Fethiye & the Tomb of Amyntas

On our last day in Fethiye/Calis Beach J and I jumped aboard a dolomus (the driver was very excited to have us and had us sit up front with him) to head into downtown Fethiye so we could make the climb up to the Tomb of Amyntas. The Tomb of Amyntas is an Ionic temple facade carved into a sheer rock face in 350 B.C. The dolomus driver stopped right at the intersection that had the hill we had to climb even though it wasn't a stop for the bus. The people here have been very hospitable and go out of their way to help us. It has been surprising that many of them can't place our accents and because we speak English they ask if we're from England or New Zealand and sometimes Australia or today Ireland. We've told them America all but once (more on that later). We crossed the intersection and hiked up a very steep hill to the tomb. We weren't expecting the amazing view we had of Fethiye as we climbed up to the cliff. It was really magnificent to see. The tomb was impressive and it is still hard for me to comprehend how old it really is. It was unfortunate to see graffiti on it. Grave robbers broke into the tomb a few hundred years ago and one of the doors was missing/pushed open, but there was no way we were going in to check it out. After the tomb we went back to the beach and had dinner at a great restaurant called Harem. Later that night, at 2:30 a.m. we checked out of the hotel and drove an hour to the airport where we boarded a 4:50 a.m. flight via Istanbul to Neveshir, the airport near Cappadocia (note to future travel partners, you may not want me to plan the itinerary what seems like a good idea in the comfort of my home isn't always what it is cracked up to be!). Details of Cappadocia (or Kapadokya as the Turks say) coming soon...