Turkish waters

On Tuesday we motored round to Buzburun and failed to find the market before it closed. Had lunch at Osman's on the quay, did some shopping and pottered around.

On Wednesday we motor sailed round the corner to Bozuk Buku, ancient Loryma, where we tied up at Ali Baba's restaurant, as usual alongside a boatload of Russians 

and climbed up to the magnificent citadel, between showers and thunderstorms.

We left Loryma on Thursday morning and popped in to Serce

to do a reportedly beautiful walk. We had a short walk but it was not very exciting and the weather was foul, 

so we went on to Marmaris and anchored off the town. It was pouring with rain and the streets were full of sad English tourists in bikinis with plastic macs over, and sodden day trippers coming off their trip boats.

It was not the best weather to have a drink on deck in the evening, but we made the best of it

and got a lot of shopping done.

From Marmaris we motor-sailed down to Ekincik on Friday, where we tied up at My Marina. Lin's back is still painful, so she does all the driving, becoming an ace at going stern-to (and alongside), while Simon does all the heavy crew work. 

My Marina has a very flashy pontoon with tastefully constructed ruins and an expensive restaurant, at which one had to eat to stay free on the quay (not quite free - 20 lira a day for electricity and 15 for water). The food was very ordinary, but excellent service and beautifully presented, which I guess is what the nobs want. And a fantastic view.

Just as we came in to My Marina a Grand Soleil 50 came sweeping in and passed us onto the quay - it was Martin and Sandra with Catherine and Stuart, whom we had not expected to meet because they had been going direct to Loryma.

 On Saturday we all took a half-day boat trip

up to Dalyan and the ruins of ancient Caunus, stopping on the way at a cave

and by a boat where a man attracted turtles

with a blue crab on his line.

After visiting the ruins at Caunus, we had lunch at a riverside restaurant in Dalyan (no pictures because the battery ran out). Martin and co left when we got back to My Marina

while we stayed another night. Pasta with pesto rather than the expensive restaurant for dinner!

This morning (Sunday) we left for Gocek bay.