Harman Fethiye

... else on the coast and the shop attendants just wont barter on price. There is a very western (ie/ modern shiny and souless) shopping complex surrounded by bars and restaurants on it's perimeter selling labelled good (genuines obviously...) and behind this is the old fish and spice markets - inside terracotta coloured tiled building with two central open spaces (One for the fish market and one for the spices). After Lunch we had ...

... refa&#305;re (pour Jean en tout cas!!!). <br><br>Yes, as crazy as &#305;t sounds we d&#305;d paraglyde from 7,000 feet &#305;n the mounta&#305;n. It's s&#305;mple... espec&#305;ally for Jean who fears he&#305;ghts... we are attached to a b&#305;g parachute w&#305;th a gu&#305;de beh&#305;nd us... we run on top of the mounta&#305;n unt&#305;l you h&#305;t the ...

... one of the many nearby restaurants, where they cook it for you! We were lucky enough to have a local gal help us pick out our fish, and then we ate at her family's restaurant. They cooked the fish, gave us garlic bread, a huge salad, and fish sauce for 4.5 Lira! We also got to have some Raki with the family, and talked with their son about his upcoming trip to the US. It was a very rewarding evening.<br>The next ...

... then, we had to do 2 steps &#305;n one day because we could not f&#305;nd a place to stay. Ouch! we cl&#305;mbed. and cl&#305;mbed, and cl&#305;mbed... The v&#305;ew was out of th&#305;s world. Then we went down to the Kabak beach for 1 hour and ,,, cl&#305;mbed aga&#305;n pray&#305;ng that there would be a place to stay! And, at 7;00 pm there was one,,, a small wood cab&#305;n w&#305;th 2 mattresses and, oh yes, a l ...

... se coucher tot pour le lendema&#305;n donc on les a la&#305;sses a 22h! Belle so&#305;ree et bon depart. Le lendema&#305;n, on est part&#305;s apres un cop&#305;eux pet&#305;t dejeuner (les turques a&#305;ment beaucoup manger et a&#305;ment serv&#305;r du manger en quant&#305;te &#305;ndustr&#305;elle!). La prem&#305;ere journee de marche fut superbe ma&#305;s BEAUCOUP plus d&#305;ff&#305;c&#305;le que ce a quo&#305; on s,attenda ...

... a bush on the beach, the only shade we could find, until at 5 our ferry taxi was to take us back to town. We had decided the walk down the cliff was enough. We can tell you the ferry taxi back was unbelievably rough, maybe it would have been easier to climb the cliff. <br><br>That night when reaching our hostel we were so exhausted we dropped down into our unexpectedly comfortable beds and were out like lights. <br><br>Tomorrow we head to Rhodes.

... dark. The younger guy, who spoke some english said he was heading back into town and could help us down in a few minutes. Then as we walked further back we ran into two guys on a picnic, who promptly handed Dave an ice cold beer and made his day much better. They also told us that we would not make it to our destination that day. While sitting with them (enjoying the spectacular mountain views), the farmer pulled up on his tractor ...

... and we quickly checked it out. This was far too touristy for our taste - a bit too much like Sylvan Lake - but with better views. Being as we had been there for a few hours - we felt ready to head back to Fethiye and get cleaned up for supper. Back to the bus stop to catch a dolmus back again. The drive back was just fine, although the driver seemed to constantly slam on the brakes to slow down, rather than to apply constant pressure. It was ...

... in the water, but far too cold for swimming on the surface. Walk further on, where we find a park with a helicopter pad, and a path down to the water, which is rougher here and difficult to climb out, but water is back to a reasonable temperature. Still pretty barren underwater. On the way back, buy coke, internet, have another swim off the sea wall, and back to boat at 1.30pm to have lunch in the harbour. Head out to hole up in a ...

... in Turkish, so it worked out. We were taken to some caves first where supposedly Alexander the Great would come with his army to hide out. The story we got about the caves ( though it was in very broken English and unclear) was that Alexander told his army some sort of secret, and when he felt his army betrayed him by letting the secret out, he burned his army alive by barricading them inside the cave and lighting the exit on fire. Next to the cave is ...