amazon.com

be new to many of you reading this as well (as less than 4% of Mturkers are from the UK, this is perhaps hardly surprising). Despite being around for four years, the Mechanical Turk has taken a while to really get any momentum going, and well into 2007 it was still only offering a very limited range of work to a small number of registered users, and was widely predicted to be a big flop. Since then, however, the Mturk site seems to be steadily growing and the marketplace now generally offers a wide selection of different tasks to those with some time on their hands and the desire to earn a little something from their internet use. I liked the sound of working on a varied range of tasks - as an alternative from review writing, and the limited daily routine of cashback sites - and decided to sign myself up for it. On paper at least it is ...

Collingwood21 02.08.2009 · Read full review
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Crete

Advantages: Hot weather, nice food, everythings cheaper than in England
Disadvantages: Dangerous roads

if you are going to Crete as its quite a lot further from England than what Spain is. Our flight to Crete took about 3 ½ hours. I said I would not go into much detail about hotels but if you are going to Crete I recommend you look at one of Grecotel's hotels. Grecotel are the biggest Greek hotel chain and they have lots of hotels in Crete, about 5 I think. Most of their hotels are 4* or 5*. Though I think a 5* hotel in Crete for example is the equivalent to a 4* in England. Shopping! ~~ If the duty free at the airport isn't enough shopping for you then you might as well go bargain hunting in Crete. Near where I was staying there were lots of shops that called themselves supermarkets. These weren't supermarkets at all, I think the Greeks just think they can stick an English word on something and tourists will flock there. Anyway most ...

Disillusioned 24.08.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Crete (Greece)

Parallel Crete

Advantages: scenic and beautiful especially in spring and late summer
Disadvantages: Millions of other tourists if you go to the wrong place

I look out over the tiny waves as they peacefully roll and break. To my right is a clear view of the flora-flecked mountains which plunge into the sun speckled sea. This unassumingly charming view is remarkably undisturbed by the throngs of boisterous, beach-crazy tourists that plague so much of Northern Crete. Having had my ambitious plans of holidaying in exotic South East Asia cruelly thwarted by a last-minute practical review of personal finances, I had dreaded arriving in a drunken Brit-infested Mediterranean hell-hole. Instead, the village of Panormos is the embodiment of everything I?d hoped for: tranquil beaches surrounded by impeccably clear sapphire waters, pretty cobbled streets, baking under a flamboyant summer sky. I lunch on delicious meze, alternating that with less pleasureable sips of the well meant complimentary ...

flickpugh 01.07.2004 (20.09.2004) · Read full review
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