Ankara - Part 2

Tower and shopping mall. The tower is approx 45 stories tall.

Intersection - looking down from the tower.

View of the city from the tower.

Inside the revolving restaurant tower. Waiting for our $8.50 beers.

Off to dinner at a nice restaurant. I tried some pretty strange, but good food here.

To finish off the meal, I had some Turk Kahve or Turkish Coffee. It is served in a small coffee cup. It is very strong, but also good. Many people don't drink the stuff at the bottom because it is like drinking coffee grounds. Well, I thought I could drink more before I made it to the grounds, but I was mistaken. Needless to say, I don't recommending finishing your Turk Kahve. There was no more than 2 cm left in the cup and to prove how thick it was, we were able to make a toothpick stand upright.

Swan Park. Check out the brickwork on the grounds.

A swan in Swan Park.

Back on the road, we stopped to check out this incredible Tuz Golu or Salt Lake. Check out this image from Google Earth. Adana is at the bottom right and Ankara is at the top left of the pic. 1/4 of the way from Ankara to Adana is this huge salt lake that you can't miss.

I've never seen a salt lake before, so I was very excited. It was surreal. The water was as calm as you've ever seen. The salt along the shore looked like ice. And the salt was actually salt; and quite tasty I might add.



The people standing in water looked like they're walking on the water.

End of trip!