21.09.09 Selcuk to Pamukkale

We left the town of Selcuk. It was sad to leave this beautiful quaint hotel and the owners (Swiss lady and Turkish guy) he even took me on his scooter to buy a new charger for Susanne’s computer which had burned out again.
Hit the road, drove app. 150 km to see the ruins of Afrodisias. These ruins are better preserved than Ephesus. After about an hour of walking around in the hot blazing sun, I at least had enough of seeing stones and broken statues. This place was also packed with Italian tourists in all shapes and sizes. Daniels new interest is babe watching. He rates them on a scale from one to ten and most were around 2. I was a bit tired so my rating had reached 5. Had lunch on the way and drove another 150 km to the town of Pamukkale. We got cornered by a Trout on a scooter, and he recommended a cheaper hotel than the one we were interested in. We checked in here even though it is a bit of a dump. It is amazing what people do just to save some Turkish Lira. Susanne and Daniel had a swim in the pool in the afternoon and we had dinner at our hotel which was crap. I am getting tired of kebabs.

I dag forlod vi Selcuk, snøft, snøft, det er sådan et skønt sted og hotellet vi boede på var bare så hyggeligt og værtsparret så venligt. Nå vi skal jo videre på turen, så vi kørte ca. 150 km til endnu en ruin, Afrodites by og tempel, endnu en imponerende oplevelse. Med nogle flotte ruiner og statuer. Derfra kørte vi direkte til Pamukkale, hvor vi skal se kalk aflejringer, der er nogle kilder som giver varmt kalkholdigt vand, så disse aflejringer ligner et helt snelandskab. Det hotel vi ville bo på var desværre optaget, men så var der lige en mand på en scooter som kunne vise os til et andet. Det var nu ikke det bedste, men billigt så vi tjekkede ind. Daniel og jeg var en tur i poolen på nabo hotellet, selvom vandet var lidt koldt. Så gik vi en lille tur rundt i byen og derefter spillede vi lidt kort inden aftensmaden.
I Tyrkiet findes der utroligt mange te cafeer. Det er sådanne steder hvor mændene sidder og spiller spil, såsom domino, scrabble o. lign og drikker te. Helt hyggeligt at se på.