2009年7月24日 星期五

星月紅白藍之旅 Day 11 RODOS-MARMARIS-DENIZLI-PAMUKKALE-CAPPADOCIA

一早到了RODOS 的碼頭(去土耳其的MARMARIS),在那裡比了12 歐PORT TAX,坐了一小時左右的JET BOAT,我們到了MARMARIS,只有TAXI,坐了10分鐘去OTOGAR,要7歐,之後在MARMARIS的OTOGAR 買了兩組車票,首先是到DENIZLI 的,坐PAMUKKALE,去到再坐DOLMINUS (約15 分鐘) 去 PAMUKKALE。另外,我們買了由DENIZLI 去GOREME的METRO車票。

因此,今天的我們又是交通日。
MARMARIS 比 KUSADASI 舒服,而DENIZLI 是一個大城市,不過「好像」有騙子的樣子,因為我們覺得怪怪的,因為在DENIZLI下了車,我們被人CALL 上另一部車,他們很急很急的樣子,但是我們問了無數次是要去住DOLMINUS,不是他們那麼緊張和急的樣子,沒看清是不是DOLMINUS,不過,疑點是他說自己是PAMUKKALE的METRO 員工,但是,精明的我們見不到他們的証件和制服,哪知他會帶我們到那裡去﹖甚至要錢﹖所以我們婉拒了他們,他們就覺得我們很蠢的樣子。其實,都知道在那裡坐DOLMINUS(在同一個OTOGAR),而我們要放下大行李呢,一定不會跟他走呢。
去到UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE 的 PAMUKKALE,發現很白很亮呀...有極豐富的LIMESTONE的CALCIUM。

UNESCO Brief Description

Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified waterfalls and a series of terraced basins. At the end of the 2nd century B.C. the dynasty of the Attalids, the kings of Pergamon, established the thermal spa of HierapolisThe ruins of the bathstemples and other Greek monuments can be seen at the site. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/485
TURKEY TOURISM
Pamukkale travertine is a type of limestone deposited at the mouth of the spring. Thermal sources on an important fault line of western Anatolia in Pamukkale are warmed up by subterranean heat and come out at 33-36 C. The water contains calcium hydro carbonate. Tectonic movements triggered frequent earthquakes in this area and gave rise to the emergence of a number of very hot springs. The water from these springs created Pamukkale with its large mineral content. When the hot water is in touch with the carbon dioxide, it starts to lose its warmth and also the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide are released in to the air. As a result the calcium carbonate is precipitated. So the water forms magnificent viewed travertine.

There is a high amount of calcium and carbon dioxide in the combination of the water. The chemical reaction from the start to the end is:

Ca (HCO3)2 >> CaCO3 + CO2 + H2O

Water channels carry water which comes out of the ground arrives to the terraces. But before water channels were built, water used to reach travertine by natural channels formed by running warm water. Because of the calcium in water, objects such as branch of a tree or a stone piece left in the flowing water are whitened in a short time.

According to the theocratic researches, flowing water can whiten approximately 4.9 km2 with 1 mm deposit. Running of the water in the same area for 14000 years, causes moss in travertine and spoil the whiteness.
HEALING WATERS!!!! THE LEGEND!
There was a young girl who was unmarried and ugly. As no one wanted to marry her, she decided to commit suicide and she threw herself off the travertine and fell into a natural pool but did not die. Because of the water in the natural pool she turned into a very beautiful girl and caught the attraction of the lord of Denizli while he was passing by. At that moment, the lord fell in love with this young and beautiful girl and they soon got married.

So, in addition to the curing effects of the water, people also believe in the beautifying power of the water. As the water is useful, this land has been a place where people visit periodically for beauty and health since the ancient times. So the reason for Pamukkale to be an attractive place is not only the natural travertine, but also the healing waters.

The mineral water of Pamukkale helps recovering the high blood pressure, kidney stones, stroke, rheumatism, nervous and physical exhaustion, eye and skin diseases, circulatory problems, digestive maladies, nutritional disorders and chronic disorders. Pamukkale became a spa resort today and the center of a pagan cult in antiquity.
THE SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF PAMUKKALE WATERS
Cat ions:Sodium: 23, 3 mg
Iron: 0,036 mg
Aluminum: 2, 34 mg
Magnesium: 91, 1 mg
Calcium: 363, 5 mg
Potassium: 13, 5 mg

Anions:
Hydro phosphate: 1, 08 mg
Hydro carbonate: 1045, 3 mg
Nitrate: -
Sulphate: 675, 5 mg
Chloride: 53 mg
去完一定會開開心心的,至少你會做了一次FOOT MASSAGE。(無一倖免)


可以游水,細路,你真係識嘆。我無帶泳衣呀。


不准穿鞋子,所以我把我的球鞋放在一個我以為極隱密的角落,結果是...
行到山頂,要走返山下取它們呢。又一次腳底按摩,痛定思痛。
LIMESTONE的不同「型態」


行完了棉花堡,在山上面有羅馬的古泳池,水極好。


仲有羅馬古城HIERAPOLIS 很美,我很喜歡,門票已包在PAMMUKALE : 20 YLT (100 蚊)。


RUINS 廢墟


玩到太夜,四野無人,漆黑一片,我們兩個女子...無路走,不過,有好心人,就是土耳其爸爸和他一家,駕車送我們下山,至少有八分鐘車程,天哪,都是感恩。




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