Monsoon in Olympos!

Casey, Jess, and I arrive at the Olympos bus station early in the morning to what seemed like monsoon season. I’ve yet to experience an actual monsoon, but I would imagine it to be quite similar to the rain that was falling at that instance. We were soaked from our 15feet dash from the bus to the shelter of the station. Another bus took us down the mountain top towards the tree house hostels.



Olympos is small. It is pretty much one dirt/gravel road that leads to the beach and in between is a protected Roman ruins area. On one side of the road is the base of mountain and on the other side are various treehouse hostels. There are orange and pomegranate trees planted in rows in these hostels. The road is muddy from the rain and the bus creates deep grooves into the mud, hopefully that draws a clear pictures of what we had to walk through.



We arrived to breakfast at Byron’s, the hostel we’re staying at. The breakfast is probably the best free breakfast I’ve had all year since I started traveling in April. You get a freshly cooked omelet with peppers, onions, etc, unlimited watermelon, and fruit, bread with honey, jam, and butter, unlimited coffee and tea. I was impressed. Furthermore we saw two more familiar faces, Ennes and Matt.