Pt2 - 6: THE WHITE TERRACES, AND THAT'S A WRAP FOR TURKEY... This morning’s two hundred and thirty seven kilometre drive from Fethiye took a lazy 4 hours and factored in a little scenic detour through the mountain villages of Altinyalya and Gölisar. We could tell by the way everyone stopped and watched the car go by they’re not used to strangers in these here parts; they’re probably still talking about those dumb tourists who drove through one year. Snow lay on the peaks all around and the countryside, though ruggedly beautiful, is a season behind at this altitude and has not yet stirred to spring. Bare poplars, ramshackle buildings, families in their horse-drawn carts meandering along the roadside, orchards of sticks just beginning to bud; we could’ve been passing through a film set of pre-revolutionary Russia. We’re now installed in room 213 of the Lycus River Thermal Springs Hotel in Pamukkale. It’s about five kilometres out of town in a precinct of upmarket touristeleries. By...
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