Saturday, June 03, 2006

Our first boat cruise!!

We were glad to leave Olympos and head off on our gulet (boat) cruise that would take us to our destination of Fethiye. Along the way we stopped at many cities and bays to enjoy the wonderful history and scenery that these places had to offer.

We met some wonderful Canadians representing three other provinces (go figure!) and enjoyed our days getting to know one another better, sharing our experiences from Olympos (especially Steve’s heroic experience) and other parts of Turkey and just lounging around doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING whether it was on the boat or in the water.

Our home on the calm blue waters…the ARMIN 1 (we kid you not….Guido was in our thoughts)


Passing by the Sunken City at Kekova Island – remnants of foundations and walls can be seen under the water


Our visit to see the ruins of ancient Simena and the Byzantine castle perched above the hamlet


View from the hamlet


What am I supposed to do with this? – Chris’ fishing experience on the boat

One of the many amazing sunsets we experienced


Enjoying the top deck


One of many small quaint streets in the city of Kas


Rav’s first time in the open water hence the noodle which quickly became her best friend


Mist on the water, a great shot


Enjoying the view and the beer


Playing cards with our fellow Canadians – Clockwise from Rav: Christina & Steven from Toronto, Eric & Jennifer representing Calgary and Sylvon & Patrick from Montreal


Popular hobby for Chris


Look Mom…NO NOODLE!!


Anyone seen Rav??


In love


The ends to our perfect days


Chris-tal clear blue waters


Another stop: Butterfly Valley


Our Canadian monkeys just hangin’ around


Look Steven…no peace sign..hehehe


Sailing away


The wonderful company on board


The perfect ending to a great cruise

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey you two strangers,

The trip continues to look better and better as each day goes by. SO JEALOUS!!! Ravy, how was it swimming in the open water? Was it scary for you without the noodle? And no life jacket? I'm impressed and very proud of you!!

What's with the message, see no Peace sign Steven? Is this a person that you meant that too thinks that it is crazy when people make a peace sign when taking a photo?? If so, that is a good man!

I miss you too and hope to hear from the two of you again soon.

Luv Natty ;)

Anonymous said...

fishing without a rod? did they even give you a hook?

Anonymous said...

near the end there it seems as thought the baot (Armin 1) sank and the lot of you were bobbing in the water.
... I make up my own story to go with the pictures

Sean