Ah Seng Blog (Part 2): Türkiye (Turkey Xmas Trip 2023) - Day 4 (26 DEC 2023) : Caliga Pelle / Ephesus (EFES) / Pamukkale (Cotton Castle)

Ramada Hotel & Suites by Wyndham Kuşadası

Türkmen Mah. Gazibeğendi bulvarı Lagoon Suite Otel Sitesi A Blok Apt. No:48/A, 09400 Aydın, Türkiye

Our room number is 5109.

Ramada Hotel & Suites by Wyndham Kuşadası - morning view from the room

Ramada Hotel & Suites by Wyndham Kuşadası

BREAKFAST TIME

Ramada Hotel & Suites by Wyndham Kuşadası - American Breakfast

Ramada Hotel & Suites by Wyndham Kuşadası - lovely hotel side view

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Caliga Pelle Turkey | Izmir

Shopping tour again...............Fashion show now. (LEATHER Sales)

Caliga Pelle Turkey

Çamlık Mh Cumhuriyet Cd No:59, 35920 35920 Selçuk/İzmir, Türkiye

Caliga Pelle Turkey

Çamlık Mh Cumhuriyet Cd No:59, 35920 35920 Selçuk/İzmir, Türkiye

Fashion show

Caliga Pelle Turkey - çamlık mahallesi Cumhuriyet caddesi no 59 selçuk, 35920 İzmir, Turkey -

Caliga Pelle Turkey

Caliga Pelle Turkey - Lai Yee Model presenting new latest leather jacket in YELLOW.... 👄👄👄👄👄💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Caliga Pelle Turkey

网红阿姨 want to buy? Every price tag in USD$$

Caliga Pelle Turkey - LY want to buy something here soon?!

Caliga Pelle Turkey - LY is a 青票。。。。哈哈！！

Caliga Pelle Turkey - USD price scary....few hundreds in price.

Caliga Pelle Turkey

Caliga Pelle Turkey - New Model Show, Presented by LY TAN, 2023

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Caliga Pelle Turkey - VIDEO CLIP of Forever Travel Fashion Show 2023

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Ephesus (EFES)

Ephesus is an ancient city in Turkey’s Central Aegean region, near modern-day Selçuk. Its excavated remains reflect centuries of history, from classical Greece to the Roman Empire – when it was the Mediterranean’s main commercial center – to the spread of Christianity. Paved streets wind past squares, baths and monumental ruins. The Temple of Hadrian was built before 138 A.D. for Emperor Hadrian’s visit.

Why was Ephesus abandoned?

In the sixth and seventh centuries A.D., a massive earthquake and the harbor's continuing decline left Ephesus a shell of the city it used to be, and Arab invasions forced most of the population of Ephesus to flee and start a new settlement.

Is Ephesus in Turkey or Greece?

The city of Ephesus was one of the largest and most important cities in the ancient Mediterranean world, lying on the western coast of Asia Minor (in modern day Turkey). It was one of the oldest Greek settlements on the Aegean Sea, and later the provincial seat of Roman government in Asia.

Ephesus, the most important Greek city in Ionian Asia Minor, the ruins of which lie near the modern village of Selƈuk in western Turkey.

尼刻（古希腊语：Νίκη，古希腊语：[nǐːkɛː]，拉丁字母转写：Nike，意为“胜利”），又译奈姬，是希腊神话的胜利女神，她在罗马神话对应的是维多利亚（Victoria）。根据赫西俄德的《神谱》，她是泰坦神帕拉斯和斯梯克斯的女儿，也是克拉托斯（力量）、比亚（强力）和泽洛斯（热诚）的姊妹，全都是主神宙斯的同伴。在泰坦战争中，奈姬站在奥林匹斯神一边，为他们带来胜利。

NIKE Logo is derived from below GREECE picture -

What is this? PANGSAI place lah....

One side pangsai, one side chichat.......

Ephesus is mentioned in the Bible several times. It is a city where the apostle Paul preached and it is the subject of the Book of Ephesians. It is also said to have been the place where Mary, mother of Jesus, lived in her final years.

EFES

Library of Celsus

The Library of Celsus is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, Anatolia, today located nearby the modern town of Selçuk, in the İzmir Province of western Turkey.

Address: Acarlar, Meryem Ana Yolu No:15, 35920 Selçuk/İzmir, Türkiye

The city was famous in its day for the nearby Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), which has been designated one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Its many monumental buildings included the Library of Celsus and a theatre capable of holding 24,000 spectators.

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The “ trick” refers to a popular and entertaining technique used by street vendors in Turkey who sell a type of ice cream called “dondurma.” Dondurma has a unique texture that is stretchy and chewy, thanks to the addition of a natural thickening agent called salep.

VIDEO CLIP :

Vendors often tease the customer by serving the ice cream cone on a stick, and then taking away the dondurma with the stick by rotating it around before finally giving it to the customer.

Touyou waiting us for 20 min here since we bought BELT after ice cream session...heee!

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MAHZEN CAFE & BISTRO

ARTEMIS RESTAURANT

Şirince Artemis Restaurant ve Şarap evi

Şirince, Şehit Yüksel Özülkü Caddesi No:7, 35920 Şirince Köyü/Selçuk/Selçuk/İzmir, Türkiye

Şirince Artemis Restaurant and Winehouse

Sehiz Yuzbası ozulku Caddesi No:7 Sirince Koyu Eski Okul Binasi, Sirince 35920 Türkiye

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Pamukkale

We can see second alternate place for Hot Air Ballon (Pamukkale).

Fresh deposits of calcium carbonate give these formations a dazzling white coating. The Turkish name Pamukkale, meaning “cotton castle”, is derived from this striking landscape.

Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of thermal spring water.

The best time for a swim is in the morning or later in the day. Pamukkale is not very popular in winter, so any time of the day is perfect to dip in the healing waters. The water of the pool is shallow which makes it perfect for kids to swim too.

The water temperature is about 35.6 degrees Celsius (96 Fahrenheit) for the source and about 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) in the travertines.

Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of thermal spring water.

Pamukkale is a town in western Turkey known for the mineral-rich thermal waters flowing down white travertine terraces on a nearby hillside. It neighbors Hierapolis, an ancient Roman spa city founded around 190 B.C. Ruins there include a well-preserved theater and a necropolis with sarcophagi that stretch for 2km. The Antique Pool is famous for its submerged Roman columns, the result of an earthquake.

Hierapolis-Pamukkale

Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified waterfalls and a series of terraced basins. At the end of the 2nd century B.C. the dynasty of the Attalids, the kings of Pergamon, established the thermal spa of Hierapolis. The ruins of the baths, temples and other Greek monuments can be seen at the site.

Richmond Pamukkale

Richmond Pamukkale Thermal Resort

Karahayıt, 20290 Pamukkale/Denizli, Türkiye

With 315 rooms, healthy thermal springs and grounds set among pine trees, Richmond Pamukkale Thermal invites all hotel guests to rejuvenate both physically and emotionally.