After our two weeks of WWOOFing we joined Fethiye resort located on the Lycian way, and thus taken the path of guesthouses and tourist resorts. It was a shock, especially at this time of year (mid-November) the quotas of tourists are mainly composed of European pensioners, it gave us a shot of old! So we quickly escaped for a few days in the valley of butterflies, one of the few corners of the southern Turkish coast, which are preserved: the buildings are banned, so there is no real hotels but camps wooden bungalows on stilts which give an atmosphere neo-hippie to the coast. So we took the opportunity to walk the trails and enjoy some sea bathing in coves accessible only by foot.
Subsequently, we had planned to travel to Cappadocia, but were stung by our sightseeing in Fethiye we decided to go 1200 km farther east to Turkey in Sanliurfa, the city where Abraham was born. Close to Syria and Iraq are our first steps in Mesopotamia: the faces have changed, the dress also, the region is populated by Kurds, Arabs and Turks, and almost no tourists! It's time to start speaking Arabic and enjoy local hospitality. We chain encounters around glasses of tea in the souk we cover a Kurdish family with gifts: grenadine syrup, chili, kebab ... The only Muslim population is very religious and almost all women are veiled. But time passes quickly and we are already starting to Halfeti, city half submerged by the waters of the Euphrates River because of dams built in the last 10 years. Here, tourists are a rare and Ayden, a young Turkish thought, is there to welcome them in his apartment with terrace overlooking the calm waters of the mythical river. We stay there two days and take the opportunity to make a boat trip in search of villages submerged. And then we turn around and ravalons new 800km in reverse to reach Antalya where we take a plane to Beirut on December 1.
Below, the story in pictures.
Subsequently, we had planned to travel to Cappadocia, but were stung by our sightseeing in Fethiye we decided to go 1200 km farther east to Turkey in Sanliurfa, the city where Abraham was born. Close to Syria and Iraq are our first steps in Mesopotamia: the faces have changed, the dress also, the region is populated by Kurds, Arabs and Turks, and almost no tourists! It's time to start speaking Arabic and enjoy local hospitality. We chain encounters around glasses of tea in the souk we cover a Kurdish family with gifts: grenadine syrup, chili, kebab ... The only Muslim population is very religious and almost all women are veiled. But time passes quickly and we are already starting to Halfeti, city half submerged by the waters of the Euphrates River because of dams built in the last 10 years. Here, tourists are a rare and Ayden, a young Turkish thought, is there to welcome them in his apartment with terrace overlooking the calm waters of the mythical river. We stay there two days and take the opportunity to make a boat trip in search of villages submerged. And then we turn around and ravalons new 800km in reverse to reach Antalya where we take a plane to Beirut on December 1.
Below, the story in pictures.
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