Aybars Adrasan

After the bus ride from Konya to Anatalya of about 5 hours, we waited at the junction for a minibus to Olympos, where we were to stay in a tree house. The place is just a short walk from the Roman ruins, and the Med. So, here we are, on ...

... booze stash but the guy wanted 500 euro for it. anyhow, the weather was great, we did some swimming, hanging out and a lot of just lazing about and doing nothing on the deck. we also were able to sleep outside on the deck underneath the stars (which sounded better than it was, because it got windy at night sometimes). one night we went to this boat access only beach bar where the only ...

... find myself analysing the "new me" in random reflections to try and discern what person the scraggly mess has transformed me into. I usually decide I look like a random traveller who has not bothered to shave for a couple of weeks, and is in desperate need of at least a little TLC ;)

Will I keep the mess? Time will tell I guess, I will decide when I next get the opportunity to do something about it!

... course! Anyway didnt give a damn as had spotted some comfy looking sun loungers out the front and didnt fancy sleeping downstairs in the heat.

We had a grand mix of people with 9 Aussies, 2 sound Dutch lads, an English family (who were probably having second thoughts at this point!) and another English Lady who I ended up traveling with for a few weeks Toni.

The first night as always starts off with breaking the ice with a beer or two before ...

... we spent our time in Olympos doing. Few ventured down the beach as there were spectacular storms for the duration of our stay. We snuggled down in blankets and whiled the time away. We were extremely glad that we had beds and shelter because the storms were shaking the foundations of our huts, so tents would have been scary! Nevertheless, I have grown to enjoy listening to the rain from the safe, dry inside of my ...

... a block of rooms, like a 2 story motel, nice stained wood on the outside. The room is big and all wood finished inside. He shows us the bathroom and it has a Jacuzzi tub! He wants us to say what we would pay and Len says no, you tell us what you want and we will go from there. It is slightly more for the 2 of us, than what the woman was asking for one of us and it includes breakfast and dinner. I say o.k. right away and Len, bless his heart, did try to negotiate a ...

Paradise! Today we swam in the Mediterranean Sea...blue water...blue sky...(the water was not warm, but not as cold as home...and we just had to do it!). We visited the mountain where Bellepheron trapped the Chimera, and still his fiery breath comes out of holes in the rocks. The village of Olympos itself is like a summer camp for young adults, a bit of a ghost town ...

We'd docked in at Kas overnight with every other Mediterranean sailor and their dog due to some serious onshore winds, a crowded as buggery scenario far removed from the tranquil seclusion of night one. Our skipper, who looked a damn sight like Bob Marley - even down to the bloodshot eyeballs, kicked the vessel into gear early again this morning, getting a heads up on the weather and cruising along the coast to another ...

... coast from Olympos to Fethiye, and for days trips of Eastern Europeans from the resorts of Side and Antalya. Despite these frequent invasions, the beach was perfect, and the weather got hotter and better everyday. And the water was amazing. I'd never swum in the Med before, and it was almost cathartic on the first day. Missing electronics and bus-stiff muscles stopped worrying me, as I stroked through the cool sea, as clear as a Baywatch underwater scene. The daily ...

... At the same time looking to Goa and also the west coast of Scotland. Chewed the fat with them for a while. The didgereedoo incidentally doesn't look anything like the stereotype but more like a tree branch...still, it makes the right noise in the right hands. Gary found it as, just that, a tree branch that had been hollowed out by beetles in Olympos. Walking on further I spent time with a couple of guys building a boat and then sat for a while to cool off. It has been a very hot day.