BT Dive Team 2011

Bougainville Diving Team, Kaş, Turkey

The BT Diving Team is getting ready for a new season and some shifts in and additions to personnel. BT instructors are experienced and fully licensed and divers are fully insured. The dive school can teach both PADI and CMAS dive courses. They also offer try dives for those who have never experienced the underwater world as well as beginner and advanced dive courses.

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Yaşar Sarıca

Emre and Yaşar at Noel Baba Cafe

Emre Çevikel met recently with Yaşar Sarıca and asked him about his experiences with Bougainville Travel. Yaşar is 32 years old and said he has been with Bougainville Travel every year since 1996 except for his 2 year stretch in the military. He was 18 when he started working at BT and he has become, in Turkish, what is commonly called a "joker" or jack of all trades, but for sure, he is also a master of them all.  He drives the transfer bus to and from the airport, he is an assistant  tour guide for trekking, canyoning, and mountain biking and he sometimes pitches in and helps the staff at the Oreo Hotel in Kaş.
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Winter Walking

Phil Buckley-Winter Walking

Most people interested in hiking and trekking have heard of The Lycian Way: the 500 km long-distance walking route between Fethiye and Antalya on the Mediterranean Coast has been described as one of the world's top 10 walks. Here in Kaş we're roughly at the half-way point. As much of the route is coastal the best time to tackle the route (or bits of it!) is in Spring or Autumn. It's simply too hot in the Summer.
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Discover Adventure Group

Trekking in Lycian Turkey near Kaş

Alex Smith  tour guide and local resident of Kaş, Turkey, recently led a group of trekkers on a week long tour. This was their itinerary.
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Walking with Alex Smith

Alex at Tlos, an ancient Lycian Site

Alex Smith was born, brought up and lived the vast majority of his life in the North West of England. He is married to Barbara with two adult step children aged 30 and 26. Alex and Barbara have always enjoyed the area around Kaş, Turkey ever since they first visited in 1998 and immediately loved the town. They returned intermittently in the following years and finally moved here in 2007 after retiring from their teaching jobs. Alex began doing some tour guiding work during the 2009 season and has continued to do so with walking and family groups this season. We caught up with Alex in Kaş and asked him some questions.

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Yonca & Mountain Bikes

Yonca Duyan is in her first year at BT and she has already established a reputation for herself. She is the only woman tour guide working for BT and is a regular all around person.

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Yüksek Parkur

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation" -Plato-

Yüksek (high) Parkur is where "you can redefine your borders away from trouble and noise, as well as prove your courage and skill...Floating high above the ground, equipped with climbing ropes, harnesses and helmets one has to accomplish challenge after challenge on our course."
A day in our forest brings a lot of adrenalin and a feeling of accomplishment. An adventure sure to be the highlight of your vacation in Turkey!
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Lycian Way-Turkey

"The Lycians were an ancient people who inhabited the area of present day Turkey between the bays of Antalya and Fethiye, a compact, mountainous territory. "
From Who Were the Lycians?

"Alexander the Great was here, and so was Saint Paul, on his way to Ephesus." NY Times, 19/09/05 The Lycian League is famous in both legend and in more recent modern history.
It was history's earliest example of a form of republican government.
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Zem Zem Team

Captain Cem Ozer and Ahmet Kalkan are your hosts for this charter boat rental.

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Emre Çevikel

Kaş Dive Instructor

Emre Çevikel is our guide today while we go through the fun and excitement of the PADI Open Water Diving Course. Emre is both a PADI certified Dive Instructor and a CMAS 1 star Dive Instructor. He has been diving for the last 10 years in Kaş and has been with the Bougainville Dive Team for over 8 years.
More photos of Emre and Kaş Diving on Facebook.
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Kaş Dive Course

The PADI Open Water Dive Course with Emre who says "we have fun but we work hard!"

Emre Çevikel will be our guide for details about how he conducts an Open Water Diver Training Course at the Bougainville Dive Centre.

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PADI Open Water Diver Course

Professional Association of Dive Instructors (PADI) Official Website:
http://www.padi.com/scuba/padi-courses/diver-level-courses/view-all-padi-courses/open-water-diver/default.aspx

The academic sessions and knowledge reviews, confined-water training and open water dives are directed by PADI instructors.
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Ancient Kyaneai

Kyaneai (or Cyaneae in Greek) means "dark blue" and also "clashing rocks", though nobody knows why it was so named or which meaning it is supposed to have. Kyaneai is famous for its many sarcophagi which surround the site. There may be over 300 of them and this place has the most sarcophagi of any Lycian site.

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Meis-Kaş Swim Race

June 27 was the 6th Annual International Meis to Kaş Canoe and Swimming Contest. Castellorizo, known in Greek as Castellorizon, Kastelorizo or Megisti and in Turkish as Meis, is the smallest and most easterly of the Dodecanese Islands situated roughly half-way between the well-known Island of Rhodes and the major Turkish Port of Antalya.
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Canyoning Week

"Pure Adrenalin"-Kaş Adventure Travel and Diving, knowing that this region is very suitable for this sport, has prepared a week long super-tour. Those who are 16 or older and do not have any health problems may participate in this canyoning week.

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Veske: Paragliding Captain

Veske is currently the team captain of the paragliding team of Kaş Adventure Travel and Diving and comes originally from Izmir where he was born on the 27th of March, 1972. He graduated from Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir with a degree in economics.
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MAHO Sr. Kayak Guide

MAHO, senior tour guide for a kayaking day trip is Muharrem Arıcan but everyone calls him MAHO. The first thing that MAHO tells us is that a very important part of engaging in adventure sports is to be prepared mentally, physically and to have the right equipment.
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Kekova Sea Kayaking

Kekova is one of our oldest and most popular day trip destinations. Imagine piloting a sea kayak over an ancient Lycian sunken city! Just one of the many adventures in store for you when you join the rest of the team at Bougainville Travel, Adventure and Diving.
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Conditioning & Equipment

An adventure sport requires you to have a realistic awareness of your mental condition; be prepared to focus on the tour guide, his or her instructions and the event at hand. Knowing the limits of your physical condition is important. Unless a group is engaging in semi-professional competition, our adventure activities are meant to be FUN as well as challenging, therefore honesty about your physical fitness can determine the quality of your adventure experience.
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Canyon Safety Preparation

Canyoning is a wild, wonderful and wet adventure sport and usually done with a minimum of bruising and a great deal of enthusiasm. However, have you ever wondered why there is almost never an accident in this potentially hazardous adventure sport?
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