Today we walk Kapaklı to Kaleüçağız

Due to heavy rains overnight, took taxi back to Demre to Saint Nicholas Museum, then to our next hotel, Baba Veli Pansiyon in Kaleucagiz harbor. Lovely sunny lunch at ibrahim’s restaurant by the harbor. Headed out on intended hike to Simena and Kalekoy mid afternoon just as rains started. Rain so heavy we quickly turned around to head into town. Hail storm, took cover in restaurant/bar. Power went out, flooding commenced, water pouring into roof of kitchen. As water level started to rise, sought higher ground. On front patio, climbed on furniture. Susan S found side stairway. Scrambled upstairs, opened unlocked door, sought refuge in empty guesthouse room with balcony overlooking deluge. Wrapped ourselves in blankets and towels. Main Street became a river. Cars and debris swept away. Terrifying but unclear any better option. Fear of electrical wires coming down and didn’t know where to go. Keegan in next room napped through most. As deluge subsided, person who had booked our hotel room showed up, so we quickly grabbed all of our stuff, folded sheets and towels to pretend we had never been there, and ran to Keegan‘s room. As water started to recede, Elvira said Ibrahim could come rescue us in car. (Earlier thought only option might be by boat.). Using poles, we crossed the “river” and he drove us to guest house, which was much more solid and safer. Boots, completely submerged and all clothes soaked. Dried them with blow dryer. That evening, forded flooded Street in flip-flops to have dinner in upstairs restaurant, Eva’s, that had power (most of the time). our kind waiter found us warm halvah as we needed a dessert of some sort. Overall, terrifying day.