Opening Party
The majority of our adventure groups come on charter flights which started on Monday 7th of May this year. So the previous Saturday was the last day of tourleader training AND a great time to have our annual season opener.
Gone are the days when the highlight was a game of Uzun Eşek (“long donkey” – a back breaking game of people jumping as far as they can onto the backs of a line of leaning people!); nowadays we have sophisticated entertainment like poi (Thai fire spinning) and Eastern Drums….
Paragliding by Terry Henson Kaymak
Terry Henson Kaymak, who writes one of Turkey’s most successful English-language blogs, Adventures In Ankara has written about her experience of paragliding with the BT team.
Terry overcame her fear of jumping off a cliff and describes how she did it here
Kaş Animal Friends – Coffee Morning Extra
*SUNDAY MAY 20TH OUTSIDE LOLA’S RESTAURANT*
Please join us for a really fun day with lots of bargains from the many stalls including: good quality, nearly new, clothes; bric-á-brac; cakes, jams and pickles; books; household goods; pet products; KAF T-shirts; etc. and not forgetting our famous RAFFLE with many great prizes, for example…
More on Terry’s Adventures in Kaş
Terry Henson Kaymak, who writes one of Turkey’s most successful English-language blogs, Adventures In Ankara has written another post on their time down here.
This blog entry is about their time Sea Kayaking.
We were lucky enough to meet up with her and husband Bariş during their recent visit to Kaş. They came down from Ankara to try out some of our activities and Terry has been writing about their experiences on her blog.
Us & Them
Colin Andrews has sent this about a 2nd Annual Meeting between Local Officials and Foreigners with interests here.
The official name for this ongoing project is: “Onlar bizim hemşehrimiz Projesi”; roughly translated that means The “They are our townsfolk” Project or The “They’re from here too” Project.
After the meeting on the 24th May we’ll try to put up a summary here. Any volunteers to write one for us?
An Urgent Plea from the Busy Bees …Kas4kids
We’ve just received this request for help and wanted to give it a wider audience…
Click here to read more about the BusyBees and their work.
‘We are increasingly receiving requests, usually via teachers or doctors and rarely from those actually in need themselves, for us to help families who are truly in deperate need.
BUSY BEES KAS4KIDS is always able to help with clothing, toys,bedding, school uniforms and books and also accommodation costs for High School and University.We also help with travel and accommodation to take children for visits to see specialists and also to help pay medical costs.
Terry’s Adventures
Terry Henson Kaymak, who writes one of Turkey’s most successful English-language blogs, Adventures In Ankara has written some kind words about us here.
We were lucky enough to meet up with her and husband Bariş during their recent visit to Kaş. They came down from Ankara to try out some of our activities and Terry has been writing about their experiences on her blog.
Leaving Turkey for an English School
Some of our most popular articles have been about living out here as an expat. My guess is that many people in their humdrum hours wonder what the reality of living the dream of upping sticks and moving to the Med is really like. This month we’ve got the story of someone who has spent most of her life outside the country of which she is a citizen. Although she grew up here in Kaş she has recently she started boarding school in England. She has a unique perspective on growing up abroad and the comparisons between English and Turkish culture and schooling.
Hi, my name is Emine.
My parents chose my name Emine because they wanted me to fit in at school and also they wanted a name that sounded good in English. Which it does when people can pronounce it!
ProWal – Dolphin press release
Below is the latest Press Release from ProWal. Many of our readers have been following this story and I couldn’t find the PR on their website (in German). So we’re re-posting it here verbatim for those not on their mailing list…
Scandal dolphinarium in Kas also cases animal suffering in Bodrum
Radolfzell/Kas/Bodrum – 30th of April 2012 – The scandals and protests about Turkish dolphinariums not come to an end. Just during last weekend protest actions of Turkish and German animal rights groups and initiatives attracted a lot of attention in Kas. The animal activists demand the immediate closure of the dolphinarium in Kas, where four bottlenose dolphins are kept in a small wire cage. They were transferred from a dolphinarium near Bodrum to Kas in December 2011.
Click here to read a personal account of the Kaş Protests!
(Below is the remainder of the release in English, then some photos then the whole text in Turkish & German)
Film Award
Do you remember our articles on Özkan Yılmaz and the Apple Tea Film Makers?
Well one of the films that came out of Özkan Yılmaz’s project with local children has made the shortlist of 10 for the overall prize
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