Five-star resorts, sun loungers on the beach, all inclusive…perhaps this is your idea of Turkey?
And here’s something that does not show the tourists. Game, thrash and even ass swapped. Finding these locations was not easy, but it is also Antalya.
1 Ride the wild Turkey I want a long time ago, but never got to find time to get out for a couple of weeks in the wilderness, somewhere to the Syrian border. Meter meter studied the Google map Antalya, trying to find something interesting. In the end, decided to get out to the abandoned Greek town of Kayakoy, which I will write separately.
2 go Right on the highway will get, left, beach beach find.
3 When the two roads are not suitable, look for the third. It’s got to be somewhere. Now that’s better!
4 the smaller the road, the more interesting will meet on the way. This time I just went at random, pointing to the map. On the Internet written in detail about the places around, but they don’t interest me.
5 Wanted the normal life of the Turkish heartland, and not just another monastery or the olive tree
6 And now I’m here. Tourist minibuses were replaced by thirty cars, supermarkets — grocery store hut.
7 countries Such as Turkey, incredibly colorful in and of themselves, you can just walk down the street or drive by: the curious part will lie in wait around every corner.
8 Seats, the level of trash, it even reminded Asia, which I love more and more with each new trip there.
9 Dating Again Russian machines. I wonder why he put its blood on the door?
10 Mobile market in a Turkish village. All fits in a couple of vans.
11 Wildest colors are very popular. It’s actually worn by local women. But even for me — civilization. I wanted something really wild.
12 Turn on very very little dirt track, and still fail hundreds of years ago.
13 It may not be Turkey at all…such villages with shingles can be anywhere from Italy to Macedonia.
14 Heat melts everything. The car need to be completely closed from the sun to not burn out.
15 the Tractor, and that is better to Park in the shade.
16 Women in those colorful clothes digging in the garden.
17 For farmers dug an artificial channel. It seems that the only water source in the area.
18 Local use it as water: connected and shake to their land.
19 Here’s a Turkey I love!
20 I Stop in the first village. Hole that still!
21 On weekends, there is probably a market, farmers bring potatoes to sell.
22 the rest of the time, only grandfathers cards Yes Domino cut.
23 Cafeteria, where going to talk and not to eat.
24 In these villages will certainly find a grandfather who won’t smile and wait until you take your picture. And will give you a chair in silence — get in, get some rest. Then be sure to bring water you ought to drink.
25 And my grandmother, well, exactly like the Muslim Mother Teresa, get some tea in the mess, and will bring just silently leave.
26 there is no need of words: English it doesn’t help that Russian they don’t know.
27 From this silent “dialogue” sometimes you get more emotion than any regular trips to the ruins.
28 the Real soul of the country is always somewhere near, only in another dimension. On the pointers, very close, ancient ruins and hot springs, where the partying crowd of foreigners. Maybe they even pass through the same village. Only the bus never stop.
