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Day 5 driving Çirali to Kaş, Myra & St. Nick's church in Demre, continuing journey Cappadocia to Kaş

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    Myra faces   April 27, 2026   Çirali to Kaş, our last driving day for over a week. The  Gayb-i Bungalows are in the valley up from the beach and a heavy tourist area.  Therefore, I s lept late without the  call the prayer.  Also, being in a valley,  the sun didn’t call me to start my day.  First stop were the  Myra ruins in Demre,  Medusa theater, nice tombs. It was incredibly HOT!    Bought a cap hat and it helped. The Ancient City of Myra is especially famous for its   Lycian-Era rock tombs , Roman-Era theatre and Byzantine-Era Church of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus). (Turkish Museums.com) sea creature with closeup of lobster  I tossed my photos of the theater, it wasn't near as memorable as the many others we've seen. However the tombs were intricate and photo appealing Myra tombs   tombs at Myra ruins pomegranate tree and bloom behind the fence for the tombs     We drove t...

Blue Cave, Puzzle Museum day ferry from Kaş Turkey to Kastellorizo Greece

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       Blue Cave  May 2, 2026   Today we took a 30 min ferry to Kastellorizo Greece for the day. We hadn't anticipated the 2 hrs to be processed 4 times through passport control. If you go, probably worth your time to be early to be closer to the front of the line.      In the morning's  brilliant sunshine and we paid E15 each and only two of us in the boat with Captain Stavros to the Blue Cave.     Note the very small entry to the Blue Cave!  We all had to lay down on the floor of the boat to enter.   Taken with my cell phone, I was amazed at the color and detail    John is pointing out features   Kastellorizo Greece is a tourist town, we walked the beautiful waterfront   Lunch: eggplant, octopus and moussaka made with heavy layer of potato! Thin on the eggplant  off the waterfront, things look very different (old and crumbling)   Megisti Puzzle Museum I'd read a terrific blog ...

Doors of Turkiye

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April 2026   Kaş      Istanbul   This door was along our  walk to the flat     Graffiti is in some parts of Istanbul and not others   This door is at the bottom of the stairs to our 4th floor flat   Mustafapaşa Cappadocia region Turkey          Uçhisar, Cappadocia region        detailed photo of above door hardware  Pervan taking Turkish culture and shopping to a new level (doors only here)      Kaş, a Mediterranean coastal destination   Kastellorizo Greece