Turkey Day 7

Mary was picked up at 2am this morning to fly home to Belfast. It was sad to see her go but we have been so blessed to have all three girls with us for such a special and memorable holiday.

In the morning we all went bargain and gift hunting in the bazaar. Zoe seached for the inevitable beads, Lois was after pottery, Esther took a lot of creative photos and I got some traditional Turkish music and a Turkish courtesy flag for my collection.

Later in the morning we set sail again, this time for Yassica Adalari, a string of islets which looked in the photos to have a nice sandy beach. When we got there the beach proved to be mainly stoney, but it was a beautiful place even so. we had lunch 'al fresco', swam, read, and walked ashore taking photographs.

Then we set off again for Kapi Creek for the night. As we sailed south in the gulf, through what are called the 'twelve islands' there were thunder clouds north of us and the wind got up so eventually we took in the sails and motored the last bit to the creek.

Kapi Creek is a wonderful little natural harbour where another makeshift restaurant is run by some locals, relatives of Osman and Can! As we arrvied we noticed a forest of masts, the Med - Red Rally had arrived for the night. This is an annual rally of yachts sailing from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Many of the yachts were Israeli but there were a host of other nationalities as well, so there was a carnival atmosphere.

Mohammed, Osman's cousin helped us to moor, stern to a rough quay, and our Isreali friends from Karacoen arrived alongside us. We went ashore in the dinghy to explore and ate some lovely Turkish food at the restaurant. It was a 'magical' place, very remote and only accessible by sea.