Monday, September 20, 2010

Mt. Nemrut, Turkey

What another guided tour? Blasphemy.

Standing on top of the mountain where the Arsameia Ruins are.

After another over night bus ride we arrive at the town of Kahta to be shuffled off to a hostel. People are quick to offer their services or hostels. We started to travel with this guy named Yosuke and decided to follow his guide book recommendation. We setup a tour with this hostel for the latter half of the day to catch the sunset on Mt. Nemrut.

Staring into the distance on the East face of Mt Nemrut.

I think I actually preferred this type of tour because it primarily was just a driver announcing a destination, a brief description if inquired, and no real time limit and we’d leave when the handful of us decided we were done with the spot. It was a nice small group which we made good friends with and continued to travel with for about a week.

The heads on Mt. Nemrut watching the sunset on the West face.

After a small trek up to the top of Mt. Nemrut we realized that it may have been a better choice to catch the morning tour to catch the sunrise. There are statues on both the East and West side but it has better reconstruction on the East face.

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