Toby posing in the door of the treehouse
The campsite also has several areas for sitting and relaxing (and a lot of relaxing has been done here!), with a table tennis table to make sure that we do some exercise at least!
Everybody sitting in the comfy relaxing area while the midday sun is cooking everybody outside
Olympos is a fairly small place and there is little to do without spending a large amount of money on extreme activities, but we did find time to take a walk down the river and explore the ruins on the way to the beach. Most of the ruins are from the middle ages, but there was not a lot of information available to read around the site.
This sarcophagus was among the ruins that run alongside the river to the sea
Our first night here was David's 70th Birthday, and to mark the occasion we decided to have a fancy dress party with everybody coming as something beginning with the letter D. Choosing not to simply come to the party as "Dan", I came as a DJ while Vicky decided to come as a diver. Other popular costumes came in the form of Darth Vader and a dalmation amongst others.
I will add a photo when one becomes available.
The most famous attraction in the surrounding area are the Chimera Flames. A rocky hillside in the village of Chimera has pockets of natural gas, that when they make their way to the surface instantly combust to create around 2 foot tall flames on the hillside.
A few examples of the flames burning on the hills in Chimera
The site is best viewed at night, as a lot of the smaller flames (just a few inches high) would go unnoticed during daylight hours.
An earlier than normal start tomorrow as we hit the road at 6am. We have 14 hour journey ahead of us, and we will be camping in the wild for the night before we continue our journey on to our next main campsite.
If ever you think of climbing Kilimanjaro...get used to like huts. They really become a haven along the way!! Apologies Vicky that the comments are being posted as Dad and Sue (I think this is because of the name I used when 'Dad ' was walking the Camino....and I have no idea how to change the title. Sorry Dan this really is someone who has so little computer literacy, but a wealth in travel! Did you get to see the Whirling Dervishes in Istanbul? Amazing place visited twice and still enthralled by the East meets West mix? Hope you are still having the best of times and enjoying the amazing experiences along the way. Look forward to the next blog. Sue xx
ReplyDeleteManaged to speak with Dan and Vicky on skype this evening but connection was poor. They have had difficulty getting internet connections but will update as soon as they are able to get a good enough link to give them time to transfer data. They have been in Cappadocia for three days and are moving on tomorrow for three nights bush camping as the head towards Iran.
ReplyDeleteLoving all the posts! x
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