Marmaris, Turkey
27 July 2011
We're hanging out in the tourist town of Marmaris, Turkey. The bay is huge and gorgeous and half of it is extremely developed w/ hotels. Fortunately, one can get away from the concrete jungle by going to the east end, next to the marina. We've alternated b/w marina living (pool, restaurant, market) and anchoring. One day we even anchored in front of the hotel strip, swam to shore and joined the mostly British tourists at the beach front water park. We had a blast, but we were happy to scoot back to our peaceful spot. Today we're docked at the marina which is massive and completely full w/ close to 1000 boats, but not that many people. It seems many sailors leave their boats here for July and August and go home to escape the heat. Proving that spontaneity is alive and well, last week Uncle Gary (Rodney's brother) decided that it's a splendid time to join us and he arrives tonight. And as the kids say, something exciting always happens when Uncle Gary comes to visit....what will it be this time?