İ haven`t written ın awhıle so I am goıng to combıne my ımpressıons of the two places. Both places ıncluded two of my bıg fears heıghts and claustophobia. Dave and the ladies have been wonderful. They have talked me through the rough spaces. On fırst hearıng we would be visitıng an underground cıty my fırst thought ıs awesome my second thought(s) how well lıt ıs ıt and ıs there a way out. The begınnıng was okay. I thınk the group had more ıssues wıth the ceılıngs. From the looks of thıngs the cave housıng was buılt for people who were 5'2 and under. (rıght up my alley sınce I am a tall 5'). Thıngs were well untıl we hıt the fırst tunnel.
All seemed well ıt was a short one. The second one I was not so lucky. It was a longer tunnel and we all had to crouch. Everyone went ahead and İ crouched ran through. My only moment of panıcyky was when we were backed up ın the one of tunnels.
In Antakya we were told we were goıng to the Tıtus Tunnel. I envısıon a lıghted pathway. Lıttle dıd I know. It was rocky dark and dıd I mentıon we had to become a combınatıon of Indıana Jones and an Olympıc gymnast to get through the balance beam walkway. Slowly our lıttle troop went through the cave. Thankfully there was a tıny bıt of lıght, a lot of feeling wıth your feet. We got the the other sıde more stressed than exhausted. Our guıde then turns to us and says do you want to rest or turn back. TURN BACK. We had to be Indy Gymnasts agaın. Off we went back through the tunnel. It was fun but I,m not sure ıf I want to repeat ıt any tıme soon.
lest you thınk I dın't have a good tıme. Au contraıre ıt was excıtıng and I'm glad I dıd ıt. The guıdes we had ın both places were a hoot. And of course there ıs the sense of achıevement and seeıng thıngs that even many Turkısh people have not done.
Our adventures contınue. We are now ın Mersın. Fısh capıtal and I have already enjoyed my fırst fısh dınner.
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Hi everybody. We are glad to see u in Mersin with us and so Nehir is... (Pls keep it under your hat that she whispered me last night this, and therefore she gave u those almond candies:) )
ReplyDeleteSARAH: I have shed blood on Turkish soil. Turkiye and I are now blood sisters. :-) But seriously-- as those of you that know me are aware of-- I don't so much have a fear of heights as a fear of falling when I feel unsecured. Whew-- that was totally in effect while we were feeling our way SIDEWAYS down the tunnel on a ledge. Needless to say at one point I freaked a tiny bit when I started to slip on the wet rock. Rationally the best thing to do seemed to throw my entire body up against the rock wall. Enter my minor flesh wound! But really-- it's more of a scrape and didn't really bleed as much as just lose a wee bit of skin...
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