Day 7 - Pydnai to Kinik

I leave my pack at the Pagodas of Doom, and walk 1km back along the track to explore the ruined castle that I'd been too tired to explore yesterday.






Boys fishing at Pydnai


Then an 11am start on the walk; a kilometre or two past some marsh land, made more difficult by the fact that the first few hundred metres of the track is flooded, then a few kilometres through scrub and forestry land. This section of the Lycian Way is almost un-marked, and I navigate off a map on my smart phone. There are few signs that other people are walking this section. I meet no-one; and in a couple of hours walking, often over soft ground, I see only a couple of foot prints.

Then two hours of walking on roads past tomato growing warehouses. This is a section where the designers of the Lycian Way had no choice; as there were no tracks, good or bad, that they could send us down. The highlight of the day is a visit to the ruins of the Lycian and Greek religious site at Letoon. Fiona did the practical thing and caught a bus to Kinik, where I meet up with her again at 5pm. Fiona's foot, and my achillles and knees, could all do with a rest day or two. There is no accommodation in Kinik, so we catch a local bus the 10km to Kalkan and book a hotel on our smart phones while en-route. The technology is wonderful when it actually works.



The Pydnai to Kinik walk will be a highlight for anyone with a passion for tomato hothouses.




Ruined temple at Letoon


Today's tortoise count : 1