Turkey - Blue Cruise

We took the four days - three nights gullet (traditional Turkish wooden boat) cruise from Fethiye to Olympos. We would wake up to the breakfast bell, have breakfast, swim, cruise to a beautiful cove, have lunch, swim some more, have dinner & drinks, then go to sleep under the stars on the deck. (Except Bill and I woke up at 3am each night to go back to our cabin - too damp and cold outside!)

Lycian ancient city - an earthquake in 2nd AD caused half the city to sink under the ocean:

The Titanic shot:

The ice cream boat:

The group consisted of three crew members and fifteen passengers, ranging from early twenty-something party girls to a family with a ten year old, from various parts of the world. There was more drama than day time soap on the boat and the boat captain had the flu and was seen passed out sleeping everywhere, but it certainly was never boring and I had a great time! (Except for when I got seasick.)

Highlights: The fabulous Juliet from Australia braiding all our hair and showing us yoga moves; party girls Alena from Czech Republic and Mia from Australia sneaking off in the middle of the night in the small motor boat in search of a better, more fun boat and us older geezers watching the progress with binoculars; going to Smuggler's Inn, a bar reachable only by boat, and dancing the night away; the outrageous Swede Robert's crazy political reform ideas, including free hard drugs for anyone over sixty.

Bill, the life of the party at Smuggler's Inn: