Blogs from Mediterranean, Turkey, Middle East - page 9

Our trip covering some of the East of Turkey has bought quite a few surprises not to mention some incredible sights, Woolly thought it would be a good idea to do a summary of the trip and we agreed thinking it might keep him quiet for a few days! Woolly says – So cutting! The East was very different and gave us a variety of problems and some wonderful destinations Camping proved to be problematic with many campsites not existing and I would certainly recommend contacting camps by email before planning to stay at them. Prices are cheap ranging between 25TL and 40TL (approximately £8.10 and £12.90 GBP) in comparison to European sites but be prepared for very basic facilities with only a few camps having washing up areas at all. Several we stayed on where ... read more

The sun continues to shine, rain however has arrived and Woolly and I had a lovely hour watching the waiters pulling in chairs and tables with the rain bouncing off the pavement and developing rivers into the bar areas. Half an hour later and everything was back outside with the water disappearing under the bright sunlight again. The showers never last long…… Woolly says – the rain is even warm and if I was the type that wanted to shower I would have only needed some soap! The most exciting part of the week was being able to see our belongings again! Having waved them goodbye on 24th July I was so happy to greet them on Turkish soil. We had been told that they would arrive sometime next week but then Jo received an email ... read more

I pulled by backpack on and walked down Leda street to the "border crossing" I entered North Lefkosi and hopped in a taxi for the 30 minute trip to Kyrenia. Kyrenia has a picture perfect harbour surrounded my a maze of alleyways full of bars, hotels and shops and is a great place to stay. The first night I had a room in the maze like back streets which was old but nice and enjoyed a great traditional fish dinner, the second night I moved to a room on the harbour with lovely view. The next day it was time to leave so l packed up and headed to the airport catching my flight to Anatalya in Turkey, on arrival I headed to passport control , there must have been at least 500 hundred people waiting ... read more

Wild nights!!! No, not the party type wild nights but the very windy type wild nights. Friday and Saturday nights have been extremely windy, and even though we are settled into good moorings the boat moves around a lot and the a couple of boats had to work on their ropes during the night. Friday night was spent in a bay that had an old castle/fort up on the entrance to the bay. First signs of settlement are from the 10th century BC. What we climbed to and walked around the whole lot was from the 3rd /2nd century BC. Amazing sites but there are so many of them. We are nearly down to Marmaris on our way back south and I have only two more nights aboard. Still finding neat bays and places to stop ... read more

Well we ended up staying in Selimiye all day Saturday as Martin wanted to do a bit of work on the boat and it was about time we had a kick back day. So we hoisted Martin up the mast, swam, ate, a bit of walking and sleeping. I have developed a liking for apple tea and find it very refreshing so drink a few of those during the day.. Robert made a friend in Pepe the lab and became quite well photographed when they were doing their diving tricks off the jetty. On one occasion they were set to go, Robert said yes, and tricked poor Pepe into diving in while he just stood there and then every one stood and laughed. Pay back, a couple of times later,all set and Robert dives in but ... read more