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Copyright © 2003 Kevin O'Rourke
The site is a work in progress, the 'Album' page in each section contains some photos but only some sections have much text.
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The courtyard of the Alp Paşa hotel, where we stayed in Antalya.
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The old harbour in Antalya.
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Matt and Dugly at the start of the Lycian Way.
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View from the walk down over Ölu Deniz.
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One of the many tortoises we encountered along the way, you can also see a selection of the many local spiky plants.
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We originally planned to stay in this treehouse at George House pension in Faralya, a heavy thunderstorm meant we ended up staying indoors instead.
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Crops are often grown on terraces high above the villages.
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The views from the terraces out over the bays and headlands were amazing.
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This is the view as we climbed out of Kabak, at about 7am.
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The climb out of Kabak is pretty steep but the view is great.
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In this picture you can see the beautiful colour of the sea at Kabak beach.
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We passed a few of these Ottoman cisterns, still in use by the locals.
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This picture shows just how rocky the fields in this area are, not very comfortable for sleeping!
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These are two of the many Lycian tombs at the ancient city of Sidyma, the locals from the modern village of Dodurga were very friendly and kept offering us cups of tea.
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Matt and Dugly wandering around the necropolis of Sidyma, we camped out about 100m from here.
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After Sidyma the next ancient ruins were the fort at Pydnai, this had some very impressive stonework, it reminded me of South America.
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Our walk on the Lycian way finished at the ruins of the temples at Letöon, the middle section of this amphitheatre was carved out of the hillside and the whole thing is remarkably intact.
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According to legend the goddess Leto turned some shepherds who had upset her into frogs and her temple was erected on the site.
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Kayaköy was a Greek village abandoned during the exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey.
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The church is one of the better preserved buildings at Kayaköy.
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You can still see some of the painted decoration on the roof of the church.
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There are several rock tombs carved into the cliffs above Fethiye, you can walk right up to this one.
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The other rock tombs vary in size and style.
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I went on a day trip around Fethiye bay, a very relaxing day and some beautiful scenery.
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This is just one of the bays where we moored for a while.
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Cleopatra is said to have bathed in these now partly submerged Roman baths.
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We spent four days cruising round the coast on board the Sevi 5, I can't think of a more relaxing way of life.
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On day three of the cruise we stopped at Simena and walked up to the castle.
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Matt and Dugly posing beneath the flag at Simena.
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Simena also featured another cluster of tombs.
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I liked the shape of the battlements at Simena.
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I hadn't quite got fed up of tombs by this point.
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These are the passengers and crew of the Sevi 5, the only one missing is the captain.
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Another picture of the Sevi 5.
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The cruise ended with a long minibus transfer to Olimpos, this is a ruin with remnants of a mosaic floor.
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Here you can see some of the bits of mosaic.
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Another old building at Olimpos, I couldn't work out what it was.
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A view up the river at Olimpos.
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Another amphitheatre, this time at Patara.
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This is the stage building at the Patara amphitheatre.
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A view out over part of the ruined city of Patara.
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The combined city gate and aqueduct of Mattius Modestus.
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While we were doing some walking around Patara this dog decided to come along, despite the unbearable heat.
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The plain between Pydnai and Kalkan is mostly covered in greenhouses and used for growing tomatoes and peppers.
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The Romans built this amazing siphon system at Delikkemer to carry water up and over a hill.
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Only this section is visible now but it's mostly still standing and the stonework is incredible.
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This is the supporting stonework for the siphon.
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Here you can see a cross-section through one of the stones that formed the siphon.
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That's me standing in one of the arches through the siphon.
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This is the entrance to Saklıkent gorge, an amazing natural feature and popular day-trip destination for tourists.
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We spent two nights staying in this (rather comfortable) treehouse at Saklıkent.
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On the evening of our first day there we walked up to above Saklıkent gorge.
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Sunset picture from above Saklıkent.
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In this picture you can see the river in its broad silty bed.
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This tomb was on the same street as our pension in Kaş.
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This is the view from the amphitheatre in Kaş.
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Matt and I went paragliding while we were in Kaş, I took this picture shortly after takeoff.
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This is one of the plateaus in the mountains above Kaş, traditionally used for farming in the summer.
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That's me paragliding, strapped to somebody who knew what they were doing.
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Matt and his pilot, we took off to the right of and below the antenna mast.
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We landed at the harbour, those are my knees in the way.
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Matt and his pilot shortly before we descended to land.
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Matt coming in to land.
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Matt still coming in to land.
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I was expecting a running landing but in fact you just glide gently down to a stop.
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One last tomb.
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