Bottom scrubbing, Baba Noel and Buses Friday, 5th September. After a whirlwind month at home (full of visiting, at home & away, and jobs on house and garden) we arrived back in Finike to find Myrica in good shape. It is still hot (mid 30's) but apparently not as bad as it has been - the boat recorded a max inside temp of 41.7 while we were away and that was with curtains drawn and the inside dark and shaded. But the water is still hot - 31+ deg C, so still sw...

Minarets and Jambon and Homeward Bound 27th July 2014 We are in Finike in our first marina since Kusadasi, where we first entered Turkey in early June. It is a good place, with beautifully tiled shower suites, a barbecue area for yachtie use and guest cabin with couches, books and tv. It has a technical centre that houses umpteen workshops for stainless steel, carpentry & turning, electrical, mechanical and canvas repair & fabrication. Very impressive ...

Underwater ruins, sarcophagi and carpets Thursday, 24th July 2014 Kaş was a good place, on the touristy side, but attractive with it. We had been at anchor in the south of the bay and took a water dolmus to town. Its main claim to fame were lots of sarcaphogi, carpets, loom bracelets (for those into the current craze theirs they have been making for centuries) and a small Greek amphitheatre made out of ashlar stone. From the outside and side, it looked like a t...

Moons, Tombs & Lazy Days Saturday, 19th July 2014 Well, we have been lazy. We did the inlets and bays of the Gulf of Fethiye, taking two days out to stock up, once in Gӧçek and once in Fethiye, the first a good stop and the second a slight disappointment and not as memory served us (apart from the park and a great fish market). The rest was just wonderful bays, clear (bath)water, boiling temperatures, steep cliffs and high mountains. So we lazed in the hea...

Of Turtles and Tortoises Tuesday, 8th July 2014 It just gets better. Marmaris was good - lively and much bigger than when we were last here. A useful stop, we renewed our Turkcell Sim, stocked up (missed the market though) and got some useful information from a nearby Swiss yacht. The Cunard liner Elizabeth deigned to come and join us for the day here, dwarfing even the Castle on the front.From there we went to Çiftlik Bay, on the Rafet Baba restaurant jetty. Th...