2 years ago we drove from Calis, over the mountain route to Antalya, on to Side, then back along the Coast road to Calis, a fascinating all day trip but started very early and finished late! That road reminds me of the Mountain road from Masjed e Sulaiman to Ahwaz in 1977, when it was dry it was steep and rocky you would "ski" down in places and always went through at least one tyre each way, and when wet slid about uncontrollably. Why on earth did we do it? a) there was civilisation in Ahwaz (beer, soft beds, air-conditioning, other pleasures
) and b) it was the only way in and out anyway, the low road was worse!
I have friends who visited Calis in the early 7o's and we met them for a beer on the prom last summer, they said it had changed a bit
There are still so many places to explore around calis, last year we almost got Up Mount Eren but the car just wouldnt make it and I am now too old to walk up!
Thing is, I sort of mourn the passing of the undiscovered places -- when Ayia Napa Beach in Cyprus had one wooden hut for cold drinks on it and the road to Platres was a track! When you would make 2 or 3 attempts sometimes to land in your old twin propellor aircraft, when if you wanted to go from one Island to another the only way was the little ferry.
Meldrew
