Turkey, Day 5

Back on the road towards Antalya. First stop today was at the Lower Duden Waterfall. This is a spectacular waterfall, where the Duden river cascades over a cliff edge into the Mediterranean Sea. It would be best observed from a boat, of which there were many but we still had a decent enough view from around the cliff a bit. Even sidewaysish on, it knocked spots off the Manavgat one. Catherine was impressed this time. Well worth a visit if in the area.

Duden Waterfall

If you get bored with water, look to the sky and spot aircraft, as it is directly under the flight path.

On the way to the falls we drove through a Vegas like area, with massive, lavish Hotel resorts all vying for best location and trying to outdo each other with glitz. Quite impressive. No shortage of cash has been spent on them.

From the falls, we drove inland to another ancient city, that of Perge. I'd seen they had a teatro and a stadion but hadn't realised the full extent of this massive site. The main colonnaded street is 400m long! There are remains of shops down both sides but most impressively, a water carrying trough runs the entire length. It also has side streets running off it. Where these occur, a bridge crosses the water channel. Brilliant. Around halfway up, there's another wide colonnaded street, leading to the gymnasium and baths. It's a huge site, akin to that at Pompeii and there is still lots not yet uncovered. It was another 35 degree day so we did have to take it slowly and once again Catherine really felt bad. It clouded over a bit though, which made things easier. 

Perge Main Street

Dinner was, as I suspected yesterday, pizza. 2 medium pizzas, a plate of chips and litre of soft drink for £6.75. We're not looking to skrimp but if Catherine can get something decent to eat, then it doesn't matter so much where we eat or how much we spend.