Gocek bay

We had a lovely sail down from Ekincik to Gocek bay on Sunday, until the wind ran out.

The wind was cold - not surprising because there was still snow on the mountains behind Gocek.

We motored through the passage inside Domuz Ad

and tied up in Kapi Creek, which was very beautiful, with a fixed price menu restaurant, but the bay soon filled up with boats.

In the afternoon we walked up the hill and looked down on Ragged Bay

Then over the other side to see the ruined houses, now used as a cow shed, having our first swim of the year (except for Simon's dive at Lakki to recover things he had dropped overboard).

On Monday we motored around the bay, checking out the little coves. It is all very beautiful, but very crowded, even in May, especially where there is a quay by a restaurant to tie on to. We motored up to Tomb Bay, where we anchored off the beach

and Simon climbed up to the tombs

We went back to Seagull Bay, which we had decided was the nicest place to anchor, but it was deep and the bottom was smooth rock so the anchor would not hold.

So we went on to Pillared bay, which was very peaceful

and Lin swam.

We woke early this morning to the dawn chorus and set of to motor to Kalkan (no wind). We decided that Gocek Bay is very beautiful, but too crowded. and we miss seeing a bit of village life which is one of the pleasures of sailing in Greece - in Turkey there are either big cities and holiday complexes, or little bays with at most a restaurant, all of which are much the same. Heikell promises that Kalkan has some 'sophisticated restaurants'. We shall see.