May 26, 2006

INTERNATIONAL RAINBOW SUMMER CAMP, July 3-9, 2006, Kaos GL, TURKIYE

July 3-9, 2006, Monday to Sunday
Ancient Lycia Road, Kabak Koyu, Fethiye, TURKIYE
Kaos GL


Summer Camp?
"International Rainbow Summer Camp" is the name of the summer meeting for gays and lesbians that we have arranged as Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Association (Kaos GL).

From picnic to camp: The Rainbow Summer Camp

We are turning the picnics that we have been arranging every year since 1997 into the "International Summer Camp" for gays and lesbians this summer. We see camps and picnics as our practice of reaching beyond the places and relationships that we have been imprisoned in. In this camp, which is one of our steps towards coming out in daily life, we would like to be all together this summer.

Camp: We are joining our vacations!

By moving from one-day-long picnics to one week of summer camp, we want our join our vacations. With the summer camp, we gay-lesbian-bisexual people want to have a vacation that becomes the name "Rainbow", altogether. We want to swim in the sea and walk on the mountain. We plan to communicate and interact, through social, cultural, artistic and psychological workshops.


How Can I join the Summer Camp?

The Rainbow Summer Camp welcomes all gays, lesbians and bisexuals from Turkey and all parts of the World.

OK, but when is the camp?

The camp is arranged for one week between July 3-9, 2006. It starts on Monday and finishes on Sunday evening.

Those who cannot stay the whole week can also choose the option which are 4-5 or 3-4 days long.


Where do we go?

The camp site is on the Ancient Lycia Road, in the beautiful bay called Kabak Koyu, near Fethiye. There are more than one camping sites in Kabak Koyu. One of these has been reserved for the Rainbow Summer Camp between July 3-9.


How do I get there?

We will be starting from Ankara on July 2, Sunday evening, at 22:00. Those who will be joining the camp from other cities, can meet us here in Ankara so that we can start together in the evening and travel on the same bus.

(If they wish, our guests who will be coming from abroad can join us in Ankara in the evening of July 2, so that we will have a fun bus trip to Fethiye altogether.)

Every one is going to meet on Monday morning, July 3 in Fethiye Bus Terminal. Those who will be coming from cities other than Ankara can also arrange their journey so that they will be in Fethiye Bus Terminal on Monday morning July 3, at 08:00.

(Those who plan to come via Dalaman Airport can again arrange their flights so that they will arrive in Fethiye Bus Terminal on Monday morning July 3, at 08:00.)


Transportation to the Camp

We will arrive at the end of road with a one-hour long minibus trip; after that we will walk for approximately 45 minutes to the camp site. So please come with a rucksack, not with a suitcase, etc.


Who is in Charge of the Camp?

A professional guide from Middle Earth has undertaken to be in charge of the Rainbow Summer Camp. Our guide in charge will be with us full time for the whole week. The daily fee of our guide is a hundred (100) YTL (New Turkish Liras), this fee will be divided to the number of participants in the camp and paid jointly by all participants.


THE PROGRAM AND ACTIVITIES

Walks to the mountain and the waterfall

Boat trip to the pirate city in Paradise Bay

Moonlight and camp fire on the beach

Movie Shows on wide screen TV

Poetry and Photography workshops

Recitals by the local gay-lesbian choir
Batik Workshop- do not forget to bring t-shirts

For those who would like to learn how to swim or improve their swimming, the camp instructor will be with us throughout the camp.


Open-air Workshops:
Night and Music Workshop
Pool and Waterfall Workshop
Moonlight Workshop
Love Workshop
Awareness Workshop

WHAT SHOULD I BRING WITH ME?

Walking shoes or boots suitable for the mountain walk, with soles that won't slip
Hat, swimming suit, shorts, towel
Sun lotion
Comfortable pants suitable for nature walks, can be shorts or trainers too.
T-shirts or sleevelesses
A small rucksack to put your camera, water bottle, etc. in.


ACCOMODATION

We will be staying in timber huts or tents.
Both the huts and the tents are for two.
The organization is closed to the press.

REZERVATIONS AND PRE-REGISTRATION

· You can pre-register to the camp by depositing 100 (one hundred) YTL in the bank account of the camp.
· There is a 20 (twenty) YTL discount for those who register for the Rainbow Summer camp until June 9, 2006, Friday, 17:00.
· The deadline for registration is June 27, 2006, Tuesday, 17:00.
· The participants to the Rainbow Summer Camp should deposit the whole of the camp fee in the camp's bank account until June 27, 2006, Tuesday, 17:00.


CAMPING FEES

· 250 YTL: 7 days in a timber hut / 230 YTL until June 9 (150 ?)
· 215 YTL: 7 days in a tent / 195 YTL until June 9 (130 ?)
· 180 YTL: 7 days in your own tent that you will bring / 160 YTL until June 9 (110 ?)
· The whole of the camp fee should be deposited in the camp's bank account indicated below, until June 27, 2006, Tuesday, 17:00.
· Those who register until June 9, 2006, Friday, 17:00 will benefit from a 20 (twenty) YTL discount and pay 230 YTL instead of 250 YTL.
· The 100 (A hundred) YTL pre-registration fee is included in the overall camp fee, the participants can deposit the remaining amount to the bank account of the camp until June 27, 2006, Tuesday, 17:00.


BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER FOR THE CAMP FEES
Mr. Metin Aykiri, Yapi Kredi Bank, Fethiye-Mugla.
If payments with foreign currency: 3008498-8
For payments in YTL: 4943141049225695
Services included in the camp fee
Breakfast, dinner and accomodation are included in the camp fees.


What is not included in the camp fee?
Transportation
The minibus from Fethiye to the camping site
The boat trip
Lunches
Drinks
The guide's fee

PLEASE NOTE:

a.. The timber huts and tents are for two.
b.. Menus priced between 3-10 YTL are available for lunch.
c.. Please do not bring any possessions that you do not need and will
be cumbersome to you, because you will have to carry all your stuff to the camp site. Do not bring what you cannot comfortably carry.
d.. Our guide will be with us fulltime, not just during the walks and other activities.
e.. Alcoholic drinks and beverages are available in the camp. (The price list will be e-mailed to the participants on June 27.)
f.. You can bring such musical instruments as will not be burdensome to you while walking.
g.. We are looking forward to your suggestions for any social, cultural or artistic workshop that yo would like to undertake to give, please let us know until June 27, 2006.
h.. The camp, which is on the Ancient Lycia Road, in Kabak Koyu, has been reserved for International Rainbow Summer Camp between June 3-9, 2006.
i.. Of the total camp fee paid by the participants until June 9, 20 (twenty) YTL will be transferred to Kaos GL.
j.. If the participants register between June 9-27, 2006, 30 (thirty) YTL will be transferred to Middle Earth and 10 (ten) YTL to Kaos GL.


Contact

Kaos Cultural Center

Gazi Mustafa Kemal Bulvari, 29/12, Demirtepe / Kizilay - Ankara /
TURKIYE
phone: 0312 230 0358
E-mail: kaosgl@kaosgl.com burcu.ersoy@gmail.com

www.kaosgl.com

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