Tuesday 21 September
This morning's trip began with a visit to a leather manufacturer who put on a fashion show before inviting us in handle and buy their designer garments. 
Unfortunately, their goods were exclusively jackets and as Glenda was only looking for a handbag they didn't get a deal out of us. However, this still took up the first 1.5 hours of the day.
Unfortunately, their goods were exclusively jackets and as Glenda was only looking for a handbag they didn't get a deal out of us. However, this still took up the first 1.5 hours of the day.We passed through Aydin and Denizli on the way to Pamukkale including a stop for lunch at an unknown location. First we visited another ancient city, (Hierapolis) 
and the travertina beside it. This site was again a mostly flattened archeological site (much of the city had been destroyed by large earthquakes in the 11th century??). It was smaller than Ephesus but it seemed much larger to us because we were able to view most of it at once when we climbed the hill to where the amphitheatre was located. 
Hierapolis is currently undergoing restoration by Italian archeaologists and a lot of work has already been done on the amphitheatre stage section. 
It was very hot and after walking back down the hill we welcomed the opportunity to walk through the water which was pooled in the travertina area (the travertina is made from calcium deposits which have formed marble terraces on the hillside) to give our feet a bit of a cool down. 
On camera the calcium terraces appear like snow (but with about 30 degree temperatures surrounding you!) and the name Pamukkale means "Cotton Castle" or "Cotton Fort". Although we had nearly 2 hours there, we still did not have enough time to visit the museum, which is located in one of the old Roman bath houses.
and the travertina beside it. This site was again a mostly flattened archeological site (much of the city had been destroyed by large earthquakes in the 11th century??). It was smaller than Ephesus but it seemed much larger to us because we were able to view most of it at once when we climbed the hill to where the amphitheatre was located. Hierapolis is currently undergoing restoration by Italian archeaologists and a lot of work has already been done on the amphitheatre stage section. It was very hot and after walking back down the hill we welcomed the opportunity to walk through the water which was pooled in the travertina area (the travertina is made from calcium deposits which have formed marble terraces on the hillside) to give our feet a bit of a cool down. On camera the calcium terraces appear like snow (but with about 30 degree temperatures surrounding you!) and the name Pamukkale means "Cotton Castle" or "Cotton Fort". Although we had nearly 2 hours there, we still did not have enough time to visit the museum, which is located in one of the old Roman bath houses. After checking in at our hotel for the evening we then went for a walk to the local village where there was a general market in progress.This was a lot better to watch than many of the touristy markets we had been to as the local people were out shopping and the goods on sale were a mix of food and merchandise. One of the pictures shows a street merchant selling barbequed corn.
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