Sunday, July 6, 2008

Oi Oi Olympos

I made it down the Turkish coast and back! Olympos is a hidden little place about 1 hour from Antalya at the bottom of Turkey :) The last few days have been full of treehouses, beaches, bars, swimming, fun and wicked evenings with amazing people! Was great to chill out a bit and stay in one place for awhile. The beach was idyllic and full of ancient town ruins. I learnt how to play Makyla (sp?) (the one with all the piles of stones) on the beach, jumped off rocks and swam swam swam :) Didn't want to leave!

Plus I learnt how to rock climb! It was awesome, totally hooked in now .... I think that the first climbs were grade 5A climbs (doesn't mean that much to me yet) which was a bit of a challenge but overall pretty straight forward. The second lot was a grade 6A (I think) and it was more challenging and heaps of fun :)

It was so good to be doing active stuff again! We did a big sea swim that had us searching for caves [maybe just around the next rock] for a couple of hours and didn't come across any! But wicked swim and awesome scenery, really clear water - didn't see many fish but there were a couple of schools of small fish. Am looking forward to being able to wear shorts and tshirts and run in Greece (although with the current temperatures it looks like I will be doing some early morning starts!)

Can't believe it is snowing so much in Christchurch! Wrap up warm! I miss everyone in NZ! Lots and lots of hugs coming your way! ooxx


1 comment:

patrick said...

Yay for someone having warm weather... 39 Fendalton Road has a slightly leaky roof (not in my room fortunately!)..

The game is Mankala http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mankala if you haven't already got a set I'll bring mine back from Ireland (bringing a few new games back....) But you'll have to teach me - I've completely forgotten how it works!