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The Byzantine monasteries above Demre have always been something of a mystery. How did so many monasteries of such quality construction manage to exist in such a small area? Who funded and endowed them? Where did the monks come from? The question is to some extent answered in the hagiography of St Nicholas of Sion,…
A volunteer group worked for 6 weeks in September and October, and waymarked about 150km of trails – most of the St Nicholas network of routes, plus parts of the Lycian Way near Demre. The St Nicholas network was set up in 2014, but was not well-publicised and maintained, so has had very few users….
I’m a friend of Ueli Aellig from Switzerland and a fellow teacher at a Business School here in Winterthur. Ueli has passed away on October 6th after a short time in the Alzheimer section of an Old Folks Home. Remembering him in a ceremony on November 15th I will tell the people about the great time…
Our member Serkan Taycan has recently prepared a project on the water buffalos which can be found along his route – Between Two Seas. Highly prized for their rich cream, these buffalos love wallowing in wet meadows and pools. In the north of Turkey, they are harnessed and used to pull heavy logs out of…
Having spent a few days in Albania working on the Performative Journey project, Kate and Hüseyin set off to follow the Via Egnatia (VE). Walking from the village of Mirake, we soon found the section of the VE illustrated on Holger and Marietta’s excellent guidebook. We were surprised at how much of the original route…
The Fethiye Times recently published a report (link) on proposed quarries close to the village of Sidyma, on the Lycian Way. Villagers have started to sell land at Alınca and Gey and new house-building is underway. Seydikemer forestry department’s proposed road to Cennet Plaj (Paradise Beach), but was stopped because it threatened the historical road…