Trekking in Turkish Mountains filled with Christian remains

We were blessed with the bright clear weather which can frequently make winter walking in Lycia a pleasure. Our trek started from the pass of Kuruova at 1560meters high. We descended on forest tracks lined with Cedar and Juniper, the fresh smells like a soap powder advert. Passing some massively wide oak trees we find the track snake-ing it's way into the Kibris canyon, a nature reserve compelete with Caracal and Ibex. we crossed a slightly exciting wooden bridge over the

From the rocky outcrop of Trysa, the rulers of Central Lycian could look down on their dominion, with views to the Gelodonya cape in the east to the sound of Kekova in the south to Phellos, the next major city in the west. At the height. At the height of their wealth, as a part of the Persian empire, the ruling family built the 'Heroon', a hero's tomb. This grand mausoleum was on the high ridge of Trysa, a walled sanctuary, the upper stones of the walls were decorated with

Today we spent the day walking the lovely lycian way from our office to Ufukdere, in order to update our self guided tours route notes, which are now pictorial as well as textual, along some of the most rugged sections of the route. The weather forecast was woeful, so we had all our wet weather gear. We were followed by a companionable dog, who we named Karamel, who faithfully followed us all the way. When we got to the end he was not willing to get in the car, so we drove