The next day we didn't get up really early, which was a nice change and a relief after staying up that late with Levant. I was glad we were spending two nights here, it was so nice not to have to pack everything into a suitcase and move out again. We had breakfast in the hotel and then we drove to Ephesus, the largest Greek city in Ancient Anatolia.Ephesus in a funny way kind of reminded me of Huntingdon High Street.All the buildings ran off a single main roa...

We got up the next day and drove to the ancient city of Herapolis.It was a misty cold morning and it had rained the night before and fog hung about in the Taurus mountains which we were passing.We got to the city of Herapolis which was eerie in more ways than one.We went to the graveyard first which was huge, the cenotaphs, graves and mausoleums were the most intact I had seen.The city of Herapolis had been somewhere the Greeks had sent their terminally ill for t...

Before I left home, I told people I was going to Turkey alone and not one person said "Oh that sounds lovely" or "Wow, you're a lucky girl", I'm pretty sure each and every response I got what "Turkey?What do you want to go there for?Its too dangerous for a young girl on her own".It didn't take me long to stop telling people I was going to Turkey.What was I supposed to do wait for someone to come and hold my hand?As my boat docked I t...