Got serenaded till about 100am by the local disco, before a reasonable sleep where legs finally stopped twitching after the walk.

 Met our tour  group outside Macca’s and from that time on they referred to as the McDonald’s.  

Bus took a taxi driver route heading to the first point of interest, the spot where Dunden Falls cascade into the sea.

Pretty spot and upstream they conduct rafting – there is a reasonable safety net for anyone who goes astray. On the other hand not too sure that the stuffed teddy bear cum  air bag at the end of zip ine would provide a soft landing.

The local ducks seemed to have all the the currents worked out using the eddies to chase food and swim out.

The area was full of hawkers and guys with colourful parrots taking staged pictures. Jane managed to have one popped on her head, but declined the photo.

Wandered further up stream and a group of graduating students could not have picked a better place for photos to farewell life at school.

Just across the stream was a 10 storey government building that  looked to be no more than 5 years old which was being gutted and appently turned into a hotel. It will fit in well with the others that line the seaside beaches all the way from Antalya.

Back in the bus and we headed back into town for an abbreviated Old City tour which started exactly where we left – Hadrians ’ Gate – next door to Macca’s.

Unlike  the last group of kids we saw,  the next were at the other end of the spectrum. More than 40 toddlers dressed in National costume were performing in the gate area as a precursor to Turkey celebrating its 99th anniversary  this morrow after Ataturk gained them independence in 1920’s.

Tour basically covered all of the places we visited yesterday and even used our hotel as an example of how old Ottoman houses had been repurposed.

Back on the bus we headed for the new port to take an hour long boat trip in a similar styled boat to what we were on when visiting the sunken city. It paled into insignificance to tne huge super yachts and cruisers that were moored in the marina.

Trip gave us a chance to look back at the mountains that had been our home for much of the last month. It also gave us some first hand exposure to the navy undertaking live firing exercises only a Km of the coast.

No sooner left and we were back and heading to the cable car ride, up some 450 metres to give a panoramic view of the area.  

The city is a sprawling metropolis of 2.5 million which grows to almost 6 Million at the peak of tourist season. We have been blessed  to be here at very tail end of the season.

Next it was to a local restaurant for food the McDonal’s namesakes could have bettered, with the ‘ not included’ drinks selling at a 1000% markup.

Then it was off to a special location – a jewellery manufacturing plant with five showrooms , each about 50×20 metres full of product and sales staff eager to assist with purchases. The prices were ridiculous, illustrated by the fact they were immediately happy to knock off 50% and give you a $US price – they didn’t quite get currency differences. 

We left empty handed, but not before they shepherded us through another Duty Free  like section, which we traversed at a record rate. The whole exercise was about selling things to tours at inflated prices and the guide getting a cut.

Last leg of the journey was to go  to the head of river where Dunden  falls started. It was a carbon copy of the other place with hawkers and restaurants. The river itself was pretty and dropped over a waterfall before heading down stream. You got a chance to walk beneath the falls and get a different perspective.

Out the front gate and passed up on horse and camel rides and took the more convential transport mode back to town.

Enjoyed dinner in a street side restaurant, serenaded by a solo singer guitarist, who played What A Wonderful World which was quite appropriate given our tour to date and it being a signature song of the crew we walked Portugal with several years ago.

Solved the mystery of our missing laundry, packed and headed to bed early to ready ourselves for a 525 start to go to airport for trip to Cappadocia.