Day 35 - Karaoz to 6km short of Adrasan

Today's walk is entirely along the coast.  We start by visiting Pirate's Bay, where in times past pirate ships anchored, awaiting an opportunity to dash around the headland and intercept the coastal merchant shipping.  These days it is occupied only by boats carrying picnicers.  It is strategically placed and very pretty.  Those pirates had a good sense of ascetics.

Pirate's Bay

Black Beak, the Pirate's Bay tortoise.  With this blogs readership now in double figures, rumours have begun to reach me of Asian gambling syndicates showing an interest in the daily tortoise counts.  Hopefully this photo will put an early end to any suggestions of match fixing in the counts.

At Pirate's Bay we fill up to our maximum 6 litres (6kg) of water.  We want to camp out tonight, which means that the next guaranteed source of water is a day away.  We then set off again.  On the way we meet an English couple returning from the lighthouse, who inform us that there is no water there.   When we do arrive at the lighthouse we find water in a cistern.  I guess that the English couple had been looking for a tap; but having completed 2/3rds of the Lycian, the range of water sources that we will use is now fairly pragmatic.  We have lunch at the lighthouse and refill our water to 6 litres.  Then on for another four hours walking before making camp at 6:30pm about six kilometres short of Adrasan.

Fiona packing up at Camp Boogie Oogie Oogie

Today's tortoise count : 2

and one snake.