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Travel Blogs from Cirali
Cliff jumps, ruins & machine guns
... ruins that look over the whole bay of olympos, best view up there. At night we actually snuck into the beach and made an epic camp fire which lasted an hour before 3 Turks with machine guns hanging on there back poured water on it and escorted us from the beach. A few more beers and a water pipe back at Bayrams ...
Kayaking in Olympos
... anything but point to where we should go and just wait for us to come back. Completely over valued at 40 tl. Met 2 French Canadians that night and they joined our growing group. Had a few drinks and failed at sneaking past the guards for a beach ...
Pammukale > Olympos
Mel from slammers is working behind the bar at Bayrams so met up with her. The free dinner is unreal and get to know two German girls, Nadine & Clara; pommy Tom and my clone, josh squared. Travel: Pammukale > Denizli > Antalya > Olympos > Olympos Valley Dep: 09:00 Arr: 16:00 Cost: free+30+10+4 = 44 Accom: Bayrams Treehouses for 3 nights - ...
Ancient Lycia 101
... oversized sarcophagi (most of them cracked open/robbed/demolished over time...unfortunately) are literally scattered throughout Lycian Way including in the cliff-sides of the mountains! They look like "house" tombs. Very cool for me to see these.
After breakfast, we hiked the ruins of Olympus which are just off the beach along the Mediterranean Sea. Olympus was at its height in the 2nd century BCE, and its people devoutly worshipped the Greek God of Fire, Haphaetus, ...
Last Bit of Relaxion Before Work
... love. A couple dives, some time on the beach, a nice buffet lunch, and a boat trip on the Mediterranean coast, what’s not to love about that? Back at the hostel I met back up with the people from the night before and we went out for a few drinks and then out to the hostel’s club. Even though they had proper looking bouncers, the bar was pretty empty as it was just before the busy season. Yet it was still nice to have some drinks with fellow ...