Pamukkale

So the road did lead over the mountain and was definately worth the drive. It goes from Guzelcamli and we came out Atburgazi. There were a lot of tracks heading of in diffrent places so you can probably come out in many places. We turned of the original one that had markers on as im pretty sure now it was marked for the military as I think there is a post at the top. There were two further heavy trucks at 1 & 2 am! Other than that the mountains/hills were deserted and we never actually saw any one apart from 1 famer near the lower reaches on the south side. Its probably only about 5 or 6 miles as the crow flies but obviously a lot more with all the switchbacks. The north side is heavily pine forested but on the south its much more open with magnificent views.

 

Nice view

 Some more photos roughly in order from Istanbul down.

Blue Mosque

Camping in some other woods

Looking out over the Bosphorus

Stork atop some ruins

Bosphorus again - This could be you Alex

Ephesus

Long old streets, this place is huge

Latrine

Cherry that looks like a duck

Milli Park looking out onto Greek Islands

Volcano Kettle - Getting quite a bit of use in the woods. My favorite way to make a cuppa

Tortoise

Mountain trails

Lovely flowers i felt bad driving between them.

Pamalukke

Road out of the mountains.