The site of the city of Hierapolis. This map shows the overall layout.
The city is built on top of these travertine pools and structures.
When there is more water, they fill and evaporate, leaving the calcium deposits.
They channel water around to various areas to try to keep them alive.
It this spot, you are allowed to go into the thermal pool and walk around.
The hammam has been turned into this museum, which houses objects from as far back as 4500 BC.
The rooster mascot.
A shot across the ruins.
In the center is Cleopatra's Pool, where you can swim in the healing waters.
It was completely uncrowded for some reason, ...
...and we could just walk through the ruins, imagining what life was like.
The agora.
On one end is a cemetery area with various tombs.
The hammam at the other entrance to the city.
These red poppies were everywhere in bloom.
More tombs.
Some of them are so old they have been buried in the accumulating calcium.
We caught a couple of hang-gliders coming down from the nearby mountain.
Various pieces of the puzzle waiting to be arranged.
The statue of Pluto, god of the underworld.
Kimberly being eaten by a lion.
What Wade would look like as a centurion.
The Khan Hotel in Antalya.
This statue is a marker we used at the border between the old city and the new city.
The view from our hotel.
