And More of Bodrum: The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

I have such bad luck with my internet so I have had to split up the picture downloading. 
Sorry Guys! I did not want to do that, but I had to. thank the lack of Internet Fairies here. 

The View of the Castle with a close up from the Antique Theater

See above the Evergreen Needles there is a blackened space in the Rock? Looks like a cave-ish thing to me and I want to go!!

This is the Wall Gate I wanted to go to but we were having a hard time trying to find it... When going to places like this you have to have a guide because people are bad with direction giving here and you can not find anything. That is why I encourage My Family to come and have me be their guide because we can help better and the lack of directions is a huge pet-peeve of mine.

We saw these all over Bodrum and I found that they are Cisterns. Turkey has hundreds of them! This one is at least 2,000 years old (Built by Romans or Earlier!)

So this is a huge Olive Tree and I just can not imagine how old it is but It was Magnificent. Casually Sitting in a Front Yard.

All homes in Bodrum as supposed to be white washed. This is an old old home and wall. I had to snap a photo of it

We had to walk and walk to find the Myndos Gate, and ended up giving up so we walked down this street, looking for the Mausoleum: Thank You Dear Jesus we Found it or The Long Rock would have been pissed! HAHAHA

One of the roads we saw while looking for the Mausoleum. Very Quaint

 

I loved this home and LongRock saw it first and said... You will love this! Come here! He was right!

We went down the wrong street but look at the lovely picture we got out of it!

At Last... The Mausoleum! When Alexander the Great Conquered Halicarnassus, The Mausoleum was not effected. It was already on the Wonders of the World list. He thought it was so great he did not want to disturb it

These were along the top: The Great Battles Mausolos fought and won.

A small scale model of what the Archeologists believe it looked like, with underground canal system

Part of the Great Mausoleum

There were several mosaics and frescoes that were taken and are now in the London Gallery National Art. When the Turkish Government, in efforts to bring their Historical Articles back to Turkey, asked England's Government to send them back to Turkey where the Bodrum skies are blue year round, The Queen responded with a letter that said she had ordered the Ceiling to be painted Blue where they remain.

A Column.. St Peter's Castle, the Bodrum Castle is made with the Mausoleum. When Log Rock and I read this we thought... Dang, no wonder that castle is so huge! 

Upon rediscovering the Ruins of the Mausoleum, the Government bought the land around it where the families were living. It is in a regular neighborhood. 

Underground canal system

On the way walking back to the hotel we went in just  regular neighborhood and we found a fence that it looked like people were digging near homes. I had to look. This is what they are digging up... Freaking Awesome! I can not wait to hear what they find here. We want to live in Bodrum. It is really magical

Cooling off after a long walk all over Bodrum looking for sites: Just for me. He is such a great guy! And so dang handsome! (Back off Ladies.. This guy is mine!)