The conference was to provide a tour into Antayla, but as far as we could make out from exchanged hand signals and a little English, it was canceled. We decided to do it anyways. The bus driver from the airport to the hotel was a very nice man and took us part of the way, dropped us off and told us his friend would take us the rest of the way. We didn’t really know what to think when this pimped out car came and got us. Check out the inside. I was a little worried about putting our lives into yet another stranger’s hands, but aside from the fact that he blasted the raunchiest rap music I’ve ever heard the entire way into Antayla, he was very reliable and picked us up and took us back at the agreed upon time.

Antayla was just beautiful. It was a foggy day, so you can’t see well, but this is looking out into the ocean.


I’m standing in the doorway of a mausoleum built in 1377.


Hadrian’s Gate, a triumphal arch which was built in the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who visited Antalya in the year 130.


After walking around the older part of the city and through the markets (see previous post about Turkish Rugs), we decided to go back down to the harbor.




We ended up taking a boat to see Lower Düden Falls. These drop right into the Mediterranean. It was just gorgeous.

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