Casa Del Jaguar

Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey

We headed off with 2 lovely girls, who were teachers from Brisbane now based in London to Pamukkale.

The guide books say that Pamukkale has lost a lot of it’s charm, and that the postcard pics of years gone by are not possible any more. So, we had reservations going, but with locals assuring us that all was ok, we set out.

And it was a nice surprise. Sure the calcium deposits terraces have changed a bit (apparently due to local hoteliers abusing the water source), but it was still worth a stop….but we quickly made a decision that it wasn’t worth a night stopover, as the surrounding town was a bit sterile and “dead”, and booked a bus out later that evening.

We are loving the the spring days….as the sun sets at aout 8pm -ish so it gives plenty of time for site seeing.

We hope you like the pics, we had fun getting them, it is a really beautiful and different place. The water is tepid in places others cold. And we also rumaged around in the ruins of Heiroplois behind the formations for a while after.

We opted out of the swimming with the columns experience for $15 ish, looked a bit tacky, but the water was warm and has a lot of supposed health benefits due to the mineral content…??

All in all worth a visit, but not a night.

Bye

Nic and Matt

Saigon, Vietnam

Hey peeps………
Well, I’m still here in Saigon and the weather hasn’t been the greatest. Today it poured rain till it was over the curbs in some places.
Jolie and I were lucky enough to be able to see the Olympic flame running through Saigon after waiting for close to 3 hours. A couple of cops started giving me a hard time about not being able to take pictures of the event…..hahaha……”F- them!!”……..there’s only about 10 million cell phones with camera’s plus video camera’s and then there were the people with actual camera’s and videocams. Assholes. I made a motion to “cuff me” or, to place handcuffs on me and arrest me……….needless to say, we moved from that spot and got some ok pictures of the runner and the flame.
We’re trying to arange a trip to the beach still……maybe next week after the 7th of May and, we’re going to do a day trip to the Mekong Delta to “check it out”
Well, gotta split now………hope all is well back home and if any of my bosses are reading this……..I NEED WORK AND MONEY……..so get ready to put me on a machine!!!
Peace, love and “see you on the other side”!!
Gee & Jolie.