16 Apr 2016

Lycian Way - Flora & Fauna (updated 21/4)

Pictures of the various more interesting flowers, plants and funghi I see. Will be updated to add more as I go along and I'll also research the species and names at a later date (but please do comment if you know any). a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) m) n) o) p) q) r) s) t) u) Wild Sage...
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Day-6 | Thorns To The Left Of Me, Brambles To The Right...

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. 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...
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Day-5 | Tomatoes, Porticoes and Frescos

Patara Beach to Cayköy | 28.9km Tomato greenhouses for as far as the eye can see I woke up in a horribly wet bivy bag due to the condensation and dew in the dunes. Everything was damp and covered in sand so I made some coffee, packed up camp wet and set out and down the 5km of beach. Heading inland I passed a gazillion greenhouses, every one filled with tomato plants. I paid eight...
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