Ephesus, Turkey

For all the ruins and relics i've seen on this trip, this site has some of the best preserved structures and mosaics. After checking out the theater, soaking in the sun and fighting our way pasts the tour groups we decided to sit in front of the Celsus Library. There was just way too many people, so we set up camp and just relaxed until it died down.

First set of terraced houses


Sitting in front of the library wasn't cutting it, the tourists weren't dying down fast enough. We opted to kill time by checking out the terraced houses. They had put major efforts into preserving this place. I love how they constructed the layout; covered with a membraned tent, raised glass walk way, and the pathway snakes through the entire site. The marble hall was quoted to be the worlds biggest jig saw puzzle. There's just buckets of pieces to be put together.

Ruined pathway at the top of Ephesus


The sun started to set and the tourists started to disperse. We walked around the Colonnaded streets, and snuck into the baths of Varius (which wasn't really sneaking in since it wasn't protected, more like jumping a rope), then sat ontop of the Odeon to watch the sunset.

Celsus Library


It was quite peaceful when we got back to the library. It's amazing when you have no one crowding your pictures. The only problem we ran into was that the Dolmus stopped running so we walked back which took about half an hour. Completely worth it.