My trip to Antalya

The first place i visted in Turkey is Antalya .Its 500 kms from Mersin.After 10 Hours of travelling in a bus thorugh winding roads i finally reached Antalya.This tour was organised by Aiesec. The organisation iam associated with in Turkey.There were two people from Aiesec, who picked me up from the bus station (autogar).We then caught a service bus( which is provided free by the bus company) to Akdeniz University. where all of us were supposed to assemble and leave for olumpos.

The road from Antalya to Olumpos was beautiful with the coast on one side , Mountians and forest on the other.It was a two hour drive and i thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.olumpos is a very interesting place with tree houses suitated in the middle of no where and the beach just a few minutes away from the tree house.They had arranged for us to stay at the tree house called Kabir's,With 5 of us sharing a small cottage and very cold showers in the moring( which i will never forget).I thought it was pretty good start.

We started off the day exploring the ancient city of olumpos.It is supposed to be an old roman city.The city is really ancient and there is not much of it left today,but ruiens.What fasinated me the most was the location of this place.It had everything you wanted as a tourist the sea,history,nature.As we tracked through the old city there was a narrow passage between two small hills,as i passed the passage appeared the great olumpos beach(considered one of the best beaches in Turkey).Its was a breathe taking view,with the sea as blue as ever and crystal clear waters.That afternoon we did some water sports and went back to the tree house to get some rest as it was a very exhasting day.That evening they took us to a place which amazed me even more .Its called the eternal fire,Due to the natural mixture of gases the fire that burns on these rock never goes off.I had never heard or seen something like this.

Then we came back to the tree house and had a great party with games,dancing.singing.The next day unfortunely it rained the whole day and we had to go back to Antalya.Since i had time i thought i will go around the city for some time.Its a nice city Espescially the old part of town and the sea behind it was really beautiful.After all that fun, the time had come for me to get back on the bus to Mersin and be in office on monday morning to start another boring week of work.