On May 02, 2023 we left Kos for the 30 Nm to Kalymnos with moderate wind and calm seas. One of Kos’ beach resorts in the morning sun as we sailed by. At 3pm we were already docked in Pothia, the capital of Kalymnos, and exploring the busy port. View due West from the port […]
We left the interesting island of Nisyros on Wednesday April 26, 2023 and sailed 10Nm North to the Greek island of Kos. At 6pm we dropped anchor in the port / marina of Kardamena and moored with the stern to the cay, where our Norwegian friends Laila and Astor from SV Felizia were already waiting
On Saturday April 22, we left Symi for the 36 Nm sail to the volcanic island of Nisyros. The route is against the prevailing Westerlies so we waited for a day with less wind and motored against it. Lonely fisherman at dawn when we left our anchorage in Pedi bay on the East side of
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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