1. Turkey
  2. Pamukkale -Hieropolus Turkey

Summer of 2011

Pamukkale is the site where great Calcium Carbonate formations form natural terraced pools. Hieropolus is the ancient Greek city just above it. We thought we would take it easy by having a leisure lunch and then go out for an afternoon stroll. After hiking all over the theater and pools and then back to the hotel miles away, we arrived some 12 hours later at about 11:30 PM. Oh and wet too because it is hard to pass up a warm pulsating natural pool.
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  • One of the terraced pools at Pamukkale

    One of the terraced pools at Pamukkale

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  • From a distance it looked something lilke snowbanks, only there were pools of warm water at the top.

    From a distance it looked something lilke snowbanks, only there were pools of warm water at the top.

  • People walking up the long incline where water was channeled where they walk.  They make you take off your shoes.

    People walking up the long incline where water was channeled where they walk. They make you take off your shoes.

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  • Mike by a pool. At the moment we couldn't swim in them.  But later I could dump the clothes.

    Mike by a pool. At the moment we couldn't swim in them. But later I could dump the clothes.

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  • About to the end of the long climb from the base of the "Cotton Mountain" .. Yes, our feet hurt...

    About to the end of the long climb from the base of the "Cotton Mountain" .. Yes, our feet hurt...

  • This is a macro photo of how the limestone forms into rilpple formations.  This was all over the area

    This is a macro photo of how the limestone forms into rilpple formations. This was all over the area

  • Some of the more dramatic pools

    Some of the more dramatic pools

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  • This is at the top where water is sometimes channeled off to other areas.

    This is at the top where water is sometimes channeled off to other areas.

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  • Toward the top where the water was quite still.

    Toward the top where the water was quite still.

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  • They put the waterfall there so as to help with the sore feet..

    They put the waterfall there so as to help with the sore feet..

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    They put the waterfall there so as to help with the sore feet..