Lycian Way #5 - Around Kaş

     Next up, the beautiful port town of Kaş.  Remember this is all from my April trip.

     Arriving in the late afternoon, we relaxed on a terrace making friends with our waiter - a bit bored as the season was just starting up - took way too many versions of this shot:

Sitting at the very same restaurant, you would not believe, was none other than the Big Lebowski and his white Russian.  Kid you not.  Bet you didn't know that the Big Lebowski is actually a German Turk who frequently holidays in Turkey. 

Next day, up early for a walk from the city to Liman Ağazı, managing not to get lost this time.

I liked these colors -but you can tell from the empty beach chairs it was a little too chilly to swim.

Liman Ağazı is a bit out of the way - there is a 15-minute boat from Kaş, but as we descended from our hike we weren't thinking about that.  We were thinking about our very own quite, private, remote and peaceful beach we had just come across.  But who sunbathing on the rocky shore other than the BIG LEBOWSKI and his travel companion.  Hmm...

Then a boat back to Kаş.

Interesting?

Next on the itinerary was a boat trip to "the Sunken City."  I had read an article about this in the Turkish Airlines in-flight magazine a few years ago and was looking forward to it the whole trip.  In the end, this was the only "sunken" part of the city you could see:

Not surprisingly, this is also the exact photo from the article (minus some attractive snorkelers).  I asked our guide (yes, broke my heart but we did have to have a guide to go there) if this was it and he laughed and shrugged.  Oh well.  As their town has sunk I suppose the locals deserve hoards of tourists to sell their Chinese fezes to.

A cute girl David snapped a photo of:

Back in Kaş we ended the day at a cafe by the port and a game of football.  And who should walk by?  None other than the BIG LEBOWSKI.  That man was everywhere.  Perhaps he came to Turkey to purchase a new rug.  Unfortunately, we took off early the next morning to head back to Istanbul, so we may never know.

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