Yarımburgaz: small ruin, trees and litter
Yarımburgaz city farms: cormorants on the lake
Yarımburgaz city farms: coots on the lake
Yarımburgaz city farms: coots on the lake
Küçükçekmece northeastern marsh: wet in places
Küçükçekmece northeastern marsh: shiny black turtle
Küçükçekmece northeastern marsh: egret
Küçükçekmece northeastern marsh: shiny black turtle
Küçükçekmece northeastern marsh: heading north towards Altınşehir
Küçükçekmece northeastern marsh: white seed heads
Küçükçekmece northeastern marsh: path across the railway line
Küçükçekmece northeastern marsh: modern ruin
Altınşehir: car wreck
Altınşehir: car wrecks
Altınşehir: minibus wreck
Altınşehir: car wreck
Altınşehir: car mechanic's garage
Altınşehir: car mechanic's garage
Altınşehir: Odabaşı Ottoman bridge
Altınşehir: Odabaşı Ottoman bridge
Sazlıdere gorge (west side): cable reels
Sazlıdere gorge (west side): gecekondo (I assume)
Sazlıdere gorge (west side): depot
Sazlıdere gorge (west side): gecekondo (I assume)
Sazlıdere gorge (west side): view south
Sazlıdere gorge (west side): some of today's hiking gang
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: view south
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: some of today's hiking gang
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: remains of the orthodox church
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: entrance
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: by the lower entrance
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: roof
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: remains of the orthodox church
Yarımburgaz prehistoric cave: Tasha makes the descent more challenging
Sazlıdere gorge (east side): today's hikers
Sazlıdere gorge (east side): cable reels
Sazlıdere gorge (east side): chained angry dog (who wouldn't be)
Altınşehir: Blue aqueduct
Altınşehir: passing under a flyover
Altınşehir: potato sellers (there were at least 3 sets)
Altınşehir: potato sellers (there were at least 3 sets)
Melentiade oaks: trees and Byzantine wall
Melentiade oaks: fallen tree
Melentiade: treasure hunters' pit
Melentiade: treasure hunters' dig and wall fragment
Melentiade: Byzantine walls
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: flamingos
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: flamingos
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: gulls
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: flamingos (and maybe an egret in the top left)
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: well-balanced hiker
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: gulls
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: gulls
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: today's hikers
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: flamingos
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: flamingos
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: gulls
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: view south
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: making our way carefully
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: worm (for fish bait) hunter
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: worm (for fish bait) hunter
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: worm (for fish bait) hunter
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: worm (for fish bait) hunter
Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh: complicated marsh cow
between Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh and Bathonea: ploughing
between Küçükçekmece northwestern marsh and Bathonea: ploughing
Bathonea old woodland strip: oaks
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): Roman ruins and tree
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): Roman ruins
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): Roman ruins
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): tree
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): tree
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): Roman (and Byzantine?) ruins
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): Roman ruins (new dig)
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): Roman jigsaw
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): Roman ruins (new dig)
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): Roman ruins (new dig)
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): Roman ruins (new dig)
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): Roman ruins (new dig)
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (north): Roman ruins (new dig)
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (between north and mid): feral dog pack
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (between north and mid): brown tree fungus
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (mid): Roman jetty
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (mid): Roman harbour wall (I assume)
Bathonea ancient and historical ruins (mid): tree
Bathonea historical ruins (mid): ruined buildings
Bathonea historical ruins (mid): stone wall
Bathonea historical ruins (mid): stone wall
Bathonea Roman and historical ruins (mid): ancient masonry
Bathonea (mid): modern remnant
Bathonea historical ruins (mid): ruined buildings
Bathonea historical ruins (mid): ruined building
Bathonea historical ruins (mid): ruined hamam (we assume)
Bathonea historical ruins (mid): ruined building
Bathonea historical ruins (mid): scattered ruins
Bathonea historical ruins (mid): stone wall
Bathonea historical ruins (mid): stone wall
Bathonea historical ruins (mid): ruined building
heading north from Bathonea (mid): tree
heading north from Bathonea (mid): Mohamed and the cross
heading north from Bathonea (mid): our feral dog pack reappears (what do they live on? hopefully not hikers...)
Eşkinoz valley: the urban wonderland of Yeşilkent (another win for Anatolian irony)
Eşkinoz valley: looking towards some of the new construction on Isıvatı
Eşkinoz valley: looking towards some of the new construction on Isıvatı
Eşkinoz valley: chained dogs and Yeşilkent
Eşkinoz valley: young woman in a nice coat and hat with cows
Eşkinoz valley: chained windowless east-facing walls of Yeşilkent
Eşkinoz valley: geese and farm dog
Eşkinoz valley: hens
Eşkinoz valley: geese
Eşkinoz valley: hens
Eşkinoz valley: hens
Eşkinoz valley: horse and cart
Eşkinoz valley: geese (?)
Eşkinoz valley: heading towards Ispartakule
Eşkinoz valley: polluting drain
Ispartakule: urban nightmare
Ispartakule: urban nightmare
Ispartakule station: waiting for a train
