Another tour with our guide

We had another sunny day on Thursday and the Heidelberg people (the other US college here) decided to go out on a similar tour to ours.  I called up our local guide again (his name is Alladin).  He brought a slightly bigger bus and we went out with 21 people, including several of the faculty advisors here.  We drove a long ways up the Tahtali foothills into the mountains  (it was too expensive to take the gondola).  There were some spectacular views, but we didn't get very many good pictures.  We saw the roman bridge again and Phasiles.

Goats wandering in front of our bus as we climbed the mountain

View of the mountain from the distance.

Our guide agreed to a price with us, and said 'if you aren't satisfied you don't have to pay'.  He really emphasized that he was honest and that was important for his business.  When I took out the money to pay him, he said he trusted me and I didn't have to count it out.

It was funny when we paid to see the ruins at Phaselis, our guide tried to negotiate a discount for us, but the gate guard wouldn't do it.  He said he would lose his job.  We said that was fine, in the US you pay the marked price and don't haggle.  Must be kind of tense for vendors and shoppers both when Turks shop in the US!

I love the chicken scratching around in front of the market.  They were all over in the smaller towns we drove through.