Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd of September 2010
Two days to get from Goreme to Olympus. But we didnt leave until midday on Wednesday, to give people time to get over their hangovers from the Turkish night; I didn't go, just had dinner down the road with Sarah then we sat around waiting for the party animals to come back; seems they had a good time. Anyway, in the morning i went for a walk up onto the rocks above us for a last panoramic view of Goreme. In the truck we headed south. We went to stop at a supermarket, but Driver Gav accidently caused some public damage with the truck so drove off! To be fair, i don't think Gav realised what he had done until we had left, but us passengers saw the broken telegraph pole!
Up into the mountains and bushcamped before dark, just on some gravel, a few hundred metres off the side of the mountain road. I helped to cook dinner. A bemused shepherd came past with a couple of dogs and 50 sheep. I guess they don't normally have to walk around a bush campfire and truck to reach their destination! The sheep were pretty interested in the scrap onion and tomatoes i had left on the ground. It might have been our last bushcamp, so with the help of some whiskey i got quite sentimental aboout the trip, remembering all the wild bushcamps we did in west africa, in the middle of nowhere. Camping under the stars, being self-sufficient and waking up in awesome landscapes has been one of the trip highlights and something I will never forget.
Anyway, there were a few spots of rain at 6am so i packed up a bit early. Slept a bit on the truck; we had the sides down cos it was so cold and windy until about 11am. Then we continued through the mountains, down to the mediterranean sea, past lots of exclusive looking resorts. Turned off the main highway and down an 11km road to Olympus. This is a popular backpacker destination so we'll see how we enjoy it.....
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