Go back to Turkey.
Go back to Geyikbayiri.
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0070-300x225.jpg)
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
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0020-727x1024.jpg)
Hilly Kas [Cash] (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3301-1024x768.jpg)
Port activity in Kas as seen from way the hell up in them hills (August 2020).
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Shirley petting a tiger our hotel. Check out the DWS opportunities in the background (August 2020).
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What up tiger?!
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0053-2-1024x681.jpg)
Charming but touristy Kas. Can’t imagine how it would’ve been without the cholera epidemic to thin out the tourists (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0055-1024x681.jpg)
Look at the tiger (August 2020).
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He seemed very perturbed (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0065-2-754x1024.jpg)
Looking for the Dragoman office to do a pre-trip check-in (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0046-2-1024x681.jpg)
Sunset over Kas (August 2020).
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The cat is sitting in a pot that’s hanging 3 stories above a street in Kas (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0038-1024x768.jpg)
Ready to go kayaking the next morning (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0042-1024x768.jpg)
Marina in the village of Kaleucagiz (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0044-1024x768.jpg)
Getting ready to set off on our two day kayak trip (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0048-1024x768.jpg)
Kaleucagiz from the kayak (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0049-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley finding her sea legs (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0061-1024x768.jpg)
After a 30 minute crossing of the bay we arrive at Kekova Island famous for its sunken ruins (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0070-1024x768.jpg)
Checking out the remnants of a house that had slid into the bay (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0092-1024x768.jpg)
Let’s go swimming (August 2020).
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This was the most crowded of the swimming holes we’d encounter on the trip – even that was not too bad (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0106-1024x768.jpg)
Ruins of a monastery on Kekova Island (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0127-1024x768.jpg)
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).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3266-1024x768.jpg)
Yoruk Ramazan – a lone settlement with a lunch place (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3273-1024x768.jpg)
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).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3274-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley admiring a Lycian sarcophagus (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3276-1024x768.jpg)
With the likeness of a cow on it (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0154-1024x768.jpg)
Snorkeling Shirley and Lycian ruins (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0149-1024x768.jpg)
Looking for some more (sunken) Lycian ruins (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0165-1024x768.jpg)
Another sarcophagus (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3278-1024x768.jpg)
Lycian sarcophagi (dated to a couple hundred years BC; August 2020).
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The sweet and chocolatey-tasting fruits of the Carob Tree. Just bite into it and chew (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0191-1024x768.jpg)
Back on the water and heading for our overnight spot (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0219-1024x768.jpg)
Cool, natural marina by Simena Kalesi, our destination for the evening (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0224-1024x768.jpg)
Is that another sarcophagus (August 2020)?
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3289-1024x768.jpg)
Views of the natural marina from our pension hotel in Simena Kalesi (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3291-1024x768.jpg)
Roughing it (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3285-1024x768.jpg)
The place we spent the night was not exactly primitive camping (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3294-1024x768.jpg)
Simena Kalesi (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0236-1024x768.jpg)
Setting off on the morning of day 2 (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0243-1024x768.jpg)
Views of the castle in Simena Kalesi (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0252-1024x768.jpg)
A sarcophagus up on the hill (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0264-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0294-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0305-1024x768.jpg)
And Shirley (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0385-768x1024.jpg)
Another swimming break (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0387-1024x768.jpg)
Swimming bay (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0410-1024x768.jpg)
Checking out a cave (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0415-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley in the cave (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0421-1024x768.jpg)
Sizable – the cave that is, not Shirley (August 2020).
![Kas](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSCN0511-1024x768.jpg)
After yet another swimming break (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0114-2-681x1024.jpg)
Trying out some prickly figs (a cactus fruit) at Patara Beach the next day (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0115-1024x681.jpg)
Prickly Pear a.k.a. Barbary Fig (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0081-1024x681.jpg)
The theatre in Ancient Patara (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0083-1024x681.jpg)
Patara (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0087-1024x681.jpg)
It was in the mid 40s that day (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0092-1024x681.jpg)
Patara (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0093-681x1024.jpg)
Patara (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0094-681x1024.jpg)
Checking out the theatre (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0097-1024x681.jpg)
Patara (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0101-1024x681.jpg)
Shirley on the colonnaded street in Ancient Patara (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0102-1024x681.jpg)
Patara (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0104-1024x681.jpg)
Patara (August 2020).
![Patara](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DSC_0109-1024x681.jpg)
Patara (August 2020).
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Giving the rental a bit of a touch up before retuning it back in Antalya (August 2020).