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Friday 16 to Monday 19 July

Away by 9.00 a.m but not enough wind to sail so we went to Yassica Adalari a group of five small islands in Skopea Limani. The pilot book has little mention except to warn of a serious error on the charts which gives a deep water channel where in fact there is a reef  covered by just 1m of water.

The bays around the island have now have new mooring bouys which have been laid to protect the seabed from all the anchors and metal posts ashore strong enough to hold a large gullet.

We found a nice spot and enjoyed a swim and watched a lovely sunset.

Saturday we decided to have a look around the corner at some of the other bays and found a spot between two small islands. The first one we tried looked a bit exposed to the afternoon breeze so we moved quickly when a super yacht opposite moved and tucked in a a very protected mooring between two small gullet’s which would act as wave breakers if any swell wored its way into the mooring. In the late afternoon the usual breaze  pick up stronger than the previous day as a result of a gale which was blowing in a sea area to the north. Only a little swell entered the mooring how ever our wave breaking small private gulet on our port side kindly deflected it around us and we sat in still water.

The mooring was so good we stayed until Tuesday when once again the lack of fresh food and bottled drinks made a move necessary.

Tuesday 20 to Friday 23 July

Returned to our favourite pontoon in Fethiye and not our best approach to a pontoon. The late morning breaze had just kicked in and gusted at just the wrong moment blowing the bows off just as I knocked the power off as we approached a space between two other yachts. Fortunately the staff were great and helped us sort ourselves out with no damage done. Lesson to self always expect the unexpected even when berthing in a familiar spot.

The market was busy as usual and has over 60 stalls just selling fruit and vegetables plus all the other goods such as genuine fake designer goods as well as pots and pans. The local Carrifour super market we had been using because it offered free delivery has now closed so we went in search of another. The Migros is much larger and is very much like a Morrisons selling almost everthing from food to electrical goods. Unfortunately its further away and does not offer delivery so we could only buy what we could carry to the local Dolmus ( mini bus)  stop.

Tuesday evening and the hotel has a wedding which is apparently one of their first. The couple comprise of an English Girl and a Turkish Man with guests from each side of the family and an open air reception using the restaurant tables which had been rearranged specially for the evening. The dancing in the covered area was most entertaining with a mix of traditional English including everthing from the Gay Gordons to heavy metal disco and then traditional Turkish music and dancing in a large circle. The hotel had sensibly decided to prepare a fixed menu of chicken casseroles for their other guests at a reduced price. As you might expect the music was some what louder than usual but at midnight it was turned off and the function ended.

Wednesday went to have another look at villas in Calis and have some very interesting options to consider, but not made any firm decisions just yet.

Thursday a day sightseeing and Lydia fancies a trip to the old Haman (Turkish Bath) which is over 200 years old and located in the town centre. The Haman was an experience which started with lying on a marble slab called a navel stone in the centre of a warm room. A man then rubbed you over with an abrasive mit to remove the dead skin and built up sun cream etc.. Next you went to the other side of the marble slab where another man rubbed and massaged you with soap which was contained in a large bag rather like a pillow case. Then came a shampoo and a shower with cool water. Leaving the wet area you relaxed in a foyer area where you could then decide on further treatments. Lydia loving a back massage opted for a twenty minute rose oil treatment which left her fully chilled out and floating on air.

Friday although the hotel say we can stay we have decided to return to the islands and explore another of the bays for a few days.