SOMEWHERE IN TURKEY : ALANYA

This time we are gonna visit somewhere in Turkey. One day I got a news from my friends. They have university camp in Alanya and I am invited 😊

So let's go 👀

I got bus ticket to Antalya. It was so hard journey for me. 10 hours on the road 😓 But Antalya is worth it 😊

When I arrived to Antalya bus station I gave my some stuff (tent, big sleeping bag like quilt 😓). Because they are gonna go to camping area by bus. Me and my friends (2 friends) are gonna hitchhike over there 🎉🎉 I am super exciting because the first time I will make journey by hitchhiking in Turkey.

2 male and 1 female started to hitchhiking. This is going to be fun 👍

We met nice, crazy people on the way 😅 soldier,polis,family,friends,lorry driver, sculpture artists ...etc and 😰 people with a bad sense of humor.

We listened their story, life, jobs, experiences. Every car has an interesting story but I am gonna tell stories later 😄

By changing the 9 cars, we reached the destination 🌴

I could go out with a jacket in Istanbul but Antalya is so warm. You could not stand under sun.

The campsite was next to the beach in the woods. Nice area, nice view,...😌

Tent per night fee 30,50 tl but we went there as a student group. So we paid 15 tl for 2 night. Good deal 😉

Okay camp was not good. Because They planned a 300-seat camp but although many people said they would come, they did not come. Classical humanity 😕 They had to change the plan and naturally we had to change our plan.

4 May we took Alanya trip.

First stop is Kleopatra Plaji.

Kleopatra is Blue Flag sea with nice sand and view.

The beach is famous for the fact that the Egyptian queen Cleopatra and the Roman Emperor Antonius swam here. It has a length of about 2 km and Entrance is free.

Second stop is Damlataş Cave.

Damlataş Cave was found in 1948 when it was opened for stone pit during construction of port.

You can walk into the bottom of cave. Name of Cave “Damlataş” comes from the stalactite which exists by water droplets. Except of its beauty, this cave is popular because of its atmosphere helping people who have asthma illness. These people who come by doctor’s control stays in the cave for 21 days as cure. Weather of the cave doesn’t change during seasons.

It is the first cave which was opened to tourism in Turkey.

Enterance is 7,50 per person. 4 tl for students.

Then colored streets.

Fourth stop is Alanya Castle.

We took cable car to up.

Surrounded by walls with 6 km lengths and situated on 10 hectares of a peninsula, Castle of Alanya hosted Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman civilizations.

Next stop is Red Tower.

At bottom main walls, rectangular limestone, uniformly cut and stick together, and classic shafts and red bricks at upper sections were used.

Red Tower as today and past has attracted the attention with its monumental view and subjected to many books.

You can go up by cable car and you can go down by foot from Alanya Castle. On the way there is really nice cafe with nice view. You can take a seat to drink, to eat.

Cafe has romantic atmosphere.😍😍😍

There were fruit trees on the way an I love to eat fruit from the branch 😋 We ate a lot of black mulberry and after that our hands became black 😄 We walked around like murder. Love of fresh fruit 💛

Tour ships waiting you on the seaside. If you have time, I recommend you to take a tour to see amazing views ☺☺

Antalya attract Russian tourist every year. When I was there all city full of Russian tourist. I felt like I am in abroad. People around me spoke Russian.Even Signboard were in Russian. All day we walked around, visited places, ate ice-cream,... It was a nice day with friends 😊

Then we turned back to camp.We took something to drink.We burned a campfire and We chill out around it. Under stars and next to see. I belong myself here on that moment. 💜💙💚💛💖

Morning we had breakfast. We putted our stuff together. Again We gave our stuff to our friends who go back by bus. We hitchhike because on the way we want to visit some nice please.

We were 3. First a man picked us. He has ice-cream shops. Our second driver was Tourist guide. He is from Georgia. 😄 nice coincidence because my father family are from Georgia. I know a bit georgian.

On the car he has wife and she is from Russia. They were going to Antalya.Nearly all road we went with them. Then we haven't found a car for a while to go to Kurşunlu waterfall nature park.

Old driver picked us and dropped us to Kurşunlu.