Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Eurasia Mega Tour 2026 - Day Twenty Nine - Syedra Ancient City Rocks! The Photos

Rocks!

As in there are going to be a lot of pictures of rocks...It's ruins I mean

BUT FIRST

Let's Document the Ordeal

Wife, she looks so happy, so looking forward to our day. And truly through the time at Sapadere Canyon, it was great

 

 And we arrive here around 10:30-11:00

"Hmmmm. No one else here. I wonder why?"

 

 Entrance...fairly benign


 Wife notices a sign...but it's only in Turkish. We now think it says...

"Not Too Late To Turn Back!" 

 

 And then we encounter...

 

 And these were the better repaired ones. Take these and multiply it by 30 and you know the number of uneven, rock stairs we went up and down in the blazing summer sun!

But Wife? 

"I am Wife. I am Tough. We will do this!

 

 Study of Rocks...In Ruins Form

 






 Wait! We can escape through the West Gate!

 

 Nope. Locked

More Rocks


 




 Not Rocks

Mosaics

 

 Strange Looking Guy approaches and says "You like Syedra?"

 

 Turns out he is the head archeologist and opens a room not available to the public yet

 


 Syedra was a major processor of Olive Oil back in the day

 

 

 The city's giant cisterns for capturing the water it needed


After it all, we were whipped and wiped out, but survived

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Eurasia Mega Trip 2026 - Day Twenty Eight - Sapadere Canyon Photos

 All Photos, All the Time Today (with one exception)

We were in full photography mode

The Canyon

 

 

 

 

The Path through The Canyon

 

 

 

 

 Study of the Wife on the Path through the Canyon

 

 

 

 

 

Cue up Handel's Water Music

 

 

 




 


 



 




 

 All Other

Tree

 

 Snack Making


 And...finally...for those who are of good heart and are patient...not scaffolding...but...

THE SAPADERE CANYON SIGNS OF THE WORLD ALL TIME GREATEST

Do Not Attack the Bubbles with a Bottle!

 

 Danger of Black Hole Ahead

 

 Waving Goodbye When You Go Under Is Strictly Prohited

 

 No Waiting Patiently Under ANY Circumstances

 

 No Igniting of Flowers

 

 Doing Gymnastics in the Canyon Forbidden!