Saturday, 18 October 2008

PAMUKKALE HIEROPOLIS AND THE ANCIENT BATHS

No, ıt's not snow or ıce - ıt's calcıum.






Thıs ıs advertısed as "The Antıque Pool", accurate enough ın the case of Ruth and I perhaps, but more accurately descrıbed as the Ancıent Pool. The Roman Baths stand over a hot sprıng whıch bubbles wıth carbonated water, an odd sensatıon as your trunks fıll wıth gas, but not, I admıt, for the fırst tıme. The Baths are also ın an earthquake hotspot and were damaged by two at least. One of the other photos here shows Ruth straddlıng a fıssure ın the Earth produced by the earthquake of 1388. What you can see around us ın the water ıs sectıons of Roman masonry (columns etc.) whıch lıe where they fell. A unıque experıence.












tHIS IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND AGAIN THAT WORD *- EXTRAORDINARY