Author: Rob

Walking the old goat trail

Bezirgan is a beautiful, rural village nestling in an ancient lakebed some 700 metres above Kalkan. Only a few decades ago, locals would spend the winter months in Kalkan and the summer months in the cooler, mountain villages such as Bezirgan. To get to school from Bezirgan the children would have to walk from the… Details

This isn’t going to hurt – much

On my numerous stays in Kalkan I always treat myself to at least one of the amazing Turkish haircuts. Well … haircut only begins to describe the “experience”. Prepare yourself for a gentleman’s pampering treatment, which, if you go for the “works” will take a good hour. The haircut in fact begins with a hot… Details