The Coast

We spent the last week touring along the mediteranean coast, hitching from town to town. We stayed in Olympos, Chymera, Kalkeroy and are in Marmaris now. Olymos was a little touristy for our liking but it was cheap and we managed to sneak onto the beach/ruins both days. We also went to Chymera a "mythical" place were flames just come out of the ground on a mountain.

We then hitched up the coast with varied success until a British film director for the BBC picked us up and we traveled with him out to Kalkeroy, an island on the coast far from any other tourists. Long story short i managed to lose some money, and willie ran out, and without any atm acess we were broke. So we camped on some roman ruins overlooking a small bay.

What we thought would be a nice night under the stars turned out to be a nightmare. The mosquitos were the worst I have ever experienced. So we got inside our sleeping bags and tucked tshirts around our heads hoping to fend off the onslaught till morning. However this meant dealing with the sweltering heat and sweat inside the sleeping bag and the difficulty breathing though a shirt. We managed to get a couple hours of sleep and awoke to a beautiful sunrise..not all bad right. I discovered that during the night my hands had been exposed and had close to 100 bites between them.Since we were out of money we left the following morning hitching to a bigger town along the coast. We made it to Fethie where our luck hitching finally ran out. We didnt catch a ride for over 2 hours and finally just caught the bus to Marmaris. We then learned the hostel we were planning on staying in was closed. So we finally crashed at a cheap pension.

Today we woke up and rented Scooters to explore the pennisula around marmaris and get away from the city. We logged about 200km around the coast stopping and swimming, ralling on dirt roads, and just zipping around in the sun. One of the best days so far in Turkey.

Next stop Istanbul...