Turkey: Days in Demre 1
As I did not intend to write about travels one day, I travelled to lots of places without taking photos for many decades.
Luckily enough, I was a bit smart to take photos of one of my trips, which took place about a decade ago, to a town called Demre in Turkey.
Demre is known as the place where, believe or not, Santa Claus is believed to have lived. I have some photos of his place but it will be the subject matter of another article. This time, I would like to talk a bit about my arrival there.
I was on my way toward Antalya, following a comprehensive trip to Ukraine. I preferred to take my mother’s car to go there from Canakkale-Lapseki, where my parents live and I have a summerhouse.
I arrived in Demre in about a few months after I set off, as I stopped by every town to explore, work, and spend the night after driving a few hours a day.
I actually made an appointment at a tent camp situated close to the little port of Demre, which is situated a few kilometers from the center of the town.
Towns everywhere in the world are the deteriorated form of a small innocent settlement. Remember beautiful old towns in Europe and the surrounding settlements that have almost nothing to do with the initial intention of the town. Old town developed as it needed to develop for centuries with its resources, infrastructure, and administration through a discipline, aesthetics, beliefs, and arts. But, as in anywhere in the world, greed destroyed them and made them choked in clusters of arbitrarily placed houses made by opportunity seekers from villagers.
Demre is no different but its dock is a bit different.
The place where the campsite is present is also a significant point of the 500-km Lykia walking trail.
The campsite I planted my tent at was a great place. I was particularly happy to see they were growing their daily vegetables organically every day.
The days I spent there will be explained in another article.
This was just the expression of the initial ideas I had when I arrived there.
A. E. Arslan
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