Once again the pumping out held us up leaving but not so much this time. But after the last minute printer buying we didn't get away till after 3.00 so decided to try Butterfly Bay just an hour and a half away. We had heard that it gets crazy busy with Gulets and pirate ships but when we pulled in we were the only boat there apart from a couple of little power boats. We snorkelled and saw lion fish and turtles in crystal clear water about 7 metres deep. The next ...

There is a large anchoring space just outside of Marmaris Marina where we stayed after a pump out and refuel. As we were heading into the anchorage we saw an Australian flagged boat and pulled up alongside to yell Aussie, Aussie at them and realised it was Craig and Nelli on Lomana! We had first met them in 2019 in Menorca and seen them off and on during lockdowns back home. We invited them for dinner and had a great night catching up. Cora made a delicious Salm...

Market day in Datca was moved from Saturday to Friday because a religious holiday starts on the 8th for a week. I was ashore buying a dress when I found this out so we quickly provisioned as a few of the places we planned to go to next don't really have anything at them. The holiday is called Bayram. It seems that Mohammad asked a man to show he truly believed by sacrificing his son - after a lot of anguish he agreed and M was so impressed by his loyalty he let h...

We stayed one week in Bodrum in the end. We both had appointments at the private (very nice and new) hospital there for dermatology checks. Peter has had a chunk cut out of under his foot which has made walking sore. We spent a day in Kos by ferry as it was easier than checking EN in and out etc etc. We had to pick up some warranty parts for EN that Lagoon had sent. it is too difficult getting things into Turkiye. It was only a blind and a part for the water make...

We finally got away on Friday morning. There were of course a few last minute things but it all got done. We said a sad goodbye to Ken who has had his boat on the hard near us for all these weeks and came for coffee each day. Bruce, an Aussie we met in Rhodes, had just arrived to be hauled so maybe they can cheer each other up. We only went a short way around to Kazikli, Ali Dave Bay to try things out and had no problems with generator, water maker or air con. T...