Fun Fact # 2

I know what you're thinking...2 Days in a row?!?! How can I be so lucky? Well you can thank the hotel we are staying at for the free wireless access. I realized that you all deserve to your second dose of Turkey Fun Facts.

Mt. Chimaera

For those of you who know your Greek Mythology when youcome to visit us we can take a short trip to one of the places where mythology came to life. If you aren't up on your mythology let me explain. Chimaera was a fire-breathing mythical creature that Homer described in the Iliad as "a thing of immortal make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle, and snorting out the breath of the terrible flame of bright fire".

Across the small bay of Antalya is Mount Chimaera named after the mythical creature. Here is the truly exciting part, as you climb up to the top of the mountain there are natural cracks where flames rise out of the cracks. This is a naturally occurring flame resulting from the burning of the natural gasses below the surface. The creature of myth is said to be living underneath this mountain. In talking to a family member who visited, we found out that if you cover one hole with a rock the flame will rise out of another hole nearby. We hope to make this mountain one of our first destinations, and we hope you will join us.