It was miserably cold and windy, but that was nothing compared to what awaited us on top of Mt Nemrut
Mount Nemrut
As I was saying, Antiochus did nothing small. He had large statues of himself and the Greek gods erected on top of Mt. Nemrut to stand there for eternity. Well, eternity came and went, I assume, since the statues pretty much tumbled down, or at least the heads did. The extreme temperatures changes that turn the tops of many mountains, e.g. Mt Whitney, here in the USA, into rubble, did not help, nor did this earthquake-prone land. |
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It was miserably cold and windy, but that was nothing compared to what awaited us on top of Mt Nemrut |
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A group of winter-equipped older Dutch people were slowly going up. Some of them would climb the steps that were hewn into parts of the path on hands and knees. It was a long and brutal climb for those oldsters, We passed them, and I took one of the women crawling up, by the hand, and we zipped up a set of those steps in a flash. Her happy "thank you's" followed me up. |
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Maybe a little reckless, as you can see, there was a long drop from that corner, but the wind actually held us in place. |
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Incredible scene, but we were so disappointed, because we went late in the day for the sunset effect and this was all we got. And then, as we were walking around the mountain top, we heard Nadya yell ecitedly. She had walked ahead of us. Here is why... |
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There was another set of heads and statues on the far side of the mountain and it was everything we had hoped for. |
Turkey 2011
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