Pamukkale

After a few hours drive from Bodrum, the bus stopped. Our guide told us to get down to take some picture of the cotton castles. This so-called cotton castles situated in the region of Pamukkale must be one of the famous sights in all Turkey. From the road where the bus stopped, it takes quite a bit of effort to imagine that the white stuff are cotton castles - it looked more like snow from this distance. It was only when we got to the top of the hill that the scenery began to look like something like what we saw on the brochures.

Anyway, we did not head to the cotton castles immediately. On the way to the actual site, we had to bypass a necroplis (another fancy word for "death city" or cemetery). What was interesting was the various shapes and sizes of the coffins carved out of rock, dried mud or whatever those things are. We also went to the hierapolis located a distance away from the cotton castles...not a big deal especially when we have seen greater sights at Aspendos and Perge. A major part of the hierapolis was closed to the public due to some poisonous gases that comes out from the ground. So the only place that is opened is the Roman theatre.

The highlight was of course, looking at the cotton castles which are actually calcium deposits from an underground source. We actually got a chance to step onto the waters that forms these calcium waterfall...it was pretty cold water, despite the sunny weather. The place was beautiful altho' we didn't spend as much time as we wanted. I suppose the best time for photography is at sunset but the guide told us that we need to get to our hotel for dinner (I think sunset was at about 8:30pm that day).

Tomorrow, we'll be visiting Ephesus (yep, the city mentioned by Paul in his epistle to the Ephesians).

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