Kusadasi - Turkey 22 June 2013
Up early and off the ship and did a small spot of haggling with a taxi driver and off we went to Ephasus early before the coach tours arrived and before it became too hot. Ephasus is the best preserved classical city in the eastern Mediterranean. Its stunning, the ruins are still being preserved but you can't help but be awed by these feats of engineering -the design, scale, complexity andmsophistication.......and all from around 41AD. They had hot water piped around the entire city, a great theatre capable of holding 25,000, you walk through the Pillars of Hercules, the Library of Celsus....there was even a sophisticated latrine system, marble paved roads...incredible. Later back in Kusadasi we had very relaxing scoot around the bazaar and enjoyed the friendly banter with the Turkish rug sellers, heard their take on the protests taking place up in the north. We found Kusadasi to be a lovely city, unashamedly catering to the tourists but in a balanced, almost proud way....very clean town and lovely people.
Up early and off the ship and did a small spot of haggling with a taxi driver and off we went to Ephasus early before the coach tours arrived and before it became too hot. Ephasus is the best preserved classical city in the eastern Mediterranean. Its stunning, the ruins are still being preserved but you can't help but be awed by these feats of engineering -the design, scale, complexity andmsophistication.......and all from around 41AD. They had hot water piped around the entire city, a great theatre capable of holding 25,000, you walk through the Pillars of Hercules, the Library of Celsus....there was even a sophisticated latrine system, marble paved roads...incredible. Later back in Kusadasi we had very relaxing scoot around the bazaar and enjoyed the friendly banter with the Turkish rug sellers, heard their take on the protests taking place up in the north. We found Kusadasi to be a lovely city, unashamedly catering to the tourists but in a balanced, almost proud way....very clean town and lovely people.
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