Cayköy to Gelemiş | 25km
A great nights's sleep, no damp, two cups of good coffee and off on the trail again, which continued to wind around the flat valley plateau of tomato greenhouses.
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| You say domates, I say tomato |
In Uzumlu I stopped for late breakfast and had the best pide, salad and ayran I have ever tasted. Well fed and stocked up with water I passed a Russian motorcycle repair shop with some very cool bikes outside, which the owner said he was restoring to order.
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| Great pide at the salon in the left |
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| Cool Russian motorbikes |
The trail wound around roads and short distances through stone ridden farmland and eventually linked back up with aqueduct, which I now realise was built to feed the ancient city of Patara that I was heading towards. The ancient engineering of the pipe aqueduct was a highlight for me. It enabled the aqueduct to transport water without being built up to the same height of the channels at each end.
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| Aqueduct stone piping |
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| Sections of pipe |
The only real annoyance of the day was a 3km section of the aqueduct trail that was overgrown with mini leaved holly bushes, thorn bushes and dry privet. My legs haven't forgiven me for not wearing long trousers...
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| Arrghhh.... |
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| Owww... |
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| Tunnel of death |
Just before nightfall I made it to Patara village, normally a tourist hotspot but totally dead and pansiyons, bars and little restaurants all deserted. Turkish tourism is really suffering. The Medusa Bar/Pansiyon/Camping ground was recommended and cheap but as I didn't have a proper tent I stumped up 20 liras for a basic room. Showered, I hit the beers and raki at a local bar across from the post office that was a favourite of the few locals and fewer tourists in town.
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| Campsite #6 - the Medusa Bar... |
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