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I wonder why you think you cannot take poles on the plane. If you stuff them in your rucksack, which is checked in, there should be no problem. I have done that many times travelling from Denmark to Turkey, France (Camino del Norte), and USA.
Soren
Hi Stratophile
What you write makes perfect sense.
The larger groups I met were turks. Two groups were doing 2-day hikes around the peninsula with the light tower. I stayed in Adrasan with one of the groups and most of them seemed to be from Istanbul. I did not expect to meet many Turks on the...
I returned three weeks ago from hiking the Demre-Güynük part of the Lycian Way. It was great! I did not find the trail all that quiet but I may not have a good reference point. I met people on the trail every day and some days I met hiking parties from 10 to 50 persons, especially on the stretch...
Thank a lot for the detailed information. Man, you really ARE fast especially considering that the terrain is quite challenging in Places, or at least that is what I have understood from other posts. One person mentioned that the LW is much tougher than, say, the Camino Frances.
Soren
Many congratulations to you! I am planning to walk at least half the LW next spring so please allow me a couple of questions.
Did you really do the whole route as described in 19 days? That seems really fast to me. Have you calculated your average daily distance walked? Did you have any rest...
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