Dreadful news and particularly relevant to me as on my second trip to the area and of course now "knowing my way around" and not realising the over-confidence then we went exploring the local countryside past uzumlu and taking a wrong road found ourselves heading higher and higher up into the mountains. Stopping to take photographs and seeing the odd pebble come down I wasn't aware that is the sign of an impending avalanche, until due to wife urging me to return and obviously scared I started to make my way back. Hearing a shower of pebbles and a roar I ran like hell and road behind me was suddenly covered in boulders and mud! It missed me by inches and unfortunately apart from a few cuts and bruises I was ok. I am now much more careful and look at the weather frequently if out and about. Sakhlikent is lovely, but like all gorges in mountains in the Mediterranean, and there a few, possible the Samaria gorge in Crete being the most famous, they can be susceptible to flash floods and the "management" at Sakhlikent must be held responsible as they must know when such weather threatens and close it Tourists as they do in Crete! You don't come on Holiday to die like that! Turkey unfortunately has been developing a reputation lately as a great place to have an inexpensive Holiday and die or be badly injured due to a total lack of proper safety! What with People falling out of the sky over Oludeniz, getting hit by powerboats, smashed to bits in Jeep Safaris etc. People on Holiday don't think as carefully, therefore a responsibility of care is with the host Country.
Silent Runner
