The weather Gods decided to throw a storm and some rain around so we stopped off in Palamut. We tied up in the little harbour - only just room for us! This little town was very nice and Peter got some good long fast walks in. We had read about a restaurant that did a leg of lamb in a wood fired oven if you gave them a half days notice. We found it and luckily the information was still correct after 12 years! Very, very good. Lots of left overs for sandwiches the...

What a place! Peter and I flew from Bodrum to Istanbul then on to Kayseri, which is the airport for Cappadocia, on Thursday afternoon. We arrived about 11pm then had to bus to the hotel. it was advertised at the Heaven Cave (?!) but we soon found out that all the hotels in Cappadocia call themselves something or another cave even if they're not. Ours was an old family home converted that was set into the rock so could passably be a cave. it was nice enough but th...

We left Gocek after Paul and Glenys flew out and went off to Ecincik which we remembered as being lovely and quiet with clean, clean water only to find it quite busy and bits and pieces in the water - not sure what they were but it wasn't very inviting. Peter tried to get up on the skis again but failed. Kiki and Cora wake boarded. Marmaris was the next stop and we met Antony and Alison from Cat's Pajamas ( a play on their South African/Dutch surname). an Aus...

Gocek D Marin marina is where we went to meet Peter's brother Paul and his wife Glenys from Australia. Our 12 month contract with Didm D Marin gives us a week free at any of their other marinas which is good. It doesn't include power and water though which is hideously expensive. Peter and I got out of Kiki and Cora's way (cleaning, cleaning) and found a chandlery that had kayaks in their catalogue. We'd been wanting a couple for ages but mostly it's all rentals ...

Our next stop was Kekova just 2 hours around the corner. A very pristine area with a sunken city. we started off in an anchorage with two jetty restaurants. One, Ramazan, was supposedly famous for their kofte meat balls, chips and salad - it did not disappoint. I was surprised we could both still float when we went for an after lunch dip! The jetty was about the most rickety I've seen, including the Caribbean and that's saying something. We next went half an hour...