Go back to Turkey.
Go back to Geyikbayiri.
Kekova Island.
In Kas, for the price of a Motel 6 on Tropicana in Vegas we got a room with a panoramic view of the city and the harbor below. Amazing what a crashing world economy can bring; all fun and games till it catches up to you. The following day we set off on a 2-day kayaking trip which would end up covering some ~30km in the Mediterranean around Kekova Island, famous for its sunken village ruins. It was a cool experience and included an overnighter in the pretty Simena Kalesi village where much raki was consumed with our guide that evening.
Photos
Hilly Kas [Cash] (August 2020).
Views of Kas from the hotel balcony. Click photo for a quick video (August 2020).
Port activity in Kas as seen from way the hell up in them hills (August 2020).
Shirley petting a tiger our hotel. Check out the DWS opportunities in the background (August 2020).
What up tiger?!
Charming but touristy Kas. Can’t imagine how it would’ve been without the cholera epidemic to thin out the tourists (August 2020).
Look at the tiger (August 2020).
He seemed very perturbed (August 2020).
Looking for the Dragoman office to do a pre-trip check-in (August 2020).
Sunset over Kas (August 2020).
The cat is sitting in a pot that’s hanging 3 stories above a street in Kas (August 2020).
Ready to go kayaking the next morning (August 2020).
Marina in the village of Kaleucagiz (August 2020).
Getting ready to set off on our two day kayak trip (August 2020).
Kaleucagiz from the kayak (August 2020).
Shirley finding her sea legs (August 2020).
After a 30 minute crossing of the bay we arrive at Kekova Island famous for its sunken ruins (August 2020).
Checking out the remnants of a house that had slid into the bay (August 2020).
Turkey’s Turquoise Coast. Click photo for a video (August 2020).
Let’s go swimming (August 2020).
This was the most crowded of the swimming holes we’d encounter on the trip – even that was not too bad (August 2020).
Ruins of a monastery on Kekova Island (August 2020).
On the way to lunch. We got quite a headwind on the final few kilometers but the thoughts of food provided the requisite thrust (August 2020).
Yoruk Ramazan – a lone settlement with a lunch place (August 2020).
The Purlpe House along the Lycian Way. After lunch, we hiked some 20 minutes along the famous trail to reach the other side of the isthmus (August 2020).
Shirley admiring a Lycian sarcophagus (August 2020).
With the likeness of a cow on it (August 2020).
Snorkeling Shirley and Lycian ruins (August 2020).
Looking for some more (sunken) Lycian ruins (August 2020).
Another sarcophagus (August 2020).
Lycian sarcophagi (dated to a couple hundred years BC; August 2020).
The sweet and chocolatey-tasting fruits of the Carob Tree. Just bite into it and chew (August 2020).
Back on the water and heading for our overnight spot (August 2020).
Cool, natural marina by Simena Kalesi, our destination for the evening (August 2020).
Is that another sarcophagus (August 2020)?
Views of the natural marina from our pension hotel in Simena Kalesi (August 2020).
Roughing it (August 2020).
The place we spent the night was not exactly primitive camping (August 2020).
Simena Kalesi (August 2020).
Setting off on the morning of day 2 (August 2020).
Views of the castle in Simena Kalesi (August 2020).
A sarcophagus up on the hill (August 2020).
Shirley (August 2020).
Shirley (August 2020).
And Shirley (August 2020).
Another swimming break (August 2020).
Swimming bay (August 2020).
Checking out a cave (August 2020).
Shirley in the cave (August 2020).
Sizable – the cave that is, not Shirley (August 2020).
After yet another swimming break (August 2020).
Trying out some prickly figs (a cactus fruit) at Patara Beach the next day (August 2020).
Prickly Pear a.k.a. Barbary Fig (August 2020).
The theatre in Ancient Patara (August 2020).
Patara (August 2020).
It was in the mid 40s that day (August 2020).
Patara (August 2020).
Patara (August 2020).
Checking out the theatre (August 2020).
Patara (August 2020).
Shirley on the colonnaded street in Ancient Patara (August 2020).
Patara (August 2020).
Patara (August 2020).
Patara (August 2020).
Giving the rental a bit of a touch up before retuning it back in Antalya (August 2020).