While we were back in Devon during November and December, we had more or less constant rain and leaden skies. So despite the cold temperatures it was a relief to get back here to the marina in Finike at the start of the New Year.
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| Copious fruit n veg at the Saturday market |
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| Fellow cruisers at the regular Sunday BBQ |
Our neighbours over the winter are Swedish couple Ann Kristin and Jan-Oke on S/Y Doris.
In January we decided it was about time we made a proper visit to Antalya instead of just passing through on our way to and from the airport.
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| Ataturk overlooks the sea |
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| Hadrian's Gate in Antalya |
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| Leighton asks for directions |
We stayed three nights in the old town of Kaleici and took in a Turkish bath, plenty of good food, visits to the aquarium and the archeological museum, and watched the film of Anna Karenina at the Migros multiplex cinema.
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| Leighton gets to know a dogfish at the aquarium |
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| tripperboats at Kaleici old harbour |
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| Leighton with Sezai at the waterfalls |
While we were there we got to know police officer Sezai who on his day off drove us out to Termessos and the Kursunlu waterfalls. He was excellent company and a very knowledgeable guide. When Alexander the Great caught sight of the mountain-top fortress at Termessos, he wisely decided to march his army past without attacking it. The site, still largely unexcavated, is spectacularly situated on the edge of a gorge. It was bitterly cold when we reached the ancient Greek theatre up there and watched the mist roll into the valley below, obscuring the view down to the sea.
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| Looking up at Termessos city walls |
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| At the tomb of King Alcetas |
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| Propping up the temple walls |
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| Hercules at archeological museum - top and bottom reunited |
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| Student does a drawing lesson |
In February, Leighton badly sprained his ankle out walking when a boulder rolled under his foot while scrambling down into a gulley. Luckily no bones were broken, but the soft tissue damage has taken a frustratingly long time to heal. A boat isn’t a good place to be when you’ve only got one good leg, but two months later he’s at last back on both feet and has just climbed up the mast to service the wind instruments.
With Leighton immobile, Cathy has taken out a group of hardy walkers of different nationalities every Friday to explore some of the local countryside.
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| Picnic at Rhodiopolis |
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| Looking over Alakir lake |
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| About to head along the Lycian Way |
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| Picking our way down a path |
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| So where are going this year? |
