Ephesus III: the Outtakes

It absolutely cracks me up that the Turkish name

for Ephesus is "Efes," which is also the name of
Turkey's very popular and very good beer;
"popular"--82% of the market, I have read, but
from what I have seen after nearly 2 months in
Turkey, I would have thought it was 98%

Somehow, at Efes, the ancient public works, drains, sewer

lines, water lines, were more visible than in other cities we

have visited; here's a whole pile of drain spare parts, 2000

years old; or so



Alas, an abiding image; at least the feral dogs here are well-

behaved, guardians, in fact, of the public spaces



Another Turkish kitler

Of course everyone who finds the latrine

stages this shot...

Every site has its mini-bazaar; Efes has two; Turkish

merchants, even the ones in the tourist trade, are a good-

natured lot

We were feeling a bit guilty about having skipped St. John's

Basilica and the Virgin Mary's house, so we did stop by the

tomb of St. Luke; it was so identified in the 6th century

because it had a cross on it...

Which afforded also this fine picture of one of the afore-

mentioned mini-bazaars (with a tour bus approaching) and

A view of the biggest and best Priapos yet; marble, no less

Alas, spending the night on the beach at Pamucak would

have been great