Kas – chossclimbers

Kas

Turkey

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Kas — 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 — Hilly Kas [Cash] (August 2020).

Kas — Views of Kas from the hotel balcony. Click photo for a quick video (August 2020).

Kas — Port activity in Kas as seen from way the hell up in them hills (August 2020).

Kas — Shirley petting a tiger our hotel. Check out the DWS opportunities in the background (August 2020).

Kas — What up tiger?!

Kas — Charming but touristy Kas. Can’t imagine how it would’ve been without the cholera epidemic to thin out the tourists (August 2020).

Kas — Look at the tiger (August 2020).

Kas — He seemed very perturbed (August 2020).

Kas — Looking for the Dragoman office to do a pre-trip check-in (August 2020).

Kas — Sunset over Kas (August 2020).

Kas — The cat is sitting in a pot that’s hanging 3 stories above a street in Kas (August 2020).

Kas — Ready to go kayaking the next morning (August 2020).

Kas — Marina in the village of Kaleucagiz (August 2020).

Kas — Getting ready to set off on our two day kayak trip (August 2020).

Kas — Kaleucagiz from the kayak (August 2020).

Kas — Shirley finding her sea legs (August 2020).

Kas — After a 30 minute crossing of the bay we arrive at Kekova Island famous for its sunken ruins (August 2020).

Kas — Checking out the remnants of a house that had slid into the bay (August 2020).

Kas — Turkey’s Turquoise Coast. Click photo for a video (August 2020).

Kas — Let’s go swimming (August 2020).

Kas — This was the most crowded of the swimming holes we’d encounter on the trip – even that was not too bad (August 2020).

Kas — Ruins of a monastery on Kekova Island (August 2020).

Kas — 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 — Yoruk Ramazan – a lone settlement with a lunch place (August 2020).

Kas — 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 — Shirley admiring a Lycian sarcophagus (August 2020).

Kas — With the likeness of a cow on it (August 2020).

Kas — Snorkeling Shirley and Lycian ruins (August 2020).

Kas — Looking for some more (sunken) Lycian ruins (August 2020).

Kas — Another sarcophagus (August 2020).

Kas — Lycian sarcophagi (dated to a couple hundred years BC; August 2020).

Turkey — The sweet and chocolatey-tasting fruits of the Carob Tree. Just bite into it and chew (August 2020).

Kas — Back on the water and heading for our overnight spot (August 2020).

Kas — Cool, natural marina by Simena Kalesi, our destination for the evening (August 2020).

Kas — Is that another sarcophagus (August 2020)?

Kas — Views of the natural marina from our pension hotel in Simena Kalesi (August 2020).

Kas — Roughing it (August 2020).

Kas — The place we spent the night was not exactly primitive camping (August 2020).

Kas — Simena Kalesi (August 2020).

Kas — Setting off on the morning of day 2 (August 2020).

Kas — Views of the castle in Simena Kalesi (August 2020).

Kas — A sarcophagus up on the hill (August 2020).

Kas — Shirley (August 2020).

Kas — Shirley (August 2020).

Kas — And Shirley (August 2020).

Kas — Another swimming break (August 2020).

Kas — Swimming bay (August 2020).

Kas — Checking out a cave (August 2020).

Kas — Shirley in the cave (August 2020).

Kas — Sizable – the cave that is, not Shirley (August 2020).

Kas — After yet another swimming break (August 2020).

Patara — Trying out some prickly figs (a cactus fruit) at Patara Beach the next day (August 2020).

Patara — Prickly Pear a.k.a. Barbary Fig (August 2020).

Patara — The theatre in Ancient Patara (August 2020).

Patara — Patara (August 2020).

Patara — It was in the mid 40s that day (August 2020).

Patara — Patara (August 2020).

Patara — Patara (August 2020).

Patara — Checking out the theatre (August 2020).

Patara — Patara (August 2020).

Patara — Shirley on the colonnaded street in Ancient Patara (August 2020).

Patara — Patara (August 2020).

Patara — Patara (August 2020).

Patara — Patara (August 2020).

Antalya — Giving the rental a bit of a touch up before retuning it back in Antalya (August 2020).

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