Day-9 | Meet The Hüseyins

Sarıbelen to Pinarbaşı trailhead | 21.1km It was so peaceful in the shepherd's grove campsite that I slept in, only to be awoken in by Fatma. She had arrived to graze her sheep; obviously her mother meant that it was her day for herding so I'd probably see her in the grove... and nothing more surreptitious! After a cursory 'merhaba' she shoved off up the hill to observe the foreigner...

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Day-8 | Valley of dreams, Bezirgan

Kalkan to Sarıbelen | 18.1km To avoid the heat I got up at 5.45am to pack and prepare for a 6.30am start to hike  the two kilometres to the start of an 800m climb up and out of Kalkan and to the valley village of Bezirgan. Early morning view from Kalkan The climb was broken up into two parts, separated by a plateau of pasture and the toughness was increased by the...

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