Gocek - 19th September
We're enjoying the sheltered waters of the Gulf of Fethiye. You could spend weeks here pottering from one little bay to another without getting bored. Pines grow down to the shore, the water's clear and the going's easy.
Things we like about Turkey:
The people are friendly and very obliging - nothing's too much trouble
They are enterprising too - a village lady makes pancakes in the bow of a motorboat while she's ferried about by her son; a barber stopped Leighton in the street offering to cut his hair; mini-market boats ply up and down the anchorages to sell us fresh bread and produce.
It's green - perhaps because they keep fewer goats than the Greeks?
The food is fantastic with loads of fruit and vegetables in the markets. Cathy's personal heaven right now is the plentiful supply of fresh figs and pomegranates.
Prices are cheap and our pounds go further in lira, the local currency.
Things we don't like about Turkey:
Enthusiasm to sell you something can stray over into pestering - Leighton found it hard to browse the chandlers without being hassled
Small biting flies, which invariably bite you on the ankles when you're trying to berth in a tight spot
Anchoring in deep water - we realise our 65 metres of chain isn't enough
Gocek is the only town we haven't taken to - too many yotties for our taste
Today we took the bus from Gocek to Dalyan to see some magnificent Lycian tombs cut into the cliff above the river that flows through the town. The ancient city of Caunos sits on a hill a short way downstream. It fell into decline when the river silted up the harbour and cut off access to the open sea.
In case you think we've been having too much of a good time, there is a fly in our ointment. Just recently our engine has been overheating unless we keep to low revs. The neck of our heat exchanger has been patched many times over and the last time we did it, the repair only lasted a couple of weeks. We've sourced a new one that we hope will come out with Edd who visits us next week. Meantime, this is Leighton's ingenious fix using a wooden bung, and we keep our fingers crossed we won't have to use the engine much until it's properly repaired.
We're enjoying the sheltered waters of the Gulf of Fethiye. You could spend weeks here pottering from one little bay to another without getting bored. Pines grow down to the shore, the water's clear and the going's easy.
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| Yet another idyllic place to spend the night |
Things we like about Turkey:
The people are friendly and very obliging - nothing's too much trouble
They are enterprising too - a village lady makes pancakes in the bow of a motorboat while she's ferried about by her son; a barber stopped Leighton in the street offering to cut his hair; mini-market boats ply up and down the anchorages to sell us fresh bread and produce.
It's green - perhaps because they keep fewer goats than the Greeks?
The food is fantastic with loads of fruit and vegetables in the markets. Cathy's personal heaven right now is the plentiful supply of fresh figs and pomegranates.
Prices are cheap and our pounds go further in lira, the local currency.
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| The pancake lady touting for business |
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| Beachside beauty parlour |
Things we don't like about Turkey:
Enthusiasm to sell you something can stray over into pestering - Leighton found it hard to browse the chandlers without being hassled
Small biting flies, which invariably bite you on the ankles when you're trying to berth in a tight spot
Anchoring in deep water - we realise our 65 metres of chain isn't enough
Gocek is the only town we haven't taken to - too many yotties for our taste
Today we took the bus from Gocek to Dalyan to see some magnificent Lycian tombs cut into the cliff above the river that flows through the town. The ancient city of Caunos sits on a hill a short way downstream. It fell into decline when the river silted up the harbour and cut off access to the open sea.
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| The ferrywoman who rowed us across the river to the rock tombs |
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| Tombs ancient and modern |
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| Gateway leading to old harbour |
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| Theatre at Caunos overlooking the Dalyan river |
In case you think we've been having too much of a good time, there is a fly in our ointment. Just recently our engine has been overheating unless we keep to low revs. The neck of our heat exchanger has been patched many times over and the last time we did it, the repair only lasted a couple of weeks. We've sourced a new one that we hope will come out with Edd who visits us next week. Meantime, this is Leighton's ingenious fix using a wooden bung, and we keep our fingers crossed we won't have to use the engine much until it's properly repaired.
1 comment:
This is the only wooden bung on the planet designed with pressure release for the expansion tank! Works a treat!
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