As you would be well aware, the three greatest locations in the world are universally regarded as: Kogarah Oval, Krakow's old town market square and Berlin's Olympic Stadion. Well I can tell you that I have found another place worthy of being added to that list. It's name is Pamukkale.
The place is a hill top strewn with the ruins of the ancient city Hierapolis (a city mentioned at the end of Colossians). These ruins are actually proper ruins unlike some rebuilds. There are just stones and bricks thrown about haphazardly while some of the larger buildings remain, like the awe inspiring Roman Ampitheater which sits perched high on the hill. By the way, this hill is a mountain by Australian standards.
When we visited (all to briefly), it was a sunny day with a slightly crisp breeze. The grass was green and we bathed in the warm winter sun. We even finished the day with ice blocks. We were fortunate enough to get in early as in a very Turkish style, the shop keeper strangely stopped selling the cheap ones a few minutes later as a few others on our tour found out. Hmmm?
While I was facinated by the ruins, the natural wonder of the white sedimentry terraces with their thermal waters made this place worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Kogarah Oval. The place just looked surreal. We walked along some of the Terraces between the pools of water with our winter woolies and bare feet. We got to feel the cool waters and sediment between our toes. I'd seen pictures of this place before on the walls of Kebab shops, but to actually experience it in the flesh surpassed the realms of my imagination.
If you want to see what I'm talking about: book a trip, wait for us to show you the photos, make a trip to the Kebab shop on Beecroft Road Epping or for the tech savy, google it.
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