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posted by janash
location: Fethiye, Turkey
May 30, 2009
Had another great walk into Fethiye, using the same route that the Turkish people, forced to leave their homes, to go to Greece would have used.  More later, Ash
Picture from 'Kaya to Fethiye (along Roman cobblestone road) - Turkey'
posted by janash
location: Kayaköy, Turkey
May 30, 2009
Had a great walk into Oludeniz Lagoon. J powered on despite her back, etc. Walked along the Lycean way where ancient peoples had trudged before (particularly the Lyceans, Greeks and Romans). Wonderful pine forests awash with wildlowers. Ash
Picture from 'Kaya to Oludeniz Lagoon Walk (Lycean Way) - Turkey'
posted by janash
location: Kayaköy, Turkey
May 30, 2009
An amazing village on the foothills of a ghost town. A legacy of an exchange of Greek and Turkish populations after WW1 (and conflict between those two regions). Until then, the Greek Christians and Turkish Muslims had lived successfully alongside each...
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Picture from 'Kaya Koyu Village (near Fethiye, Turkey)'
posted by janash
location: Datça, Turkey
May 30, 2009
Datça is a town in Aegean Turkey, located on a long and narrow peninsula, which forms the boundary between Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. Ancient city of Knidos is located on the tip of the peninsula (about 30 km west of Datça, near the...
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Picture from 'Datca (Turkey)'
posted by janash
location: Pamukkale, Turkey
May 30, 2009
Pamukkale means "cotton castle" in Turkish. The Hierapolis springs have been used as a spa since the second century BC. The Pammukale travertine features have their origins in the shifting of a fault in the valley of the Menderes river (between here ...
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Roman Theatre from 'Pamukkale and Hierapolis (Turkey)'
Strand Beach from 'Townsville 21/08/2009 – 22/08/2009'
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Little Brown Church in the Vale from 'Travelling back to Iowa'