(^14) Aydinçic - Anamur – 63 kilometres
How time flies! It was precisely a year since leaving South Africa, and the most
significant thing I learned was how little I knew.
Turkey and its friendly people were a good place to celebrate our first year of
travel. So generous were the people they ran after us with food. I kid you not - a
scene as funny as it was kind. A few kilometres further, at a viewpoint, food once
more arrived compliments of the other picnickers. Well-fed, we made our way past
banana plantations and Mamure Castle to where camp was set up outside Anamur,
close to the southernmost point of Turkey.
Anamur - Gazipasa – 82 kilometres
Packing up, we were presented with a fresh eel by one of the fishermen, and I
wasn’t sure what we were supposed to do with it. It subsequently dawned upon me
that maybe he merely wanted to show the eel to us and not give it away. From
Anamur to Gazipasa was 82 kilometres, but the day was marred by even sharper
climbs than the previous days (I didn’t think it possible).
Dead tired and with rain pelting down, Gazipasa came precisely at the right time.
Surprisingly, it was right there, in the waters of Gazipasa, where archaeologists
uncovered a small bronze statue of Pegasus dating to 300 BC. It’s indeed an area
with a long history.
leana
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