You're not van size i'm afraid!
It's very high!
I can see you!
We've just gone in the exit!
It's very impressive!
but it is pretty low!
I didn't expect it to be this big!
We are really are on top of the world here!
We're Marianne and Chris and we've been travelling full-time since May 2018.
Whilst attempting to drive around the World in Trudy our home on wheels this happened.
The coronavirus is the biggest threat this country has faced for decades!
As borders closed around us we decided to wait it out in Turkey
until we were able to continue our adventure East.
What 400 videos!
I can't believe I have made 400 videos!
Thank you to everyone for all your comments and motivation
which keeps us going and creating new content!
If you haven't checked out our old videos,
go check out the series on Central America it is amazing!
Thanks again, back to the show!
There's a cable car here in Antalya which is literally about five miles away I think,
so we're going to go and check that out,
because the sky is still blue it's a beautiful day here in Antalya.
Thank you
There you go you can see the cable cars above us and they are running.
There's a big car park just by the cable car and it's 15 TL to park.
Right we've parked up,
it's a good route it goes all the way up to the top of the mountain there.
So that should give us a nice view of Antalya.
You're massive!
Look at the size of you! You come up to my waist, you're not van size i'm afraid!
Okay ticket time.
So the ticket price is 20 TL per person and at the moment it's open 10 till 6.30
Okay, so we've jumped into the little cable car here,
they just actually gave it a spray!
When we came in, that's it the doors are closed,
we're going ....
So the beach we stayed on last night is just over there,
and this is the main D400 road,
that goes along the south of Turkey.
That's where we're heading ...
that way along the coast is where we came from,
that heads back towards Kas,
and you can see little Trudy park down there!
Oh it's quite high now!
We've got a good aerial view over Antalya.
How's the fear of heights Marianne?
Oh it's vibrating a bit!
you alright love?
Baby? It is very high!
It's pretty high!
I don't know why, sometimes i talk myself into falling!
And i feel like i'm talking myself into falling...
It is alright we are nearly at the top!
We can take a breather before we go back down.
And then on the way back down it's easier.
There is a pathway, I have seen a pathway!
There is no pathway down there!
okay it's actually a little bit higher than it looks from the bottom.
Oh there is this snow on the mountain!
That's it we're at the top!
So this is the view away from the city.
Look at that view!
We really are on top of the world here.
Snow-capped mountains
and then right at the top you've got this little restaurant bar area.
There's a restaurant up there, but they're closed at the moment due to covid
And then, o.h there's a nice view over the city down here.
It's a lovely little trip up for an aerial view over the city
and beyond and you can see so far!
Manavgat beach where we're heading after Antalya is down this coast this is heading down
towards the East of Turkey that's the direction that we'll be heading in next week.
It just shows you how big a city Antalya is!
So as you come into the park at the top here there's a couple of guys
you can have a photograph taken with a parrot, an Amazonian parrot in the Turkish mountains?
To be honest personally i don't understand why you would want a photograph with a parrot,
on top of a mountain! And we tend not to to support sort of these animal tourism.
So don't have a photo with a parrot!
All right, we're back to Trudy it definitely is higher up there than it looks from the bottom.
Hell yeah!
So now we're going to jump back into Trudy.
We're going to head to Decathlon,
which is like an outdoor shop.
Because my shoes are a little bit worn out.
These boots they're from Karrimor actually they have lasted an amazing amount of time,
because they have survived the whole trip around Central America,
and the world trip so far,
but you can see they're finally giving up!
And I have glued them and glued them and glued them!
I think it's time that i bought a new pair!
And my trousers ....
I actually stood up the other day and Marianne said 'i could see your underpants!'
Because they've just worn out!
We don't have a lot of clothes in the van, so we only replace them when they reach the end of their days!
And i think it's official ...... that my butt
Oh i can see you!!
Now look what she did!
I think we need a new pair
Okay decathlon here we come!
Just come into this car park, it's a little bit tight!
There must be a bigger car park somewhere?
Okay the car park was too small, so we're going to go and try and find another one!
Let's go around a little bit more.
Is this a bigger car park? At the end maybe? Behind the store....
Next to another motorhome!
Chuck it in there!
Perfect!
The good thing about cities is you've got retail heaven!
And we've just found a really big shopping centre with a Decathlon!
And everything!
So this is great! Watson's!
Shopping ! Decathlon! Okay calm down Marianne! Calm down!
There you go £39 and I got myself some new hiking boots!
Nice!
It's Monday morning!
We had a wonderful weekend,
just catching up with our usual Tread the Globe bits on the beach here in Antalya,
and this morning we're heading up to the Duden waterfalls,
there are some lovely looking waterfalls here in Antalya,
that we want to go and check out before we leave.
Okay we just arrived, here's the car park.
We just gone in the exit, how did that even happen?
Is there a machine or what?
Oh there an office there, is it in there? That's the back of the cash point!
The guy is offering us to get us on a camel ride!
is there somebody there?
No it's closed and the gate is open, so it's free!
That was a little bit confusing,
Okay - i saw the thing there and i came in there's because there's two exits, so you came in there,
I didn't see the arrows, no me neither.
Okay, let's go and have a look around the falls.
I can't see you!
So including the parking it was 25 TL to get in? Yes.
Amazing right let's go and have a little look!
It's funny on the drive here, it's actually very flat,
When you are going to a waterfall you expect to see some kind of hill or some kind of drop.
And we just followed the sat nav and it took us to this car park next to this little park,
and it's a little bit of an oasis just on the outskirts of the city.
We've driven probably about 20 minutes from Antalya city,
and we've arrived in the park here.
So there are two waterfalls in Antalya,
this is the first one that we're coming to today which is the upper waterfalls,
about half an hour's drive north of Antalya.
I seem to have found myself on a little island!
The water behind is actually split, one going over there and one going there.
And you can see, it comes down over these pebbles, over stepping stones! I'm going to get wet feet!
Wow listen to the power of the water!
We're going to go down and have a look from the other side now.
It's hard to hear with the sound of the water, but there are so many birds here.
I suppose water always brings life!
And they put all these bird boxes up.
All different colours, dotted around in all the different trees.
So the birds have got a nice nesting place.
And it's springtime now, so they're all busy with a bit of action!
We're just trying to figure out whether you can get to the bottom and cross,
or whether you have to go the other side up and over?
So we're just coming down these steps and i'm pretty sure there's a bridge to the other side.
Oh yeah! There is.
Look at the force of that water!
This is where the two rivers have met now,
and it's a combined force!
Look at the roots on that tree, that's amazing, in the rock!
It's really cool down here, it's quite refreshing.
We could hear a squeaking and then we saw the evidence of guano!
That's bat poo!
And then we saw a sign that says bats.
We're not going to go in, but you can hear them i think? Wow!
So we've come down to the bottom now and you can see the two rivers,
coming down and creating waterfalls.
It's really impressive, i didn't expect it to be this big!
It sounds like there's about 20 jumbo jets right over my head!
And because it is right next to this big cave area, it's resonating and echoing!
So we've just spotted there's a walkway, you can see the barriers that go all the way along.
So i'm pretty sure you could go and walk behind the waterfall,
let's go!
What ?!
It's a bit noisy!
So we're just coming through this cave, oh mind your head.
And wow! You've got to duck down here,
the waterfalls down there,
this is cool!
They've got this little cave tunnel,
that sort of winds behind the waterfall and gives you little views over the waterfall!
But it is pretty low!
And if you're six foot three like me, you have to duck! Look it is getting higher now!
It's fine for me!
This will help me back!
Okay so we're coming through,
i am going to take my shoes off because it is so wet,
and the ceiling is dripping, so I've left the the big camera.
But wow!
You can come literally behind the waterfall!
And get very wet in the process!
It may only be April,
It must be 30 degrees today! it's hot in Trudy today!
The waterfalls were absolutely amazing, I would definitely recommend visiting,
I really enjoyed that, didn't you?
It was lovely, it's very cool and very cool.
So now we're going to head to the other waterfalls, which are a little bit unique!
So we're there, about another half an hour drive back into the city.
So we've arrived now to the second waterfalls,
the second Duden waterfall here in the city on the coast.
It's funny, i've just seen a plane flying over!
And although we're very close to Antalya airport,
we haven't really seen any planes for such a long time have we? No!
So maybe the flights have started again?
The sea is just over the edge here we're gonna go and have a look and find these waterfalls.
I have a feeling that those buoys that are hanging on ropes,
are if anybody were to fall in they could actually grab them and pull themselves out.
And this i assume is to collect some rubbish.
There's a bit of plastic there.
So this is 10 miles roughly from the last waterfalls,
and that is the river which then comes this side,
so here you go and this is the top of the lower Duden waterfall,
and it's funny from this angle you can't actually see any waterfall you can just hear the noise.
It just looks like a calm pool.
It just blends into the sea here.
So we're going to walk around now and see if we can get a view back over the falls.
Having seen those buoys to pull themselves out i'm not surprised,
I think if you were to go over the edge here, it would end very badly!
So this is the lower Duden waterfalls that you can see behind us,
and what makes this unusual,
is that you can see it coming into the sea.
Personally i've never seen a waterfall of any size,
especially this size going straight into the ocean.
It's very impressive and looking at all the lights in the cliffs,
I think if you come down here in the evening or at night time.
It's going to look pretty spectacular, all illuminated definitely worth a visit.