The walk today was the eaiest so far in terms of terrain and distance, just a little bit of climbing and stretches of nice clear footpaths softened with pine needles. So of course it was on one of these easy stretches that I tripped and fell. Luckily the only damage is a bruise to my ego and one on my calf. We walked about 9k on the Lycian way and an additional 6.9k to the beach and back to our sweet little family hotel.
The view from our room, up the hillside with grapes underneath our balcony that are perfectly ripe for munching. The room is nice but noisy and for tonight and tomorrow we have a room at the very back overlooking the kitchen garden.
Mustafa (this is the the third Mustafa of the trip), is the owner of st. Nicholas hotel where we are staying and his son has been taking very good care of us. Mustafa drove us to the start of our walk this morning. He was slightly exasparated that we were taking so long with breakfast, I had 3 cups of tea and Sawsan had 2 cups of Nescafé, the Turkish tea is growing on me. There was a lady from newcastle that has been traveling here for 30 years that brings her own Italian blend coffee from tesco and her own French press. Now that's dedication.
This is how Hasibe made tea for us two days ago, hot water on the bottom and strong tea on top, to be mixed. In Turkey, tea is drunk in clear glasses.
The walk today was all about Roman ruins from 2000 years ago and the aqueduct system, truly amazing to imagine those times.
There is a 90*90 cm stone pipe where the water poured through with the option to hoist up every 10th stone to adjust pressure, air pockets and maintenance.
The view below at times was of the valley full of greenhouses, this is still considered the bread basket of Turkey as it was in Roman times.
On the other side was a view of the sea.
Olive groves with ladders for harvest
and at our lunch spot Sawsan couldn't resist the pomegranates even though she had to scale a wall
Sadly to find they weren't ripe. For a while we walked with two English couples also from Newcastle talking of Brexit and the best long distance walks.
The modern aquaduct system is not as picturesque as the Roman system.
It looks like that big stone is barely being supported on the right hand side. Then is was an efes at the beach cafe, a dip, a snooze and time to read before heading back to st. Nicholas hotel.
We've covered this corner of Lycia. This is especially for Larry. We started close to oludeninez and now in Patara.
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