Gulet Holiday Turkey, October 2004 Photo Gallery by Steve Goldthorp at pbase.com

Gulet Holiday Turkey, October 2004

Blue Cruise East - boat: Aganda. Organisation: Explore

Capt Ali, Cook and anchor man Ramazan, Hassan (barman) and Murat (crew)

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Fethiye

Xanthos

Saklikent Gorge

Kas & Kalkan

Lycia

Lycian Way

Kekova and Kale

Gemiler Island

Thankyou to Celia for the following description of cruise:

Day 1 - Transfer from Dalaman airport to Fethiye. Meet Gulet in Fethiye and sail to Paradise Bay. Overnight here (motoring 40mins/5miles)

Day 2 - Motor to Yesil Koy opposite kalkan, swim & snorkel am and lunchtime motor into Kalkan Harbour. Either look around kalkan or optional trip to Xanthos (ancient Lycian capital city) and Salikent Gorge. Return to Gultt in kalkan. Evening motor to bayinder bay opposite Kas. Impossible to go further east due to bad weather. Overnight here (motor 6.5 hrs/78miles). Unbelievable storm - wrecked fish farm Fish seen making break for freedom ;-))

Day 3 - After breakfast left bayinder bay to sail to Fineke. Hugh waves and very strong wind with boat hardly moving meant alteration to plans! Headed into top end of Kekova Bay, mooring in beautiful narrow bay with Kingfishers. No road access so couldn't go to Arcanda. Evening motor round corner to Ucagiz village. Four people escape to land - Another almighty thunderstorm - Celia convinced lightening struck mast (shes allowed to hallucinate on this trip!) (1.5hrs/18 miles).

Day 4 - Morning. Meet minibus in Ucagiz (wearing bin liners) and drive to Olympos Beach and Cirali Village. Rest stop en route - gorgeous cats and pomegranite juice and gozleme (savory pancake). Go to Chimera first and afternoon visit to Olympos or sit on beach.

Three of us stayed with Gulet, walked on Lycian Way, admired Lycian Tombs, lunched on board and motored accross to Tersane Bay - and the land of the rabbits! Overnight in kekova Bay - more rain and storms! (Two dogs getting friendly??)

Day 5 - No sea kayaking today - weather meant risk of capsize. Morning visit to Kale - crusader castle, Lycian tombs. Ruth swam. Motor over ruins of Kekova 'sunken city'and moor in Tersane Bay, snorkeling, swimming and canoeing. Sunshine, escape rain by motoring to Bayinder bay opposite Kas. Overnight here - calm! (1.5 hrs/18 miles).

Day 6 - Morning spent in Bayinder Bay enjoying the sun and sea. After lnch, motored into kas harbour (2hrs). Loads of time for eating, shopping, drinking, dancing. Leave Kas 0400 - hopefully with everyone aboard! :-) (motoring 6 hrs/72 miles)

Day 7 - AM arrive Gemiler Is, look around ruins and walk to top. Gemiler Island is covered in the ruins of a town dating from the Byzantine era and give good snorkeling around underwater ruins. It is also the birthplace of St Nicholas and is subject to the purveyors of Turkish Pancakes - yum!. Ok so, Father Christmas came from Turkey?....PM motor to Kizilada Is and back accross to Samanli Bay (managed to raise sails en route and sail - NO MOTOR HURRAH!! But someone indicated he wanted to swim....! Steve & Ruth put ashore for walk and photos. Overnight here (motor 4 hrs/12 miles)

Day 8 - Sail into Fethiye harbour AM. 14 people stowaway on board Gulet for cruise west, refusing to go home........:-))

But if we had, we'd have missed the fish market and cafes.......;-))

Thankyou everyone for your good humour and companionship.

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01 meeting the neighbours!	02 Evening photo of boat	03 Sunrise en route to Kalkan	04 Sunrise handrail
05 Xanthos, amphitheatre	06 Xanthos, amphitheatre	07 Xanthos, Lycian tomb detail	08 Xanthos, Roman (left) and Lycian tombs
09 Xanthos, floor mosaic, byzantine church	10 Xanthos, Lycian tomb	11 Xanthos, Lycian tomb	12 Xanthos, Cyclamen
13 Saklikent Gorge entrance	14 Saklikent Gorge	15 Saklikent Gorge	16 Saklikent Gorge
17 Saklikent Gorge	18 Saklikent Gorge	19 Saklikent Gorge	20 Groupies in Saklikent Gorge
21 Ruth bouldering in Saklikent Gorge	22 Sesame stooks	23 View to minaret in hillside village	24 Kalkan street with urchin

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Eldar Kadymov		12-Dec-2005 22:51
You make wonders with 5700, exellent gallery, and very enjoable ride, voted !

Guest		23-Nov-2005 18:58
Great gallery! Takes me back to my "blue voyage" :-) http://www.pbase.com/canbalci/mavi

Steve Goldthorp		20-Sep-2005 20:05
Hello Kaya, If you dont mind doing a translation.......! Thanks, Steve

kaya ��ld�r / ist		20-Sep-2005 13:24
herkese selamlar, güzel yurdumu gezinde vatan nasýl olurmuþ bi görün bakalým...

Steve Goldthorp		21-Dec-2004 07:24
Dear Erdem, Very good to hear from you! What a fantastic area to live in - we enjoyed visiting very much indeed. Yes please do use any of these photos they should be OK for web use as you find them! But please would you insert 'courtesy of Steve Goldthorp, www.pbase.com/croftcroyne'. Regards, Steve

Guest		21-Dec-2004 00:14
Hello, First of all I would like to say sorry for my english. I am from istanbul originally but my father has a summer house in Antalya KAS. When I saw the turkcell prayer tree I was suprised. It is only 2 minutes from our house and I didnt know that tree was prayer tree :). And I was also excited about seeing someone in the net who has been near our area. The world is realy small :) Can I use some of your pictures in my website ? Best Regards Erdem Dundar www.villadundar.com

Jean		29-Oct-2004 19:21
As always a fantastic set of piccies Steve, particularly liked the gorge and the VERY OLD things. Must now look up Lycian, Jean

Christine & Chris		28-Oct-2004 19:39
Hi Ruth & Steve, Finally downloaded your pictures ( must do something about broadband ) worth the wait though. May steal a few to fill in the gaps in my set, can't say I have anything that you have not covered. Really enjoyed seeing them. Best wishes. Chris

philip waters		20-Oct-2004 08:02
Hi Steve & Ruth, What fantastic shots! You obviously have an eye for a photograph! We shall send you ours [please don't laugh] you are a difficult act to follow. Sara & I had a great time with you all in Turkey, everyone mixed so well which made the diference the only downside is that the experience has left us wanting more. The firewalk was an amazing experience and was sucessfully completed. The final sum of money raised for the Hospice is likely to be in the region of £17,000 so it was a great night of fundraising. Thank you so much for your contribution it was so unexpected and generous. An official photograph is being sent to me so I shall email it to you as proof of job done. I recommend the experience to everyone! Until the next time, Kind regards Philip & Sara

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