The last resting place of the Virgin Mary, of course once you are dead you usually only have one resting final place, legitimacy comes from the visiting of 3 different Popes to the location.
Baptismal spot 
make a wish and place it here for it come true
Pave' with a Saint 
A photo of a photo of the inside of the small church
The place to get your holy water, three types Money, Love, Health. Made a cocktail and tasted pretty good.
The single stone in the middle weighs over 70 Tonnes, engineering feat or what.
We went to three towns from the Roman era, again just to be there and see the extent of the building and systematic layout of the cities, what can be said?
some of the detail in the marble
the columns are 18 metres high and the cost of one column was equivalent about one workers wages for 4 years, if I remember correctly
there were only three of on this tour and this is the temple of Zeus 
The important people got to sit in the real front row for the shows, think there have been a lot of bottoms in these seats because for stone they were quite comfortable.
Columns left to lay where the fell in different earthquakes. note the holes to assist in lining up the sections of columns
peek a boo I see you
This tub was supposed to have the eternal flame going in it so anyone who needed fire could alway get one started
Fabulous detail from the Grecian era
Griffen after griffen and each one slightly different
This fellow was 4.8 M high, incredible workmanship
such a happy feeling
Leaving Turkey to Samos, Greece, an island where we caught an overnight ferry to Athens
Should have been in with Pamukkale but Look I fit the bed
Rug weaving at a Co-op, she is cutting the pile for consistent length
Downtown Selcuk, there are storks nesting atop the water duct
Great little street restaurant maybe 50 - 60 Turkish Lire and we were stuffed, liked it so much we came back for a second go.
Inside a mosque
A view of the flats from up top
Roman ruins that cannot be seen from the bottom of the site.
One of the pools we waded through
been standing for over 2,000 years and probably fro another 2000
unbelievable but true
A few of the township ruins
no shoes allowed while walking in the pools, we found this out after we climbed up from the bottom and got to the top where the whistles never ceased
A view of the old Roman city and the calcium deposits left from the water flowing down
up top in Pamukkale
this was our room and believe it or not the bed was very comfortable 
OK just a bit over exposed
Is it bright enough with all this calcium around
The Captain and AJ after another backgammon battle
I don't know how he kept count but the score would change by more than two points just about every game and sometimes the points would go down and the dice would disappear before I could recognize the numbers. one set of dice which where very small
A fellow boat traveller resting in shade after hard day in the Sun.
Turkish Shave and Massage for 10 YTL (Turkish Lire) 5$ CND. We should ahve these back home
Atop a stopover from the boat
The sunset from the same spot
A lit up watermelon for dessert
After the lights came back on
Can you say Titanic ?
Pave' loved her floaty thing
Other travelers trying to understand Backgammon
Another 5 YTL stopover
All the gang from the boat
our first stopover and an very hot one.
It was a long way up & then we had to go down
Hard to see but these are remnants of a sunken city, no diving, swimming or snorkeling 
Time for another dip and cool off
Anyone for spices