We took the bus from Antalya to the touristy yacht harbor in Kemer where we boarded our boat to cruise the Mediterranean coast. The wooden boat was broad beamed and had fake sails furled on its three masts. Seats were comfortable for all 27 of us on deck and there was a spacious foredeck with nice pads for sun bathing which none of us did. It was hazy and cool.
Our Boat
After about 45 minutes of cruising the coast, we turned into a quiet, sheltered cove and anchored. A few swimmers (including Ann) and some water-testers went over the side and swam around for awhile. Leslie and David both swam to the beach and back. No jellyfish or other sea creatures were encountered.
Leslie, Ann and David in the Mediterranean
Lunch was on board. The main course was fried mackerel, but there was also chicken, spaghetti and other things to fill us up.
We were then ready to hoist anchor to explore another cove, but Sitar, who loves boats and sailing, announced that the boat had transmission trouble and we would have to be towed back to port and that the rescue boat was on its way. No one was alarmed - this was part of our Turkish adventure. While we waited, we were entertained by passengers of another boat diving from the top of their boat into the water. Our rescuers arrived at around 3:00 by another bathtub boat carrying passengers from Russia. Our crew and the other boat's crew managed to get us under tow with Sitar at the helm. We limped into the harbor where we were nudged back into our berth by a zodiac.
It was 4:30 by the time we got to the bus so we missed going to the archeological museum which closed at 5:00. When we got back to our hotel, I managed to squeeze in a Turkish bath before we had to schlep our luggage to the bus. We had to load our luggage tonight because the bus could not park near our hotel the next morning. There was going to be a Independence Day celebration with hundreds of children and their parents walking to the central stadium and the near-by streets would be closed.
Barbequed sea bass and Turkish appetizers were cooked for dinner by Ali, our pension owner. We all ate around the outdoor garden patio.
Ann and Lilliana at Dinner
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