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Small amphitheater at Ephesus<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Current resident of Ephesus<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Ruins of Ephesus<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Ongoing excavation work<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Ruins of Ephesus<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Inside the "terrace houses" at Ephesus<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Mosaics inside the terrace houses<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Mosaics in the terrace houses<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Library of Celsus<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\nFrom here, we continued to a rather unexpected attraction; a comprehensive museum of railway steam engines, in the open air near Selcuk. These engines all operated on the Turkish railway system at one point and come from many countries, primarily the UK, USA, and Germany. The museum was almost deserted, and the engines all open for exploration so we spent a good hour or so wandering among them and clambering over them, marveling at how strenuous they must have been to operate. I only hope that as a train “captain” I’d have had somebody to do the coal shoveling for me!<\/p>\n\n\n
At the railway museum<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>A panorama around the turntable<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>At the railway museum<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\nWe rounded the day out with a Turkish shave, a mostly relaxing experience (apart from when they set my ears on fire) that Pat insisted we must try, and then a few hours by the pool reading and working on flight planning. The evening was taken up with dinner in town, and some shopping for drinks and snacks for the next day’s flying. We also bought an enormous quantity of pastries to distribute to all the mechanics at the airport, to thank them for their help the previous day!<\/p>\n\n\n
Out and about in town<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Out and about in town<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
We had a long way to fly this day. Selcuk-Efes is not an international airport, so we first had to clear customs at Dalaman before continuing on to Egypt. We were at the airport some time before the 8am opening time, to prepare the aircraft and take care of formalities such as the flight plan. It was here that Gozen’s next failure revealed itself; they had for some reason sent me a quote saying total charges would be 30 euros, despite the fact that the airport (they showed me the email) had told Gozen it would be 175. We paid the real fees, and resolved that Gozen would not be getting their “coordination” fees for this stop!<\/p>\n\n\n
Ready to go at Selcuk-Efes<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Climbing out from Selcuk-Efes<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>A view over the town and seafront<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Rainbow village on the hillside<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Crossing western Turkey<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>Yet another quarry!<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\nTower kept us waiting for a bit as our flight plan was coordinated and then we were off, climbing out fast given our light weight, and turning on course to follow the VFR air routes down along the coast towards Dalaman. Conditions were perfect, with negligible turbulence and favourable winds. Approaching Dalaman we were asked to hold, making several circuits around mostly-empty looking beachfront resorts, before being cleared for a left base and landing. <\/p>\n\n\n