Smith's Away

 Yes a complicated process today with tender into last night's harbour, 90 minutes bus ride to our bikes then off to the Canyon. Last night we had a beautiful sunset, just after I'd written the blog!! So the ride to the Canyon passed lots of milky water obviously from the snow melt on the surrounding mountains. This place was a beautiful  water paradise. Water, pretty hanging seats, ducks and lots of flowing water. We walked to the Canyon and boy it must really come pelting through in spring. And the water was cold. Great views, then back k for our lunch. I had a delicious lamb shish kebab and the delicious fresh orange and pomegranate juice.  Then off on the last ride. As usual, straight  after lunch a hill to climb, then eventually downhill again. Beautiful views of the formerly snow capped mountains. Finally we stopped, handed over our trusty bikes and buses to another Lycian, Greek, Roman ruin. Amazing structures that housed lots of people until earthquakes and A...

 The tenders took us to the beach where we plugged our bike battery in and got ready to ride to Kayakoy. Again beautiful weather and despite uphill the cool morning weather makes it a pleasure,  along with the beautiful  views when you get to the top. Downhill into Kayakoy, past farms, and even camels to our spot for lunch after a big walk to the top of a hill surrounded by ruins. This was a thriving community of Rums back in 3000BC. Unfortunately after WW1 Ataturk decreed that only Turks could live in Turkey, so this community of Greeks, despite living for generations there were told to leave and a similar number of Turks in Greece returned. Some of the buildings were taken apart to use in Greece,  the heat and eventually an earthquake meant the community fell into ruin. Making our way on foot, not my preferred mode, up rocky steps and then rocks like mountain goats. Exhausting and then the scary walk down. Fortunately the delightful Brazilian men made sure I got do...

 We got on that little boat again, from yesterday.  I think he waited overnight for us!! So back to Dalyan, through the sandbar, every now and then we hit the bottom, but the old driver knows what he's  doing and calm waters today. Through the marshes to the tourist city again. Lots of white tourists around, enjoying the warm weather before it gets too hot. That's why this is the last bike and boat for the season, it gets too hot at 50!!! Still a warm day as we check out all the souvenir shops, ahh love it. Then after an hour shopping back on our bikes to a lovely place on a lake with turtles and mullet fish swimming around. I had a meat gozleme today but too much, and pomegranate juice, all the trees in this area as well as oranges, lemons and limes. After lunch a climb up another hill then it levelled out for many kms. Used turbo for an easy ride!!! We rode through  busy and city streets until back in the countryside.  Then another big hill that seemed to go o...