Author Archives: Phil Buckley

The High Rope Park is Open!

Our High Rope Park in Çukurbağ is open! It even has its own page on this website and has welcomed a first group. After weeks of hard work our team has completed the erection of the various flying foxes, rope ladders, Burma bridges, swinging islands and various challenges.

Boating, Boozing and Britain

Alex Smith KaÅŸ, Turkey

by Alex Smith Well there you go, suddenly it’s nearly the end of April and in the last three days or so the temperature has begun to soar. It’s bringing the sandal and the shorts out of their winter hibernation and all over KaÅŸ they’re having their first airing of what, I am sure, will…

Ercan’s (and BT’s) New Project

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One of our best received articles was on the great work done by Ercan Tutal after he left Bougainville to work with the physically handicapped and socially disadvantaged. The article mentioned his new project near KaÅŸ. We’re glad to tell you that he now has all the necessary papers and even more excited to be…

Tourleader Training 2013

TL Training 2013

Every year between Easter and the beginning of May we do our in-house tourleading. This training gives new candidates a grounding in all our activities. This year is starts on 23rd April and finishes on May 3rd with our Opening Party.

Oreo Renovations

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Every winter we try to improve the standard of our facilities. Last winter we put in new beds and redid the floors throughout the rooms at Oreo. They were necessary but mostly invisible changes. But the work we did this year makes a big change aesthetically and practically.

Tornadoes, Tapus, and the Sub Continent

Alex Smith KaÅŸ, Turkey

by Alex Smith There has been a silence of late with, as far as I can remember, no news coming from this place for three or maybe even four months. Here then is an attempt to remedy that. By the way thanks to all the people whose kind words have prompted me to write this…

KAS 4 KIDS – BUSY BEES -UPDATE

KaÅŸ Busy Bees - Kas4Kids KaÅŸ, Turkey

by Barbara Smith Whilst the newsletter has had a winter break KAS4KIDS has continued with its activities to help local children. It has recently been Children’s Day and as usual the sun was shining and the local children were all in town marching, dancing and singing. It is always a wonderful day and this was…

From Bremen to Kaş – for belly dancing and yoga

Oriental Dancing

Rita Schumann has kindly submitted this article on a group of interesting women who have been coming to KaÅŸ for a long time to practise some unusual pursuits! It is time again, every midday Gabi and her friends dance in colourful dresses on the roof terrace of the Hotel Likya to Turkish and Greek music….

Autumn, Holidays & Arykanda

Alex Smith KaÅŸ, Turkey

Alex Smith’s November contribution… Now the end of October looms and with it comes clock shifting that always happens at this time of year. I haven’t checked but I think that it must be this weekend so we can look forward to shorter days very soon. Here that means beginning to think about storing up…

Running A Barn Dance

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Norman Stafford had the idea or running A Barn Dance to raise money. Here he writes about his experience of actually running it. Over a year ago some ladies involved with the local children’s charity, Kas4kids/Busy Bees, suggested that I should come to KaÅŸ to run a Barn Dance as a money raising event. To…