I was glad we weren't staying any longer in the cave hotel as it was freaking me out with all the weird ornaments and dampness. So after a hearty buffet breakfast, where a cat stole my boiled egg while I wasn't looking (and I'd carefully peeled the shell off too!), we packed and left. The cave hotel is run by 3 brothers and they are not so keen on managing it, so when we left no one was at reception so we just walked out, and told the breakfast dude we were leaving.
We waited at the bus stop for our bus to Antalya and when it came we were so surprised by how pimped out it was. Both Ryan and I had never been on such a nice bus. It was a Mercedes and each seat had it's own personal TV screen/tablet so you could play games, watch movies, listen to music or plug in your own things to watch. There was also a bus host who poured us coffee or tea every few hours.
We thought the bus was a direct bus, but turns out in Turkey that just means you don't need to change buses. Because in the 9 hours it took to get to Antalya, there were at least 2.5-3 hours worth of random stops to drop people off, pick people up, and breaks for the driver.
Nevertheless because of the nice bus, the journey was pretty enjoyable and the scenery along the way was amazing. We saw some grand snow capped mountains and even experienced a mini downpour of hail during one of the stops.
When we finally got to Antalya (around 8.30) we hopped on another bus to Kemer which took around 1-1.5 hours as it was a local minibus so stopped many times.
When we got to Kemer we were surprised by how developed it was. There were neon lights everywhere, restaurants with prices clearly meant for tourists and loads of shops selling fake designer merchandise targeted at European tourists. Kemer wasn't for us so we decided to only stay one night.
After we found a hotel, we got a late dinner then went back to the hotel and went straight to sleep.
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