Today was a day of driving, from our stop-off at Acipayam to Kaş.
We stopped off at a service station at Çavidir which had a rather good restaurant (Koca Yusuf) — Turkish, but American enough to make us feel comfortable, While we were there, the heavens cut loose with an intense hailstorm, with thunder and lightning accompaniment. No, no photos — the camera was in the van, and we weren't going out to get it, no-how! After the storm, we went over to the front of the site, where there was a watering point much like all the ones we see throughout Turkey. Suzie went out to fill a large bottle there with fresh drinking water.
We drove past varying scenery — rocky mountainsides, one point where we overlooked this incredible valley. At every possible point on the way, someone had set up a little wood-fired stove and was offering çay — tea — at the side of the road. The Turks cannot get through a day without numerous glasses of çay!
And then we hit the Mediterranean coast again. Wow! We've driven the Aegean in Croatia, but the Turkish Mediterranean is just as good! As we came into Kaş we noticed a tourist beach, set up with banana lounges and beach umbrellas. This is the way to live.
We came into Kaş, went round to the campsite to find that it was fully booked out for the next two days — to a yoga group of all things! — so we drove about 200 metres down the road, where we found a good spot overlooking the islands, just below the ancient theatre of Antiphellos (dating back to the first quarter of the 1st century BC). This spot rivals our favourite one in Villefranche-sur-Mer — the view was magnificent, and the sea breezes kept the van comfortable, and only a 10-minute walk into town.
Warren went down into the village and found a place — Bougainville Turizm — where he was able to book us onto an islands cruise for tomorrow.
And so to bed.
Distance driven — today, 141 miles ( 227 km ); to date, 21,164 miles ( 34,061 km )
Poppy tour was wonderful and the wiki info very interesting. Stuff the damned UK. It causes so many problems for everyone with its parochial view of this world. David and I would find Turkey's coy habits very comforting so long as no opioids were included. So we'd go from coy spot to coy spot and wave at all but one set of ruins and one church per region as we passed them by It was good to see a shot of the two of you somewhere. Gertie looks happy sitting by the sea again. Love the little village things and the tourist spots on the road. It must be nice to be oceanside for you sister Suzie and so long as there's no sand or sea shells, I guess Warren would like it too. Your unofficial campsites intrigue me. You're both brave and foolhardy to camp alone I think, though probably able to get a good night's sleep. Alfie can climb hills slowly too so we never rush him. What make and age is Gertie again? Alfie is pretty old and a third hand Toyota C something (name has fallen off, so his initials are ACT. Well I will leave you dreaming by the Turkish Adriatric at Anatolya??was it, and tip toe away for a day's work. Love Ya, cathy
ReplyDeleteGertie is a 1974 VW Transporter -- and, believe it or not, we've seen older vans on the road!
ReplyDelete