Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Selcuk

After Galipolli we headed south, with a brief overnight stay at Bergama We picked up a ride on a local bus (pictured) and then a longer ride to Selcuk. Delighted to find that accomodation had a lovely pool and, to the girls delight, three gorgeous puppies.














One of the most unexpected things about Turkey was the proffusion of wildlife - from the poppies of Galipolli to the masses of wild flowers along the roadside, wild tortoises and storks nesting on ancient viaducts, ant-lions, beetles and bugs - we were amazed by the variety and abundance.Graeme and the girls were in their element taking photos .






Libby gets close up to photograph a wild tortoise






Big beetle






nesting stork





baby tortoise - we found the big guys too








Katie dropping ants into ant-lion trap




Old aqueduct with building wedged in - see stork nest top left

1 comment:

spiersfamily said...

We have found out about aquaducts at school. In Ancient Civilisations, the Romans used them to transport water to the cities or town.
Love the Spiers Family