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Cotton Castle
... tours his company offered.....this seems to happen a lot to us in Turkey. They seem to not understand that they shouldnt target the student backpackers. We also later realized that he scammed us on our bus ticket! It is tricky to avoid scams as a traveller, and also quite frusterating that people do this to those visiting their country! But just as one person scams us, another seems to offer us free tea or information...so it all balances out! Here comes overnight bus ride number 2 ...
The Travetines
... dip in one of the pools that had formed, so we donned our togs and jumped in. The water was warm and the pools, although shallow, we coated in a soft silt that seemed to work rather well as an exfoliate, though the sulphurous smell left a lot to be desired. We splashed around for a good half an hour, and made sure to take lots of photos, especially fabulous profile shots to make all our facebook friends super jealous. After this we dried off and made our way up to Hieropolis, ...
It's elementary, my dear Watson.
... but you never hear about them. I tend to think Turkey is one of the world's most underrated destinations. Sure plenty of tourists come here, but not enough Australians travel beyond Gallipoli and Istanbul. Pammukale us also home to the ancient Roman spa city of Hieropolis. The ruins and ancient necropolis were beautiful bathed under the golden late afternoon sun, leading down to the antique pool of mineral ...
Saw the Temple of Aphrodite and Tetrapylon
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We arrived in Antalya in the early evening. Many of us walked to the seashore restaurants for dinner.
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Twee bijzondere plaatsen: Ephesus en Pamukkale
... het wel een gletsjer en waan je je op de wintersport. De Romeinen hebben er een spa stad omheen gebouwd, Hierapolis, om gebruik te maken van de helende werking van dit water Dat doen wij ook, nadat we door alle poelen van hoog naar laag hebben gewaad en onze voeten redelijk ontveld zijn, nemen we een duik in het Cleopatra zwembad, dat bezaaid ligt met pilaren en waar een historische marmeren weg door het water loopt. Het water moet wel 37 graden zijn, meer spa kun ...


