Fethiye

Friday October 26th

mmmmm... sunshine. Waking up to to breakfast on a balcony overlooking a marina in Turkish Autumn sunshine is most definitely where it is, as Marcus would say, is where it is at.

We had decided to do two things whilst we were here: Firstly book ourselves a trip on a Guleg from here to Olympos - more on that later, and secondly, Fatima and Thorsen had read up on doing some hiking along the Lycian way. The Lycian way is an ancient network of trails and paths that stretch some 310 miles - all along the coastline of southern Turkey, under the shadow of the Tekke mountain ranges, running from north of Fethiye all the way round to Antayla. Kate Clow has written an excellent book on these ancient routes, so I have been told. We planned to do the hike from Alinca to Ovacek. around 30k all in. We figured we could do it in two days.

We then went into town and tried to chart passage on a boat. It is the end of season so there are only a few boats leaving at the moment. In the end the hostel we are in seemed to be the best bet. There was a boat leaving on the 30th of October. This fitted in perfectly with our plans. We hung around in Fethiye for the day and enjoyed the beautiful weather and opted for an early night so we could make a fresh start