Another ruin!! and on to Antalya

A couple of pictures of the ruins of Phaselis and then some shots around Antalya - a city of nearly 2 million people.  I have combined the photos I took on my first visit with the group and then on my return

 

Amazingly many of the walls are still intact.

 

Jeff discussing the structural elements and merits of this rather old "gate" with a couple of local Turkish gentlemen - go Prof. Jeff

After arriving in Antalya, we saw more ruins aroung the old city of Kaleici where we were staying.  Here is another Hadrian's Gate' he has so many Gates around the place...I think I might have caught Patricia in this shot.

Typical narrow lanes around the old city of Kaleici in Anataly - these places are very quiet until about 9.30 10.00 in the morning and then are alive and active until midnight.  It is extremely hot just walking around between 10 am to 7pm at night.  The walk ways are often marble, lovely to walk on.

A lovely shot of Beneta and Amanda on yet another shopping expedition

The view just near our hotel was spectacular, I am not sure what these mountains are called but they are west of Antalya - maybe still the Taurus Mountains 

And looking at night across the bay just a bit further along

 

And after our tour, I returned to Antalya so here are some new images

Me with my Turkish coffee and a light afternoon snack and my diary

Some of the buildings are so old in the old Kaleici that they are just not repaired 

On my return to Antalya I got to know Katja who was working at the Hotel and we spent the day looking at the ancient ruins of the old city of Telmissos (spelt incorrectly) and then the ancient Karain Cave

photo of Katja at the ampitheatre.  We sang a song together there "I did it my way" and another man decided to join in and when we finished our poor rendition, we were clapped by other tourists - pretty funny really.

After a long hot walk up a steep windy path we made it into the Karain Cave which was lovely and cool.

Katja trying to be a archeologist but not getting very far

 

 It was so huge in side - and the cave sits 400 feet above the land in the side of the large hill.

 

At the Antalya museum you could see the pots and implements discoverd at the Karain Cave and the other ruins around in the area. 

Bit gruesome

I think this was the Goddess Athena - she was really magnificent.

I loved this relief on a sarcophagus - the detail was absolutely wonderful.

My last night at Antalya was a little different.  Katja, and her friends Aurelie and Abderraman and I went out on a test run for a new business venture - mystery bars of the Kaleici (thanks Gath and Kim in Melbourne for the idea)

Just a few photosof the night.  This was "happy photo" 1 at the Castle.  It is good I have long arms

This was the second bar, thats a bira, coke and onto a Raki.

After a couple of bars with live music we retired to the final place at 1.30 am for shisha and something soft. 

Well that was Antalya...