The advice from car drivers to cyclists is not to be taken at face value. When they say the road is flat, they mean they only remember one mountain. They have no idea about false flats and the many tough imperceptible climbs that one meets on two wheels.

The Greek island Kastellorizo in the morning light as seen from my tent

In the theater of Kaş (Garrulus glandarius or Eurasian Jay ex machina)

New companion made by the wonderful artiste Arzu Kaytan (if you are on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arzu_kaytan/)

Today studies in Turquoise https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Riviera

The Pırats have landed

Aşk the Moon

The mosque in Kalkan:

Straight ahead:

Reading Acts of the Apostles https://www.biblehub.com/niv/acts/2.htm (apparently written by Luke)

Here the spirit goes up on a string:

To get to Kalkan i had to climbclimbclimb yesterday

Holiday home

Last evening

After

Old sailing ship reconstructed

And

And a lot of world news covered by journalists risking their lives….https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-when-foreign-media-outlets-become-israel-s-enemy-1.10794397?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=author-alert&utm_campaign=Zvi%20Bar%27el&utm_term=20220512-06:05

Friend turtle passing by

There is a very good book on all the antique marbles and treasures, statues and friezes that have been taken out of Turkey (Anatolia) by Europeans (English, Austrian, French, German, Dutch) and Americans by Yaşar Yilmaz. How rich and wonderful would it be if these hoarded treasures were still in their original place? One could then experience much more of the high quality of ancient civilizations, Lycian, Lydian, Aechemenid, Hellene, Luwian, Hittite, Roman. It would be a more historical world one could perceive, instead of a stolen past.

Well, who did i meet yesterday?: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eglė_the_Queen_of_Serpents

Though not on the beach

Meanwhile no end in sight to climate change https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/05/british-company-announces-new-gas-discovery-israeli-coast

Yesterday at Leto’s temple https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leto

A Room with a View at A Bend in the River combining Forster and Naipaul in Dalyan

Boat in Köyceğiz yesterday:

Kaplumbağ Turtles live hete

Then suddenly the wind started