Day 15 - Kalkan to Saribelen

The path climbs quickly out of Kalkan, before leveling off and passing through fields and olive groves.  Then I begin an ascent, taking several hours, onto the plateau in the hills above Kalkan.  More great views, more goats.  For a change the weather is overcast, and I walk for part of the way in cloud.  It is cooling, and reminds me of home.  By 4pm I reach the village of Bezirgan, feeling pleased with my efforts and expecting that that my final destination for the day will be only 45 minutes away.  But no, there is a heart-breaking road sign stating that I still seven kilometers to go.  I trudge on up another hill, then discover that the Lycian Way iPhone app wants me to go a different way than the track markers are indicating.  I spend half an hour investigating this (in the end I could not find a path where the app was indicating) before electing to follow the painted track markers. This leads me through a steep downhill beside a stretch of road, over which many people have been dumping garbage.  I eventually reach Saribelen at 7pm; where I met up with Fiona (who had caught the bus there).

House in field at Bezirgan 

Today's tortoise count : 3