After talking to the owner of the Hotel that we stayed at in Cappadocia, Oruc, who used to be a travel guide throughout Turkey, he convinced us that the best way to see all the good sites in the Anatolia area was to hire a car.  Although all the sites can be gotten to by bus, he said that we would be wasting a lot of time just sitting at Bus Stations waiting.  It was a wise decision as we did get to go and see a lot of different ancient ruins, the only problem is that I think that I'm 'Theatered' out.  At the last count we had seen 9 in 6 days and I know that they will be more in the not to distance future.
We began this sections of the RTW tour in Antalya, the 8th biggest city in Turkey, and self proclaimed capital of the Turkey Riviera.  It has a really interesting 'Old City' with tight, twisty streets and building still standing from a bygone era.  It also has a Starbucks which is quickly becoming a favorite place to visit in the mornings.  Just out of town are 3 excellent examples of Turkish/Ottoman/Greek/Persian/Roman (basically every civilization that passed through) Ruins: Aspendos, Perge and Termossos.  Perge especially has had a lot of its history examined and has a lot of its finds in the local Museum while Aspendos is famous for it Theater which is in immaculate condition and Termossos, my favorite due to its location and unexplored nature, is situated up a long and windy road at the top of a mountain range.  The Necropolis was awesome to walk around amoungst, the sarcophagus were strewn everywhere and when I say that I mean it.  They were everywhere.
Leaving Antayla, we headed South towards Olympos and the Chimera.  The Chimera I hear you ask?  Well it is a place where gas naturally leaks out of the ground and can ignite.  It is also where the flame for the first Olympic Games where lit.  I have heard about this place before but always thought that it was in Greece since that is where the first Games were held so it was a nice surprise to find it here instead.  And it really it quite a sight to see.  Audrey and I timed our arrival so that the sun was setting and this way we got to see the flame in the darker light of dusk, it gave it much more romantic feel.  Before that we explored the ruins of Olympos, situated on a river at its mouth and hemmed in between two mountains, it made the location almost impregnible.  It was a nice ruin as, although overgrown with vegetation, it really gave you a good idea of what it looked like all those years ago.  But like every other place we're seen (and will see) it was defeated by earthquakes.  Every ruin we have come across has been conquered by some-one-another (usually Alexander the Num) but ultimately was left to become a ruin by Natural forces.  She can be horrible sometimes is that Mother.  The other unusual thing we did that day was catch a Gondola to the top of Mount Tahtali, which at 2,365m in altitude still had snow on it, and then 30 minutes later we were standing on the waters edge at the ruins of Phaselis.  That is something that I've never done before.
Following this we headed off towards 2 nights in Kas but on the way we stopped at Kerkova, an unusual ruin as a lot of it is below the waterline, once again, due to an earthquake.  Wont bore you with details here, but we hire a boat and went for a cruise around the area and had a good time.  At Kas we drive around to visit more sites, Patara and Xanthos, and it was starting to become apparent that all the ruins were very similar.  I'm not saying that they were terrible, each one is fantastic in its own right, but after seeing one after another it starts to become, well, boring.
The last place we stayed at on the Lycian Way was Fethiye.  Fethiye is a place that is attracting a lot of British and its easy to see why; its cheap, the climates good and its very pretty to the eye.  It also has ruins but by now I'm completely finished with them ....