Dianna and I flew yesterday from Istanbul to Antalya, a medium-sized city on the south coast of Turkey. I'm going to keep this one super short, so will just say that Istanbul was amazing, one of my favorite cities anywhere.
The south coast is looking great as well. Today we rented a car and drove up to some ancient ruins, called Termessos. Click the subject line above to see some images of the site.
We rented the car for a full 8 days, so tomorrow we'll be taking off from here and heading west, towards the Turqoise Coast and the general area around Fethiye. This is roughly where the Lycian Way trek starts, a 300-mile (500 kilometers) hiking route that I was looking into doing when planning my trip originally, but the plans got changed due to various factors. I would love to do the trek again at another time, but for now it will be great to simply drive through the area, and then stop and do some general exploring. Perhaps we'll even get the chance to do some dayhiking on the actual trail.
We'll probably stay in that area for a good 4-5 days or more. Then we're thinking of checking out an area called Egirdir, which is a beautiful lake and valley that's also on the way to Cappadocia, which is one of the must-see places that everyone raves about. Cappadocia is more towards the center of the country, so we haven't figured out exactly how we'll get there, whether by bus or keep the rental car and drive, then come back to Antalya and take another flight. It'll probably depend on whether we can find another super cheap flight back to Istanbul.
So I'll leave it there for now, and just say that Turkey looks really amazing and definitely demands more than just a few weeks to really experience the country. But a few weeks is better than nothing, so I'll soak it up the best I can in the time we have, and very likely be coming back some other time, as there's tons to see.
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