We dock in Marmaris around 8 am and head to the tour buses around 9 am. It is already pretty hot and humid, but don't notice that much as we have an hour long drive to start in our air conditioned bus.
Today we are doing a channel cruise on the Dalyan channel and visiting the ancient ruins of Kaunos. The drive, although long, isn't bad at all. It gives us time to see and hear about all the beautiful landscapes and agriculture of this part of Turkey.
How do I know I am not in Kansas anymore - I use a public washroom (WC). It is clean, which is great but the "toilet" is something I have never seen before. It is like a plastic sink on the floor (and no, I didn't take a picture). Here is the visual - you put your feet on either side and squat. It does flush, so it isn't just an open hole but definitely not something that we would experience in Canada. Now, I could have waited for a toilet with a seat, there were some, but then what would I have to write about????
We load onto these river boats to start our cruise of the channel and reach to the ancient ruins. As we cruise we can see tombs built into the sides of the mountain - remarkable.
We travel onto the ruins - a short boat ride then hop onto a wagon being pulled by a tractor to get up to the actual ruins. At first sight you think those are pretty cool. Then when you hear that they are from 200 BC, you realize it is super cool!
Check out this amphitheater:
Back on the boat we make our way back to our bus stop and lunch. Of course we need a beer after the hot walk around the ruins!
Our boat is leaving the port at 5 PM so it doesn't leave us much time to check out Marmaris but it was enough for the day.
Location:Marmaris, Turkey
Nice that you could tour together I wondered if there were many you could book together. Sounds like a fun trip :-)
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