Travel with me #85 : Visiting the white travertine terraces of Pamukkale!

in travel •  7 years ago  (edited)

Dear Steemit friends:

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Today, i'll be introducing one of the most spectacular locations in Turkey that is Pamukkale. In Turkish, Pamukkale literally translates to "Cotton Castle" and that is because the natural travertine terrace rock formations look very much like the walls of a castle except made from cotton!

Pamukkale is located in the Denizli Province about 120 miles east of the ancient city of Ephesus. From Selcuk, you have a number of options to travel to Pamukkale, you can take a train to Denizli or take one of the many coach services from the Selcuk bus station. My original intention was to take the train in the morning and arrive in the afternoon just in time to visit Pamukkale. However, I missed the first train and ended up taking a coach.

You will be happy to hear that the coach service is actually quite pleasant. I was apprehensive at first because of it's seemingly expensive price (30-ish Turkish Lira) but it turns out the service was a near five star experience!

The coach company I went with was appropriately named Pamukkale. The entire journey took just under 3 hours and along the way, you are served ice cream, soft drinks and even snacks! I was certainly very impressed with the level of service coaches offer here and definitely recommend it if you are the kind of traveller that likes a frequent departure timetable running throughout the day.

Much like Ephesus, you have several points of entry depending on what order of things you would like to see.

This is the southern entrance which is a common starting point but will require quite a bit of walking (15-20minutes) to reach the travertines. Here, there is a large car park where the coaches drop off and pick up passengers.

Around the car park, there are some really large rocks and tidy man made gardens. It's almost like a preview of the more spectacular things to come.

Once we purchase the tickets (35 TL), we can start our 20 minute walk towards the travertines and enjoy some of the marvellous ancient city ruins along the way.

This one is the South Byzantine Gate.

The Byzantine Ramparts

Some breathtaking scenes of the ancient gates and mountains in the distance.

No place would feel complete in Turkey without our furry feline friends.

Finally, we get our first glimpse of the magnificent travertine terrace pools. There is actually a local legend surrounding these travertine terrace pools.

There was a young girl who was unmarried and ugly. As no one wanted to marry her, she decided to commit suicide and she threw herself off the travertine and fell into a natural pool but did not die. Because of the water in the natural pool she turned into a very beautiful girl and caught the attraction of the lord of Denizli while he was passing by. At that moment, the lord fell in love with this young and beautiful girl and they soon got married.

The white cliffs can easily be mistaken for being snow. They are the same pure white colour, and yet, the temperature outside makes it impossible for snow to settle and not melt. This is part of the beauty of the travertines.

In the distance, you can see the small town of Pamukkale. Many people like to stay there for easy access to the travertines and as such, there are many hotels and restaurants there.

Some parts of the travertine are off limits for parts of the year to preserve them from the hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit each year.

Considerable efforts have been made to preserve this natural wonder including being inducted into UNESCO's list of world heritage sites in 1988.

Despite the temperature being over 40 degrees, the allure of taking a dip into the milky pools of water keep everyone and myself motivated.

Aside from the stunning views of Pamukkale travertines, people often forget the views of the mountains and valleys in the distance.

It is almost impossible to take a bad photo here!

As you can see, this part of the travertine terraces are rather dry. Where the water would have flowed out from the volcanic depths of the mountain, there are now "taps" where the calcium rich water is now diverted to different parts of the travertine(s).

The water actually comes from a vast underground reservoir of water which is heated by volcanic lava. The water has dissolved calcium saturated within it and when it reaches the surface, cools to form a precipitate which combines with the soil on the surface to form the white calcium "cascade" stones which we now call the travertines.

The walls here look very much like cotton and has a bubbly kind of texture. It's hard to believe that they are formed naturally through the perpetual flow of calcium rich water.

I remember walking through the pools of water along the travertine terraces and feeling the heat of the rocks from being cooked against the sun all day, and then cooling down when stepping into the water.

Actually, the surface consists of lots of little calcium rocks which are really uneven. It was quite painful walking in the pools and considerable care has to be taken whilst moving from pool to pool.

By the afternoon, there are already hundreds if not thousands of people visiting the travertines, and from a distance they look a lot like a line of ants.

I was very lucky to have a few photos taken without others in the frame but the contrary is almost always guaranteed.

At the top of the plateau, you can see the water running across the surface and smaller mini travertines beginning to form.

The one area which was accessible to visitors on this day ran all the way down towards the pools down at Pamukkale town.

As inviting as the pools are to bathe in, most people liked to stay on the edge of them and just enjoy the small trickles of water across their feet.

I must say, I agree because the bottom of the pools are so prickly, it can become quite painful after just a short time wading through them with bare feet.

Some of the other untouched areas of the travertines look simply magical. It is hard to believe that for more than two thousand years, people have been coming to this area to enjoy the hot mineral water for it's spa like qualities.

This is also part of the reason why Hierapolis was built atop of the Pamukkale travertine plateaus.

Of course, now that I'm here, I might as well take a much needed cooling down dip. After all, as legend says, the water is suppose to be beautifying and no girl would turn an opportunity to look more beautiful!

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The way the water just flows off the edge of the pools remind me a lot of the "infinity edge-less" man made pools. Except here, they are completely natural!



Even though you can't see it very well from pictures, there is actually a constant flow of water across these bubbly cotton like rocks.

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This lovely little girl wanted to take a picture together, I thought her rubber swan was so cute and she reminded me a lot of myself!

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At sunset, the area becomes a lot more tranquil as most of the visitors leave. It becomes a perfect opportunity to just sit and relax. Watching the sun turn from a shade of red to orange, shining the last of it's rays on the silent pools of water.

It was certainly a magical experience and I must say, I am still in disbelief that these rocks are completely natural.
I actually had to come back again the next day because there was still so much to see of Hierapolis and yet I spent most of my first day just wading in the travertine pools.



In any case, the sunset marked the end to a beautiful day at Pamukkale and finally a bit of time to slow the pace down to relax as the day winds to an end and the temperature becomes more bearable.

Check out the video below !

I hope you enjoyed my visit to Pamukkale travertines where Cotton Castles really do exist!

In my next post, I will be showing you some of the remnants and ruins of the ancient city of Hierapolis which forms the "man made" part of Pamukkale but equally magnificent to see.

Please upvote my post if you enjoyed it, and remember to follow me to stay up to date with my latest adventures.
As always, please leave a comment to let me know what you think! (I will do my best to reply but please forgive me if I don't manage to get round to replying to you. I do however read all of the comments!)


当决定要去土耳其游玩的时候,我就在各种书籍文章中搜寻关于这个横跨欧亚大陆的神奇国度的故事。当我翻到棉花堡的时候,我被眼前的画面惊讶到了,原来世界上真的有仙境一般的地方,那里有如雪一般白的山丘,好似棉花一样,富含碳酸钙的湛蓝泉水依着地势,萦绕环流在一个个铺满雪白棉花的小池田里。也就是看到了这里的故事,更加坚定了我要去环游土耳其的信念,所以,今天我们来了,带领大家去探索这个知名度最高的山丘上的自然奇怪——Pamukkale棉花堡。曾经有这样一个美丽的传说,诉说着棉花堡的神话:

牧羊人安迪密恩为了和希腊月神瑟莉妮幽会,忘记了挤羊奶,导致羊奶恣意横流,盖住了整座丘陵,远远地看上去就像是一座铺满了棉花的城堡。

棉花城堡位于土耳其登尼资里市的北部,不仅因为拥有这种古怪的好似棉花一样的山丘而出名,也拥有千年的天然温泉池,简直是游客们360度全方位的度假胜地。这块坡地长2700米,高160米。土耳其文Pamuk表示棉花,Kale表示城堡,所以Pamukkale就叫棉花堡。

棉花堡的大门口,有很多奇形怪状的石头,这样的山型地貌我还是第一次见,山上很少长草和树,石头上天然形成的图案,好像雕刻过一样。走在去棉花堡的路上,身边经过了无数古城的遗迹,抚摸一下这些古老的石块,寻找历史的痕迹。沿路上我激动极了,马上就能看到一直魂牵梦萦的棉花堡了。顺着这条羊肠小道一直走,走到尽头,就看见了眼前一层层梯田,与众不同的是,这梯田像是由棉花制作的,原来上帝真的是个大艺术家呀。

你一定会很好奇,这白色的岩石是哪里来的神物,其实它们是以碳酸钙为主要成分的“钙华”。下雨的时候,雨水渗入地下,经过漫长的循环又以温泉形式涌出,在这个过程中,就溶解了大量岩石中的石灰质和其他矿物质。你可能接下来会疑问,那这一片片棉花小池里的水,又是从哪来的?这片土地天然形成的温泉会顺着山坡流淌而下,流进了棉花池里,含钙的温泉水里,石灰质沿途也沉积下来,就形成了眼前一片片阶梯状的梯堤景观。仔细看看这些水池,并不是每一个池里都有水,有些没水的池子,被太阳照的越发白亮了。我们是午后到达的,火辣的太阳照射下,这些白色岩石好像变成了天然的反光板。我坐在这一层层梯田前,感觉雪白的梯田,配上湛蓝的温泉水,还真有点像希腊圣托里尼的经典蓝白景致呢。而我自己,感觉瞬间穿越到了冰天雪地的南极,只是这次我要穿着比基尼勇敢的走进雪地里了,这个场景会不会骗倒一大批人呢。

从山底到山顶,有着大大小小不少这样的温泉池,我迫不及待的脱了鞋,想走进这可爱的温泉池里浸泡一下健康水,据说这里的温泉水对于皮肤和骨头都好,有助于预防高血压,肾结石,帮助血循环和消化等等,女生泡一下会变美,男生泡一下骨骼更强壮。进了水池,感觉真凉爽呀,只是池底的岩石还挺刮胶的,有些还滑溜溜的,所以要十分小心的走路。就连这里的泥巴也含有丰富的碳物质,很多人都把泥巴抹上身,变成了一个个雪白的人。另一个绝对不能错过的,就是这里的日落了。在太阳火辣的时候,整个棉花堡是一片花白的,但是到了日落时分,这些深浅错落有致的小梯田池,突然折射出不同的颜色,瞬间就变成了五光十色上帝的调色盘。今天这雪地里穿比基尼,棉花堡上玩棉花的神话景致就跟大家分享到这里吧,之后还有更多有趣的土耳其故事要和大家分享。

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Amazing views ....

she got always like that as her face

True @rubysteem
Very many read and commented @sweetsssj account.

I see a beautiful girl in great pictures.

After two months away from the net, it feels great to come back to one of your magnificently made post! thanks again for all this "hard" work, great information and breathtaking views.

Namaste :)

eric! It's sooo lovely to see you again, I was wondering where you had disappeared to but thankfully you are very much alive! Hopefully see you more often, don't be a stranger!

Happy @sweetsssj heart, after meeting old friends @eric-boucher

Thanks for the warm and very kind words @sweetsssj, it's great to be back and I'll soon be posting again as there's a load of new material to share, now that I have a new computer to deal with things! ;) See you on the virtual world, safe travels, as always, keep your radiant smile and namaste :)

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I HAVE another poem hope you like it [email protected] follow me back also my dear so that you can also follow my post..thank you so much my dearest sweet loving and sexy sweetsssj: https://steemit.com/poetry/@mrblu/the-bluepost-someone-dragging-you-down-poem

so beautiful pics nice post and view is amazing

let visit my country @sweetsssj
you will get the most amazing nature ,

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Wow your brave. reminds me of when I didn't have have a phone for 2 years :O. gives you perspective.

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when you will visit this destination @eric-boucher ??

Of all places in the world, Turkey is one of my favourite and is definitely one the road map for me as I will find my way out there, soon enough! ;) Namaste

I really want to go there (Turkey)
but, i'm so busy with my job, wish me can visit that country oneday boss @eric-boucher

I'm just curious...would anyone really give a shit about these posts if she wasn't wearing a bikini in most of them?

I doubt it. Am I right?

I would still like her posts, also, shes not always in a bikini, and so what if she is? Dont you see how shes promoting steeit with her photos? And so what if shes in a bikini?
The fact that she wears a bikini doesn't help her at all, her sexy body helps her, and attractive women are always going to attract attention offline and online, just like how instagram is always going to drive a lot of their traffic by attractive women!

What would you propose to "fix" this problem you seem to have noticed? How can you force people to like what you like? Maybe you think that liking women in bikinis is not valid because you don't like it? Well some of us enjoy women in bikinis so, sorry, its valuable content, and without the bikini its still some amazing travel photos

in fact, I wasnt even noticing the bikini untill u pointed it out, I was looking at al the cool ruins and natural landscapes

And do you ever actually look at her posts? Shes not always in a bikini, she is usually wearing her steem branded apparel, which makes her images big advertisements for steemit! she also fills a space for content while we wait for more power users. She will eventually evolve and adapt, promoting different programs and shell use her money to start stemiut businesses, she will contribute to steemit with more than just content

Yes, I would do to. She is not a instagrammer who puts a photo of herself and get the likes. She puts effort in her blog. Making pictures and telling about the places she visits in detail. I get your point, but this is the wrong person and blog to write that. A better place is to write this on blogs where people in bikini who use steemit as instagram with no story attached to it at all. Then I would not only understand but also agree with you. :)) Beside that. Would you go with your jeans in to the water. :))

Yes dear @sweetsssj... These scenes are really breath taking as you said in your blog. Thank you for sharing your great traveling experiences with us.
If you have time, please check my blogs too :)

Yeats, the Irish poet, must have loved Turkey. He wrote so lyrically of it in Sailing to Byzantium:

That is no country for old men. The young
In one another's arms, birds in the trees…
Caught in that sensual music

The travertine is a magical white wonderland with mineral waters and restorative hot springs, verging on the edge of another world.

Your photos captured the essence of the place - the genius locii, as the Romans would say.

They highly esteemed such locations, building spas and mineral baths and even temples on the site. The name Hierapolis in Greek means "sacred city" and the ancients regarded such locales as under the guardianship of presiding spirits.

The white traventine shoals seem other-worldly seen against the backdrop of the blue mountain ridges.

It must have been breathtaking in the evening at l'heure bleu, and so inescapably romantic.

No wonder the women bathe in the calcite pools. Cleopatra took milk baths. It must be the calcium!

To leave such a place is difficult. I can hear the strains of longing in Yeats' final lines:

set upon a golden bough to sing
To lords and ladies of Byzantium
Of what is past, or passing, or to come.

A lovely post, @sweetsssj

What a beautiful comment, thank you so much for the extra information. So many people visit this place for the obvious visual attraction but forget it has quite the historical impact for the area.

thanks, sssj - I finally caught up with you! I'll keep an eye out for your posts :)

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Woah is that poem where the movie title comes from " no country for old men" ?
And your comment is pretty cool! you seem to be caught up in the romance of ancient greece and rome, and that time period, must have been fun to be wealthy back then! But without wealth back then life SUCKED haha, noone could just fly around the world like we can now! technology RULES!
But we can ALWAYS romantically yearn for time travel to experience the "good ol days" but it was just realy nasty and smelly and back then you could die of a broken leg and noone would be there to help you, al you could have was Opium really, but you were able to just sit around and grow whatevr plants you wanted IF you had land but getting seeds was ot like today where you can just go online! the internet has made our lives thousands of times easier....life is changed so much and we take it for granted, we see material goods as dirty now because they are so easy to acquire, well, we should be grwing more plants and cherishing the biodiversity with seed banks etc

GODAMN This was awesome ancient rome was legit man! im telling you! Its almost as if it was a better city than what we have today! Imagine ancient rome but with computers and internet! Just drop computers and electricity into this ciuty and you basically have modern day rome?

It must have been SO FUN to wander around this city especially at night imagine all the cool parties you could stumble into! imagine all of the cool stuff you could find , houses of men who collected rare things from all over the world

imagine finding someone who had cannabis plants back then! Probably got them from China o India and started growing cannabis in his roman garden! imagine how awesome that would be to find back then and being able to smoke cannabis in ancient rome

These images evoke such an ancient feeling inside, the feeling of civics, of having a city, a place you can walk around at night and have order, a place where you feel the AESTHETIC of vaporwave, 3d modeling of columns,

Thanks @ackza - Quite a comment! I love the photos you included and the comparison of modern Rome to ancient Rome, but with computers. Brilliant!

非常棒!让没有去过的人,看过之后有种身临其境的感觉,仿佛自己也置身于其中旅游了。

太好啦,就是希望能把这里的美景真真切切的分享给你们:)

wow wow The picture is very unusual @sweetsssj

This is the work of editing wings in photoshop, hope you like it @sweetsssj
:)

https://steemit.com/art/@wahyurahadiann/digital-art-manipulation-sweetsssj-2017815t19221582z

that's very beautiful, thank you for that, i'll be upvoting :)

Thank you for your support @sweetsssj :)

Please follow back my instgram @sweetsssj :D

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真美,特别是那张背景拍的很好。有张GIF看到摄影师了, 真羡慕他。

I like your dress up, its really cute :P And the hotspring is amazing

thank you nicole! Have you ever been there before?? If not you have to someday!!

Sounds softly whisper between your shadows spoken words of love that once stored and did not want to go, twinkle of love is born but become a story that can not be forgotten my heart be hearted and do not want to go.Mungkin i have love like this again do not let me lose Anda.Coba dengarlah I swear from the heart I love you do not hear the word those who do not want us one make sure I'm yours, I'm yours. Integrated sincere love affection tied tightly do not be separated anymore time test our love both

breathe in your soul you beach on my sea
This heart's inward is a holy love
My intention to your death
Loving just you
Thirst of my soul I love
My soul mate me you
To die I want to be with you
This is my point
My soulmate wants you
One love to death separates
You and I are one
Love each other
After my sad sadness
Life is now yours

wonderful, thank you!

Really beautiful scenery there at white cliff, thanks for sharing your experience to us! Have a great day @sweetsssj

Thanks for sharing @sweetsssj I don't get to travel as much as I wanted to so it gives me ideas of places I would love to visit and photograph when circumstances allow for them. Im only new to steem it but also like it when I see quality posts & blogs get the attention they deserve.

hi chrisdavidphoto, I understand individual circumstances might make travelling difficult, this is obviously something I hope through some mutual effort we can help improve over time. I hope you find yourself welcome here on Steemit, I certainly love to see new faces, and it would appear you have integrated very well already!
I hope to see more of you soon

nice post and i love to read

The article is sweet , the place is sweeter, and the girl is the sweetest

Most the beautiful place in the word....wishfull one day i have enough money and opportunities to visit this place and all the destination you have visited.......
Nice to visit your blog....forgive me if you are unpleasing for my comment...thankfully

Wao! You're such a monumental tourist, it's my sincere desire to be like you and meet you one day.

I never knew Turkey is such a Glorious sphere planning to have great holiday in Turkey soon.

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What he saw was gray.
Not dark, nor light.
Shouting in the gray silence. Ask for help as long as he can. His body is weak against the rooted tree.
The sobs are like a song.
Just be heard without anyone wanting to help.
In the stillness of the night Cold air piercing sharply.
In silence she cries Hoping does not end tragically.
Until finished already ...
This is what I feel when I see your post ..
I like you

lovely 😊 Thank you

Another beautiful travel post! I love how you continue to put a lot of time and effort into each blogpost :)

thank you mrs.steemit, always a pleasure to share with you! :)

That's wonderful..
I always love these view
The place is amaze me
And @sweetssj is so beautiful , so cute

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Surely this is the moment of the journey that distinguishes for you @sweetsssj, from every post the photos you post be it natural photos, sea mountains, very nice and everything looks perfect, but if in the photo is not there you will look ordinary- Ordinary if without you. You are like a very useful moon in the dark. Sorry this is not rags but confession, I hope no one is annoyed with my comment.

Nice pictures. So...next time an ugly girl walks up to me...telling her to go hop off a cliff in this area is a.compliment?. LoL

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Love this post @sweetsssj thank you for sharing! I enjoyed your short 2 minute video as well! Did you edit it yourself? iMovie? Thank you again for all of your support and congratulations on all of your success!

Sincerely,
@joeparys

hi joe, thank you for dropping by, always a pleasure having your readership! I edited the video on iMovie on the iphone, and shot it with the iphone with the Osmo ! Thank you again!

8 cause why not

thank you fem-of-war :)

Great to see @sweetsssj in this lovely place. So much whites. I invite you to visit and make a post at White Sands, New Mexico- the whitest place on Earth. (Source Pixabay)

wow.. those really are white sands.. i've been to pink sands in bahamas so I think i will have to make a visit to white sands!

yep, it looks like snow at first impact! really awesome photos!

i know right? Even though I knew it was too hot to be snow, it looks exactly like that!

@sweetsssj You look gorgeous always.💞👧👯👰👸

Your posts are the best @sweetsssj! We are Shini and Dani and we do travel vlogs on YouTube and have almost 5M views. We would like to make some connections on Steemit! We would be sooooooo happy if you would follow us :) Many greetings from Switzerland!

i'll take a look my friend, thank you for alerting me to your vlogs! :)

Thank youuuuuu <3 <3 <3 :D :D

已經那麼漂亮了再泡下去還得了 XD

谢谢啦,其实是为了凉快一下,天气太热了:)

beautiful place & you are amazing

thank you waves80, appreciate it very much :)

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Enjoy!

beautiful girl!

thank you sir!

Yes...she is amazingly beautiful...nice comment

I like your photo @sweetsssj

nice thanks for sharing

you're welcome aziz1993!

you got some awesome sights..!!!

Wow. These pictures are amazing. You look so beautiful in them! What camera do you use for these photos. Also I love how you set out your blog. I can see you really plan them out and put a lot of work into them. Every picture is so great. 😄 You must take a lot of pictures where ever you go. I don't blame you though, all those places look gorgeous! You live a great life. Looks amazing. 😌

The Most cute of sweetssj ever i saw your pict, i would stay beside you when you visit our country @sweetsssj, your pict could be relax of my mind.

thank you jamhuery, very sweet!

wow what a beautiful post , the locations are awesome and i like your cloths especialy the yellow one with the hat.
Keep it up. Are you addicted to steemit and traveling? see my latest post on the issue and send in your suggestions. Bless you and more success.

thank you charles1! You are my fashion conscience! Checking out your post now :)

http://replygif.net/1513

Glad that you checked my post..thanks a lot.
Love your fashion too always chose my best one...haha.

Youre going to be making thousands of new friends every month @sweetsssj and youre going to need your own youtube show where you travel AND use crypto currencies and even if you dont pay for your travel and airline tickets and hotels directly with the bitcin and stem u make, you can show HOW you COULD be paying for it all using crypto!

it would be SO COOL to see behind the scenes of your steemit life! Just had to go upvote all your recent comments since you haven't posted any new posts in 4 days!

Seriously i would love to see behind teh sceneds where you show your bitcoin wealth and trading! I would LOVE to see you showing your bitcoin wallet, showing how you transfer money from bitcoin to cash or if you use a bitcoin debiort cad etc, i know its private but if you showed everyone how you used crypto currency as a way to make enough money TO travel, it would be VERY inspiratioal for everyone!
we all can se how much youre making here but to show people on YOUTUBE and instagram how your doing this would be VERY interesting! They would LOVE you on instagram and youtube if you showed them all how youre doing this!

Amazingly beautiful scenes...ruined...ponds...locations and photos of an angel...in a spectacular locations in Turkey that is Pamukkale. Have been quite busy and rushed in to post my mile stone achievement of 1k followers and mentioned you ( also I hope you don't mind using your Atlantic pic) you inspire me a lot...your fashion style...quest for details and swagg...you my numerous uno...keep it up...

thank you ken! I'm so happy for your recent milestone, congrats!!

@sweetsssj
you just a darling and extra sweet! keep it up!

What a magical place @sweetsssj! Everything seemed so surreal, a life sized cotton candy playground haha.
Fantastic photos and you are right, I don't think anyone could take a bad photo there! Nice!

It's such a magical place because it seems so out of place, isolated on the backdrop of "normal" rocky mountains. But yes, a wonderful place to take pictures!

Your posts are always so colorful and full of life, I love it! <3

thank you xxvjs!

Very beautiful scenery, people who tambil also very beautiful, terimaksih have shared. Salam independence from us indonesia, hopefully you are in good health always in carrying out everyday activities. By @miftahuddin

Thank you miftahuddin, i'm not sure what tambil is or terimaksih?

You look very beautiful as always, love your posts! Resteemed!

Thank you for the compliment sweetiebo, appreciate it very much.

Your pictures are stunning. I like the beautiful scenery of turkey. Thanks a lot for sharing your wonderful travel experience with us on steemit.

thank you so much! This was one of the most special places i've ever been, it's a real pleasure to share with everybody on here :)

Hi @sweetsssj you so pretty, I like your baby Smile...
Keep posting more on Steem, Waiting for more such post form you. Keep Steem on @ sweetsssj
Try to visit my country too .. check few of my traveling post of various places that I've visited recently.
Love @ajaykumark

Yeah you are too cute... looking great in each and every pic which you have uploaded.

Someone is having Crush on Someone very special :)

you go girl!! :)

thanks!!

Yeah...she is good...nice comment

Nixe Trip ! Good Photograph! Good Model ,, thank u For Share enjoy your holiday

Will do, thank you very much sis.

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upvoted hi sweetsssj: we love your travel,my friends want to see you hope you will visit philippines on boracay or siargao island.kindly check my poem..https://steemit.com/poetry/@mrblu/the-bluepost-someone-dragging-you-down-poem

i forgot kindly followed me back..thank you so much so that you can see my poem ,,hope you like it.

When I first saw Pamukkale in your post title i was like, WHERE IS THAT?!

Turkey I see now!

Jeh hay, si inong kriet, meusigoe han i teugon ata ta tuleh le geu tanyoe, awak kah so na di teugon le jih ? Jih i maen keu droe jih sagai, hana ipreumeun gob, lage apam inoeng, ade ade droe aju inan , igoe keuh hantom ka peudeuh, pu keuh kleng igoe atawa mirah gegara le that ka pajoh ranup kadang, mannyoe ku tuleh bacut bak ujong nak ka pike ku pojo keuh...

i love you

Wow I really would like to travel with you.

Upvote if you like it. U5dswJ2cywKT58hFqJdbWpC5NqPGwRh_1680x8400.jpg

Wow... Great..... Hummm i like it...

good good! I'll be talking a little more about the Hierapolis in a later post, that's also at the same site and worth visiting! :)

Those views are spectacular!

Complete picture ... Very interesting to follow the story in your post @sweetsssj ... :)

Hmmm ... a cool place, and amazing to visit. Everything looks perfect: the view, the amenities, and the atmosphere in that place ... Makes me want to be there right now !! Hehe

I hope and pray to get to that place also sometime later ... Of course with the help of Steemit :) ..

Okay, keep your health and success always make you @sweetsssj. We wait for the next interesting post.

Please if there is free time, comment and resteem my posting. thanks.

Keep steem on!
Regards

@hadimemories

thank you hadimemories, the atmosphere really stood out to me. It would have been better if there were not quite as many people there (there were thousands!) it became quite hard to move around or take pictures without lots of people in the frame..

Looking forward to seeing you in the next post!

Beautiful photos !!

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This is simply sweet and magnificent post . I always look forward for your posts. Please keep it coming and enjoy. I also need more upvote from you on my post. https://steemit.com/lifestyle/@beulahlandeu/sometimes-we-only-have-two-choices-be-strong-or-give-up-1502819326-2567928 Thanks

Always love your travel insights!

thanks soldier!

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Hi @sweetsssj, kah tari keuh aju2 bak ku kaloen, jadi pajan kajak keunoe ?

sorry i don't understand, maybe translate to English?

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Hana that jan ku translate, kriet that kah nong

What a beautiful place, thanks for sharing :)

Hi @sweetsssj :)
It looks like you look very happy...
You look more beautiful...
I always liked your photos and your journey...

I have 2 question, if you are willing to answer it, I feel very grateful ;)
My question is :

  1. What is your real name...?
  2. Will you go to Indonesia this year..?

"Greetings from Indonesia >_< "

hi alanmirza, i must say the place is so beautiful that it is really difficult to not be happy there! All people who have visited must agree!

Some people already know my real name, if you want to know you can message me on Steemit chat and i'll happily tell you.

Indonesia has always been on my list, I will get round to visiting it soon, hopefully this coming year :)

It's my pleasure

Thank you so much ;)

Yes* item how much whats up

just awesome views

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All of your photos really attract me to travel to Turkey.
I belove Turkey is the best place with great history. We can visit museum and many beautiful places there. You must be so very happy staying there... I plan to go there one day. Oh ya...You are so sexy and beautiful ...i say it as a

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nice views....

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Pammukale is beautiful!

Loved the views and info.

Thanks again for sharing.

Hey girl.... I have a suggestion for you....do plan a trip to India sometime....your itenery could be like this

Land in Delhi
Visit Jaipur jodhpur for a view of the Royal deserts
Visit Himachal Pradesh for enjoying the mountains
Then move South words and go to Goa and soak yourself in Sea water
Enjoy the landscape of kerela and finally fly back from Mumbai after partying all night

thank you for that, it seems like you have quite the itinerary planned, I will have to look at those places!

upvoted and resteem your post.im a newbie here sweetssj..i have no followers .except 1 for now..kindly give me a chance to follow me back also..and like my post.https://steemit.com/poetry/@dontryme2/real-hero-is-not-an-easy-task-poem-story

https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@dontryme2/dontryme-you-gonna-love-me

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Looks like a nice place for travelling and beach looks super cool . You look awesome thanks for sharing with us👍. Upvoted , resteemed and followed you dear

Thanks my dear, actually this wasn't a beach, in-fact it's quite a ways in-land. The water comes from a reservoir deep in the mountains. Thanks for the support!

  ·  7 years ago Reveal Comment

@sweetsssj i see someone on this site, has been using your photographs, and some info, the details are here. https://steemit.com/travel/@alex12/travel-with-me-11-visiting-the-white-travertine-terraces-of-pamukkale

as sweet as honey :) <3 i dont know you will see my comment or not :* but i made this for you :')

that looks pretty striking, pretty cool!

do you like it ?? :)

thankgod u saw my comment hehehe its 250+ comments i feared u wont see my hardwork

Excellent!

nice u look so pretty like always and its really a great trip of u and also thax for share with us @sweetsssj

thank you marygrac, so sweet of you :)

hello my sweetsssj vollow my dong

excelente post sigueme

Excellent post. My brother @doctorcrypto and I visited Pamukkale and you captured it beautifully.

Thank you! I'm really happy you could see it for yourself, isn't it an amazing sight??

Nice, i like it the your post, thanks

thank you ahlawat! :)

Your tour photos really amazing @sweetsssj, make me always waiting to see many photos on your blog, thank you for sharing

thank you amri, i'm so glad you like photos, because I like posting them!

Definitely @sweetsssj, because of its incredible natural landscape from your photos, I will always look forward to your next post, thanks

thank you amri, I look forward to your comment in the next post also :)

Beautiful! As always.

thanks ebargains! :)

Lovely as always!

thank you blazar 😊

May I know that do it need entrance fee to visit the place? or it is open to public?

meep

Sure, the entrance fee is 35 Turkish Lira, but if you buy a tourist pass, it'll include entry to most of Turkey's main touristy spots. That works out at around 80ish lira?

I see, than that's pretty fair I think! You can stay a whole afternoon on it XD

Excellent post dear friend @sweetsssj congratulations. Never stop surprising us with the places that you choose and the wonderful photographs that you share, you will seine pleasure when visiting your blog.
I feel very happy to have accompanied on this wonderful trip.
Thank you very much for these wonderful gifts
I wish you a beautiful day.

thank you jlufer, it's my pleasure, and i'm particularly pleased to see that you found the post and had some time to look through it!

Hey hey I haven't been spending a lot of time in here and I guess I have been missing a lot of Your amazing trips. Once again I have missed Your awesome pictures. Always super beautiful.

aww, I hope you don't get bored of coming on Steemit, you have some really interesting stuff! I just followed :)

awwww that is so nice of You. No I wont get bored. sometimes I am just too busy and have no content to share with you guys :( Unfortunately have too keep a full time job to pay my bills... so what I do online get a little bit neglected :( But thank You for the nice words. :D

棉花堡真的很漂亮 一生人一定要去一次

是的,非常推荐啊,完全不一样的世界呢:)

一定要去一次 多謝您的推薦
您有空也來看看我呀!!!
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Great post ..looking gorgeous....upvoted and resteemed..

thank you piyushkansal, appreciate it very much 😊

Waao i don't know that the cotton candy castle is really exist but now i know it is real,thanks to you😘, you are looking very beautiful in this post dear and i wish you more adventure and success in your life,keep it up buddy @sweetsssj

😊 thanks dear, you give me a smile each day !

Welcome buddy and you give smiles to many peoples by posting such a beautiful posts. :)

nice trip..you looking so cute...like it...