Kaş to Boğazcık | 22.2km
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Restocked and rested I headed out with today's target being 20km to the village of Boğazcik, but my real goal was to push on another 6.5km to the Purple House beach and campsite at Aperlai, which I'd heard was an eco-village.
A bunch of us simultaneously arrived on one beach - Germans, Swiss and lowly mad Englishman. The beaches were littered with the detritus of Syrian refugees fleeing the short distance to the EU. One particular weathered original Gucci handbag had been upturned and nappies and Arabic tagged medicine and personal belongings lay scattered around.
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| Büyük Çakıl Beach |
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| Ruins of abandoned 1970s beach bar |
A short walk along the road out of Kaş I passed Büyük Çakıl beach, then was immediately climbing onto scree ridden trails - the general tone for the next 20km broken only by occasional short bouts of gravel tracks, forest trails or cliffs. The heat was relentless and 3 litres of water was only just enough for the day.
The views and numerous beaches and coves were worth the effort though.
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| Limanağzı |
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| The famous tomb ridden drop-in to Limanağzı |
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| Scree trails as far as the eye can see |
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| Ahhh... the views - his one across to the Greek island of Kastellorizo |
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| Did I mention the views? |
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| Germans, Swiss and English - what a great example of racial harmony |
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| Rocky secluded cove with crabs as big as your fist |
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| And the views... |
The trail opened up into a short beach walk past a lonely palm before rising 250m to flatten out onto a gravel trail into Boğazcık.
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| Lone date palm - probably seeded by a discarded stone |
With sunset almost upon me, nowhere to camp in the village and no energy to move on I booked into Ali's Pansiyon in Boğazcık for the night (75 liras for full board).
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| Ali's Pansiyon |
