A driving morning from Marmaris to Pamukkale. The road route through the mountains was so rugged that we could have been in British Columbia! A massive spend on the road through here, though some of the design has been shortcut with severe washouts in some of the completed roads.

Pamukkale has two big things going for it - first three great cliffs of white travertine which is the calcified rock left after the spring water washes over, and on top of the mountain the remains of Hierapolis, a Roman city built so the citizens could "take the waters" .

Access to the cliffs is from the bottom, walking barefoot up a sloping terrace which is awash with the warm spring water. Some parts quite smooth, though easy to grip with bare feet, other parts quite rough with the pattern left by the evaporated waters - the best foot scrub imaginable!

The ruins of Hierapolis have all the features of a Roman city, including temples, theatre, forum areas etc.

Another discovery, which was nice being unpredicted, was to find the site where Phillip the apostle was martyred, up behind Hierapolis.

The campground location was very convenient, just near the park entrance. As with most other campgrounds, they were not totally ready for customers yet - plumbing still not sorted from last year, tree debris everywhere, pools empty, cafés still closed. They were in process of installing water slides next to the pool so we were treated to a typical continuous construction site debate into the evening, as they were obviously behind schedule. We could understand every bit of it even though it was in Turkish!