Leaving Olympos at 0600 hours we headed in the general direction of Ankara on the D400/D596/D300 motorways. The scenery was as before with farming, with forestry on both sides and quarries for marble and stone cutting, miles of greenhouses and polytunnels. I did see a mosque with shops as part of the building again and I do not understand how this could be so as it seems illogical. Then there was another mosque in the middle of an industrial park. The people of Turkey appear to be patriotic as a lot of homes and buildings fly the national flag.
We stopped to camp at 1720 at the side of a dam where there were man made holes in the rocks for shelter and for living inside. The local farmer, wife and two children came for a visit and indicated that they would like to see in the truck, which they were allowed to do. They spoke no English and we no Turkish, which was a pity, as I would have liked to talk to him. They were offered some food, vegetarian for once, but it was refused even by the children. Maybe they were Muslim and were not prepared to take any food from us not knowing what it was made of. Bed in the tent by 2030 hours and slept well.
We stopped to camp at 1720 at the side of a dam where there were man made holes in the rocks for shelter and for living inside. The local farmer, wife and two children came for a visit and indicated that they would like to see in the truck, which they were allowed to do. They spoke no English and we no Turkish, which was a pity, as I would have liked to talk to him. They were offered some food, vegetarian for once, but it was refused even by the children. Maybe they were Muslim and were not prepared to take any food from us not knowing what it was made of. Bed in the tent by 2030 hours and slept well.
 |
| Sunrise leaving Olympos |
 |
| A view from the road |
 |
| The bush campsite near the dam
If this blog sounds as though I was bored then I was bored. It was just such a day!
|
No comments:
Post a Comment