Monthly Archives: May 2012

Terry & Baris’ Big Weekend Adventure

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My husband and I recently spent 3 days visiting Kaş with adventures provided by Bougainville. I have lived in Turkey for over two years now. I have made a point of seeing the country from Istanbul to Kapadokya, from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. Our visit to Kaş was far and away the best…

Alex June

Every month Alex Smith shares his perspective on the expats of Kaş. You can also take a look at some other expats of Turkey… Foreigner’s Concerns and Charities We’re getting towards the end of May now and it has to be said some of the weather we have been experiencing this year has been decidedly…

Tourleader Training 2012

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We were impressed by several of our new candidates this year. Hatice was one; here she writes about what it was like to go through the 8-day programme… AND TRAINING GOES ON… It’s been only 2 weeks since our training course finished and I already appreciate what we were taught as I’ve realized how precious…

Terry – Hiking the Lycian Way – Last In Series

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Terry Henson Kaymak, who writes one of Turkey’s most successful English-language blogs, Adventures In Ankara has been writing about her adventures in Kaş. In her final article in the series about her adventures she describes a walk along a Roman aqueduct to the ancient city of Patara.

School Exchange Programme

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School Exchange Programme – Since 2004 “Offene Schule Waldau” in Kassel (Germany) and Kaş Merkez İlk Öğretim Okulu have been friends (Thank you to Rita Schumann for providing this detailed report) Last May another group of 12 pupils and their teachers came to Kas. They stayed for two weeks and lived with host families. Artur…

Opening Party

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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”…

Paragliding by Terry Henson Kaymak

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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

Kaş Animal Friends, Kaş, Turkey

*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

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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…

Us & Them

Chief Of Police, Governor, Mayor

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…