Kalkan Architecture

Kalkan

Heading east we were now in new territory and wanted to visit Kalkan, Kekova and Kas. Well the first is now 100% tourist (maybe thats slightly exaggerated but the only non tourist building we saw in the whole town was the post office) which is great if you want to watch football, have a lager or a full English breakfast - not our thing although we did watch some Wimbledon tennis so there was a silver lining to wall to wall bars and restaurants);

Breakfast and life at Ali's Bay

Ali's Bay

Next stop east was a v small bay with a great restaurant (Ali's) of which we had very fond memories, having visited with both Roy and Jackie and also Terry and Jenny. Sadly, its now frequented by numerous very noisy tripper boats and although the bay is still a lovely spot, both Ali and the restaurant seem to have lost their magic - still OK but just not really special we thought. Maybe that's generally the case re-visiting special places from a long time ago - better to keep the memory.

Gocek

Gocek

We had some ground to make up and put in a big day (well a big day for us cruisers) across the gulf south of Marmaris, around 60M to Gocek where we'd been a long time ago. Fortunately there was a good breeze most of the way, especially passing just north of Rhodes where the wind seems to be funnelled in the 10M channel between the island and the Turkish mainland. Gocek was much as we remembered it and the marina still must be one of the best in the world. A surprise was seeing a colourful and noisy parade with drummers, dancers and camels - apparently re-enacting a old tradition of taking supplies by camel train from the port up into the mountainous interior. we also ate the same restaurant that we had eaten with Roy and Jackie and Terry and Jenny a few years earlier!

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