2013-09-17
Woke up
before dawn to see the crew members
cleaning. It had rained last night and the crew had to cover everything and then in
the morning dry things so
we could enjoy the views. There are ten of us and four crew members. They are taking wonderful care of us; all our
needs are taken care of without even asking.
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| Morning Cleaning |
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| Pam enjoying the morning view |
Feeling
the morning breeze, watching the sun rise and hearing the waves made the start
of the day magical. After breakfast we took an even smaller boat towards the
land. We then meandered through the river filled with reeds, to the “Blue Crab
Drive in”.
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| Blue Crab |
They were catching
crabs and we ordered several per person and watched the Logger Head Turtles
(special turtles who breed here and then make their yearly journey to the Pacific
Ocean).
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| Logger Head Turtles |
We went on to see the ruins of the Roman city of
Kuanos. Did you know that the word “Protocol” means “important Butt”? In the Roman theaters there were seats reserved
for important people. These had back
rests ( refer to the picture) and were
called Protocols.
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| Protocol Group |
The ruins had the necessary theatre, Agora, church, fountain and homes
and were home to 50 to 80 thousand
people at its peak time.
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| Hettite Kings Tombs |
Back on
the boat, we sailed south for three hours to anchor at a point near Cleopatra’s
baths. Cleopatra and Anthony are said to have honeymooned here. We are spending
the night here. Swam for almost an hour ( hopefully will sleep well tonight). Had a wonderful dinner of fresh fish ( BBQ) ,
Seaweed and sesame halva ( as I said, no meal is simple here :) ).
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| Home Sweet Home |
It is fun
to see how many words and food are common between the Turkish language and
Hindi ( Urdu actually) . We found Kaju ( cashew) , Badem ( almonds), Chay (
tea) , Dunya ( world) and of course thank you, Insha Allah, Masha Allah and
many others. Enjoy the day and Insha
Allah, I will be in touch tomorrow.
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| Aegean Sea |
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| Deep Blue |
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| Jagdish and Saroj |
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| Luxury living under Turkish Flag |
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