Since our 40lira apartment didn’t provide breakfast, we set off to the water front to find breaky. When you’re travelling, the food pyramid of nutrition takes on a slight different shape. I’m not sure where Nutella sits (?top or bottom), as you can never go past a 50 cent loaf of bread covered in delicious chocolate spread for a (sub)healthy breaky. Another favourite, but yet to experience in this trip, is Oreos and coke; typically had on long distance bus trips with no stops.
On this morning, we sat amongst early morning sunbathers eating our nutritious breakfast before heading off south in search of sun, cool water, and people-less beaches.

During our travels we have encountered many genres of traveller, from the ‘I have only one week to do it all’, through to the ‘I’m on a budget and can’t possibly do anything today’. The laid back hippy culture was clearly evident at the beach at Kadak. I resisted the urge to get on my yoga mat or sit in the zen hammock, whilst eating organic foods. I felt slightly left out that I didn’t have dreads, or drinking rosé from the bottle. It was however a very refreshing change from the packaged tourism that we had seen in the rest of southern Turkey. Maybe it was the windy 20 km road from the tourist centre of Oludenez, or the 30 min down a steep path to get to the beach. There was no overtly sunburnt people, or hasslers trying to entice me into their shop or restaurant. It was nice to simply sit on a beach, read a book, and just stop. After a few hours of relaxing, a few swims and a cold beer, we headed down the coast towards Kas, at the tip of southern turkey.
All in all pretty amazing beach.

Just before Kas, we came across Kaputas cove, an iconic pebble beach immediately recognisable from the front of the lonely planet. The turquoise water surrounded by cliffs was an amazing sight as the sun set over the Mediterranean.
Kas is small village, quiet by southern Turkey standards, and not a typical stop over point for package tours. Famous for diving and kayaking amongst ancient Lycian ruins which had fallen into the water during frequent earth quake, it was a great place to have a few nights after covering some serious distance in recent days.