After feeling chuffed for ourselves and just in case we forgot we were travelling, we were brought back to earth. The drainage system has seen better days and, after my shower flooded the bathroom and maintenance had sorted this out, we had a tiny bit of backwash. This meant that we were greeted by someone else's poo on our bathroom floor! Lovely!
Our accommodation was really close to the beach which was stunning. Before you get to the beach you walk through the ruins of old Olympos. A river ran through the ruins which had beautiful, bright neon blue dragonflies dancing over it. However, we were unable to find any of the turtles on the beach. We are continually being reminded on this trip through the beautiful scenery and amazing wildlife just how awesome a creator God is.
The statement of 'Mad dogs and Englishmen' is unfortunately ringing true, so we along with another couple, Chris and Jane, thought we'd walk up to the 'Chimaera Yanartas-Eternal flame' (we had The Bangles song in our head the entire journey) in the mid-day sun :-) . Again this was a tad hot, but lovely. We were initially lulled into a false sense of security, walking through the roads which were lined with fruit trees brimming with pomegranates, fig, lime and orange trees. On arrival at the site the terrain and path seemed to get suddenly a heck of a lot steeper, but worth it to see different size of flames licking up against the rocks.
We have celebrated 2 birthdays on the trip so far. Yesterday it was the trainee trip leader's birthday and we headed out to a jazz bar up the street. The live music by Sütlü Kakao was amazing and we have a proper little boogie!
The food has been provided here and it has been fantastic, so all feels slightly luxurious (minus the bathroom incident), this is likely to change in the next couple of weeks
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