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Selma, the lady of the house and the best driver in Turkey dropped us off half way to Myra. At first there was a misunderstanding and she nearly dropped us of at the base of a mountain with a very steep zigzag up but then took us to a road crossing offering us a flatContinue reading “day 15. Christmas came early”

We have made the conscious decision not to trek the huge mountain that is in our way heading east. The itinerary was to climb half way up on day one and then get picked up and returned to our new base on the other side of the mountain. Day 2 get dropped off where weContinue reading “Day 14. The ocean is definitely smoother than the land”

We were able to organise a relatively early breakfast and then we were off with packed lunch and plenty of iced tea in out water bottles. Really it’s not much more than sugary cordial but we have found it makes a nice change from just water. Here you can get a range of flavours includingContinue reading “Day 13. Finally some sand”

We stays at a guesthouse that seemed to be in the middle of nowhere and I’m not sure what it’s attraction was – why people stay there. It did have the best pool to date and we were given a bungalow complete with four poster bed and mozzie curtains which were easy to get tangledContinue reading “Day 12. We are getting better at catching boats”

We took the easy way out of Kas on a boat to Limanagzi. It only saved a few kms of walking but we were grateful when we saw the trail from the boat. It follows the cliff and in some parts at almost water level there is just a narrow ledge and a rope toContinue reading “Days 11 Rock scrambling and beach swimming”

The trail out of Saribelen was described as long and difficult with a long scramble or slide down a cliff face to Kas. Oliver our host actually warned us not to walk it and instead go in the car with the luggage. After he had driven down to Kalkan to pick up luggage from aContinue reading “Days 9&10. Kas”

We looked at that mountain behind Kalkan and after inspecting the guide realised that we had to walk up over the mountain after an unpleasant stretch along a busy highway. We knew we didn’t have it in us and asked our host about buses. There was a bus going to Bezirgan which would get usContinue reading “Days 7&8. Buses and well well well”

We left Uzumlu and the delightful family after an early breakfast. This time a boiled egg rather than omelette. All the jams, fruit and vegetables from the garden and goats cheese from a friend. Metin (father) and mother waved us goodbye but Nevern (son) was still asleep, so the farewell was all in Turkish. ForContinue reading “Day 6 construction in the way of progress”