Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Kaş

Kaş is a beautiful town on the Mediterranean, where we went kayaking over the 'sunken city' of Kekova, ancient ruins that have sunk into the sea as a result of earthquakes. You can see rubble under the beautiful clear water, and ruins on the shore of the island.

In the rocky cliffs above town there are Lycian tombs carved into the rock.

I love swimming in the Mediterranean! It's the perfect temperature. We went to one great sandy beach, at Patara, where it's shallow so easy to swim out past the breaking waves and body surf on them, or bob around behind them. Here I am off a rocky beach, a hotel/restaurant had beds & umbrellas to lie on and a ladder down to the water. This is my fourth time in the water that day, wonderful!

The Ephesus museum


All of the great sculptures from Ephesus were at the museum. Some of it is incredibly well preserved.

Ephesus



Moe's sarcophagus

Taxi's of Ephesus

Ephesus



Fake sculptor (not a hard job). They had a hilariously cheesy little 5-minute show for the tourists, hosted by some cruises that were there at the time.

Gladiators!

Guys playing fake trumpets to recorded music. They were giggling at the performance.

More Ephesus



Ancient toilets


Ephesus, ancient city of Anatolia (1)

You can do some shopping before sightseeing, including for genuine fake watches!



It was packed with tourists, lots of tour groups.

So packed that it's hard to get a picture without some random girl in it :-)

Selçuk



From the top, 6th century Basilica of St. John, citadel of the Seljuk Turks, and a stork. There are stork nests on top of old ruins of Byzantine aqueducts.