Stranded...

We are staying in a car park next to the Cirali beach, a short walk from Olympus. The car park is only accessible via a ford, which was very low on our arrival (see picture). However, it has since rained heavily for three days and the river has changed character greatly, making a crossing look quite risky! On the third day of heavy rain we noticed a car pull up in front of the river. Our instant reaction was to grab the cameras and run over to see if they were stupid enough to drive across a cloudy, torrent of water… They were that stupid! The car was only part way across, when the current spun the nose downstream and the occupants started to look very concerned. Fortunately, the car wasn’t quite deep enough to get washed away, and the occupants struggled out from the windows. The little girl was not happy and two guys seem to try and exit from the same window…? We soon dropped the cameras and tried to help pull the car from the river. Even with 10 people and a rope the car wouldn’t shift, so our Czech friend used their van to tow the car to dry land.
The river is currently just passable; however, it is raining again and looking like we may be stranded until the weather permits our passage back to Geyekbayiri…