beach time.

Olympus side of the beach.

When not wandering about ancient ruins or fiery grounds, I've been enjoying some much needed beach time. The water is unbelievably warm and confirms the reasoning behind the title of "Turquoise Coast." And befitting of my lounge-lizard nature, while sunning, my book of choice has been "My Name Is Red" by Orhan Pamuk, which may be quoted in later posts...

olympus.

ancient Lycian city of Olympus.

Imagine wandering about in the lush landscape of southern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey... and finding this. Okay, so there might have been signs pointing to it...

chimaera.

20 second shot of the Chimaera.

This was incredible and definitely the stuff of myths and legends. Fire literally magically appears from out of the ground, and sometimes unexpectedly (burnt toes anyone?).