Blogs from Dalaman, Mediterranean, Turkey, Middle East

FETHIYE 27-30 May 2023 The day came to check out and we bid our lovely Kas hosts farewell and made our way to the station for the 10.45am bus to Fethiye which was 100TL. It was time to explore something else new. I calculated 3 days in Fethiye would hopefully be enough. One for Fethiye, one for Oludeniz and one for Calis Beach. There was the risk that I might regret that we didn't stay longer but this didn't end up happening. I had booked a room at a hostel called HZD. It was clean, central and a 15 minute walk from the bus station. We had a big private double room to ourselves with a share bathroom and kitchen on each floor, which we weren't sharing with more than 4 other people so it never ... read more

Note: if you double click on any of the pictures you will be transferred to the picture gallery where they will be enlarged to half page size. Unlike my previous blogs where I’ve kept a detailed daily record this one is more of a summary: hopefully less text and more photos (muffled cheering from the back of the class). However, owing to some inclement seasonal weather here in Dalyan i.e. UK type weather, there’s not even much in the way of photos. The story to date is therefore as follows: May 1st: Monarch Airlines ZB908 Birmingham to Dalaman a fast (four and a bit hours) and comfortable flight to be met by my brother Pete and his wife Margaret, plus the rep from the car hire company. A swift transit to the Villa Limon in Dalyan, ... read more

Well, we have decided to head back down the coast as the winds have been a bit unpredictable and we don't want to be caught battling head winds and having to get to Marmaris by next week when the boat goes on the hard for the winter. I will be leaving the boat Tuesday next week to start the journey home. So, only 6 days to go. It has once again been fantastic. We sailed up as far as Knidos which is a work in progress archilogal site, with a nice bay to spend the night in. A very big site dating back as far as the 4th century BC. Lots of people working on it from 6 in the morning but they don't work from late morning through late afternoon, during the heat of the ... read more

Yes, we are sailing. Every day the wind is such that we get 3 to 5 hours in of sailing under perfect conditions, which means we are whizzing along with the waves crashing over the bow and leaning over so that the boat is on a real lean. Can't get a photo of this as we are on the boat, but I can assure you that it is exciting. The weather continues to be fantastic but we have noticed that the temperature in the pre dawn is getting lower, so the change of the seasons is starting. Still extremely hot during the day and evenings. We haven't explored much but last night spent the evening in a village called Selimiye which is quite pretty. At the moment {6 o'clock in the morning} I am sitting on ... read more

Hi to everyone. Be.careful and aware is because, for the first time in all my travels, I have been scammed. pissed off ? You bet!!! But nothing you can do about it, just keep on sailing. A couple of us went draw money out and when the card wouldn't go in I was worried, long story after that, but Di in NZ rang the bank and within 40 minutes my card was canceled in NZ but they had succeeded in getting a bit of money out. So, not to bad as card was canceled and that would be the end to it. No way!!!! That was midday Friday, by midday Sunday they had taken a bloody lot out. Even though the card was canceled it continued to work. Don't ask me how but tbe bank has ... read more