Pamukkale & Hierapolis

Pamukkale is famous for it's cascading travertine pools. The natural hot springs that produced them have largely run dry, but they're still an astonishing sight.

Here's the detail that's missing from these photos: Turkish pop music. There is a time and a place for thumping dance music. It's well after my second drink, there's a dance floor, and it's lit with a strobe light. The appropriate soundtrack for this vista is not Womanizer, or worse, the club remix of Womanizer. And I'm actually a Britney fan. Imagine Aaron's thoughts on the subject...

Anyway, we hiked up through the disco cum travertines to the extensive ruins of the Roman resort town Hierapolis that sit above them. A necropolis lines the road out of town. We clambered among the sarcophagi for most of the afternoon.

Other remnants of the ancient cıty include an industrial oıl press, bath houses, an ancient (irrigated) latrine, and a well preserved theater. Nice stuff, huh?

xoxo Jessie

p.s. Happy Birthday to Jake (remember Democrats are sexy...)!