On a return from Dalaman airport last week, I decided to go over the top rather than through the Gocek tunnel. Two reasons for doing this, one to check, tight wad that I am, that I am still getting some value from going through the tunnel and secondly to see if it is still as hairy on the over the top route.I last went over many years ago before they opened the tunnel. What I couldn't see I can still guess at, big drops still and no crash barriers, and looney tune drivers still coming over the top at speed ..... so my answer is YES still as scary as before!!
I calculated that the over the top route was 5-6 minutes extra (I was taking it easy see second point above!) and 4km longer in distance. So given that it is up a steep hill for half the distance, and the car is a diesel then I calculate, if I ignore the extra time, that I SAVED 2TL
by going over the top, and if I was to do this both ways, I would save 4TL in total, which is worth the journey over the top, or so I thought.......
However, I told my daughter of my plans to no longer use the tunnel, to be informed that when I pick her up tonight that there is no way I'm taking her over the mountain route, and that if I need the 70p savings so bad, she'll pay it, and further her mother agrees!! Looks like I've been shamed again for being a tight wad :
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