In the morning there was still a bit of time to wander through the bazaar and shopping area where we saw our first golden soother, and the spankiest men’s fashions ever! I’m guessing the suits were wedding attire, but I’ve never ever seen ties like the ones I saw there! 

We stopped at a tiny shop for our first “tost” (delicious grilled cheese sandwich) and tea, wandered around some more, packed up, and hopped on the very crowded dolmus to the bus station. Turns out the 11:00 bus was full, so we were stuck at the station for 2 hours before beginning our 7 hour bus ride to Denizli. Thankfully we had books :-)

We stopped for a 30  minute break about 30 minutes outside of our terminus, Denizli (who makes these schedules?) but fortunately made our connecting dolmus to Pamukkale with 10 minutes to spare.

Our accommodations in Pamukkale were at the Melrose House hotel. Our room was great – air con, fridge, deluxe decoration, and a ROUND bed! Ha ha ha!! We arrived late, about 8:30 pm, dropped our bags, and headed into “town”. There’s not really much of a town, maybe 3 streets, but the first thing we did was check the bus schedule to get out. We weren’t about to make the same mistake as we did in Konya! 

We soon found ourselves at the base of the famous travertines (calcified rock formations) where we found a pretty little garden restaurant with live music, cold beer, and peanuts. A very enjoyable way to end the evening, to be sure.