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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Spring Break: Termessos



Termessos:  ancient city whose crumbled remains sit high on a hilltop above Antalya.  The Romans didn't mess with the inhabitants of this great city, on account of their convenient geographic location and barbaric tendencies.  Centuries and several earthquakes later the only remaining occupants are noxious weeds and lots of wildlife.  We spent four hours or so exploring these incredible ruins and witnessing some amazing views.  Once again, we were suprised to find that we were the only visitors on this sunny April afternoon...
 Just a door...
 Waterways
 Sarcophagi
 Back from the dead... 
 Blazing a trail up the hill: 
We took the path less traveled that opened up into this  
Splendid theatre 
 Mia
 Tomb Raider
 Spring flowers, featuring:  Queen Anne's lace
 Apollo's frisbee
 Beautiful mountain views
 All together 
 We hiked back down to the Agora
 You could really picture how beautiful the colonnaded streets must have been
We discovered some cool tombs, cut into the rock face
Hadrians Temple 
The end of a pretty cool hike... 
 

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