Orthodox Easter celebrations in Greece are one week later than the Christian Easter celebrations so we were lucky to celebrate twice. Food grade paint to color the eggs is not available in this part of the world so Liza came up with her own surprise. “Nest” eggs, Easter bread and “chicky” eggs, all made by […]
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With our home safe in the anchorage near Kas marina we hopped on the ferry to visit the Greek island of Kastelorizo for Liza’s birthday. The ancient name of Kastelorizo refers to Megisti being “the largest” island of the surrounding archipelago of 30 smaller islets and reefs. 2 mile long ferry route from Kas to
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With our home safely anchored in the well protected bay of Fethiye, we rented a scooter to explore the surroundings for a day. A fun day with a not so happy ending. We went to the old abandoned city of Kayakoy, about 8 Km South of Fethiye and known as Leivissi before the evacuation 100
We have a two year resident visa for Türkiye. We “lost” the first cruising season with salvaging our old boat (https://www.twobatsea.com/shipping-disaster/). Although Türkiye is a real nice country we do not want to stay more than two years so proper planning is needed for the second season if we want to see all that is
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With our old boat now sold we started preparing TWO B for the 2022 cruising season, alternating between boat work and exploring the area around Marmaris. Buying delicious pine honey at a rural bee-keeper. These locals were collecting wild mushrooms in the pine forests and selling it along the road. We bought a “bucket” and
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The return trip to Marmaris with anchorages numbered 1 t/m 5 We had a booking for a berth in Kas marina for one week only and on Wed Oct 06 at check-out time (12pm) we had to leave. There was not enough wind to fill the sails so we motored to the nearest anchorage to
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We wanted to visit ancient Myra, one of the most important cities of Lycia and rented a car to drive East along the coast. In 2005 the place was renamed to Demre to resemble the name of the Demre river, the source of the fertile soil. When looking at Demre in Google Earth you see one
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On Oct 03, 2021 we set sail for the 14 hour (70 Nm) to Kas. To ensure arrival well before sunset we left at 02.00 am. The common wind pattern in the area during night and morning is as forecasted. However in the afternoon the wind can easily pipe up to 10+ knots MORE that
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The following morning of our Rhodes island explore we drove to the Kallithea Springs on the East coast. The reddish water springing from the rock formations in the bay attracted visitors as early as 800 BC. In 300 BC the curative properties of the water were discovered and “Spa tourism” was born. The entrance of
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On Sep 22, 2021 we set sail for Rhodes. With 20+ knots it was a windy passage but with a first reef in the main and full staysail the boat was well balanced for a fast beam reach to our destination. 22 Nm from Panormitis to Rhodes Rounding the Northern tip of Rhodes island with
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