Cesar

We left our favorite bay (so far), right after a nice breakfast, to reach a small island down south, passed Fethiye. The weather and the wind being really nice, we sailed for 5 hours. Reaching 8 or 9 knots speed with the waves pushing us (I can’t remember if we were motoring, were we?) The island was beautiful, ancient ruins and goats 🐐. Enjoyed some nice homemade spicy Gin cocktails on the boat 🌶️ And had a lovely dinner: red beans-olive oil and garlic (Cesar’s recipe). Pro tip: don’t forget the sunscreen! 🫠

Amazing day in a new bay, saw some old ruins called “Cleopatra baths”, really old stone buildings in the water. Then sailed in the bay, heading to our bay for the night. Still a lot of wasps from 6:30 to 8:30, surviving, even though Thom got stung in the back. We tried creating a trap for them, seems to be working. Dinner tonight is pasta with tomato & veggies sauce (but don’t tell Gaia there is chicken in it too… or she will send the mafia!)

the crew woke up early to sail into the sunrise, but I couldn't. TG kept nagging about leaving early, BLA BLA BLA, but I had to take a stand!!! 🤣🤣 loved every moment of today, plenty of laughs... amazing waking up when the coffee is already prepared... we enjoyed motoring, sailing, time together... and the smoothest and most beautiful docking by Audrey... #impressed happiness all around. ❤️❤️ Happy birthday Koya 🎂🎂

Marina was hot and stuffy. 8 minutes was way too far to walk to get in the sea, so back to bay 😁

Amazing day, along the river to see the ruins, turtles, and visit Dalyan. Filled up the water tanks and went back to a bay with no network for the night. Better than the Marina ⛵️👌🏼

No too much wind about Sunday / Monday so we decided to do a long motor north to explore a new area. For no wind Monday we have organised a tour to see some ruins, baths temples and a church. This was a really nice day of motoring, music and chatting for 5 hours. Then we found a beautiful spot to long line for the night 😍. Felt very remote with the cliffs coming down to the sea 🌲🌊. Koya cooked an amazing Thai curry and we had a lazy afternoon of swimming 😍😍😍. So good for the soul.

Eos yacht charter was perfect. Made everything so easy. Quick and easy check in, groceries delivered to the boat and off! Got some sailing in straight away. There were claims of dolphins but I missed them 🤔🤔🤔. Now on a mooring buoy after a lovely meal ☺️. Very cool hostel vibes restaurant. Lamb chops were tasty, bread and dips amazing but most of all catching up with friends. After a year or two not seeing each other it’s just like we were on a boat together yesterday 🥰.

Today was our last day of sailing in Türkiye 🥲 We set off early to fill up with fuel in Göcek and dug into our final breakfast. Initially we attempted to anchor up in a bay nearby Göcek but unexpectedly we got some wind so we headed out into the Gulf of Fethiye for a final bit of sailing which was great because it meant that we didn’t need to motor for two hours. We stopped for our last lunch in a bay nearby where we finished off the last of our provisions nicely before motoring back into the marina to return La Luz 🌅 That was it. Another great week full of lots of memories and valuable lessons. Until next time 🤩

No Wind day. Woke up in the beautiful bay by the restaurant. Asked the owner if he could sell us some food from the restaurant and walked away with 3 loafs, eggs, meatballs, skewers, and a massive block of feta. He threw in some hummus and yoghurt dip for free, very kind. 🍳🍞 We motored down to Cleopatra Cove where there are some ruins of an old bath that they say Cleopatra once used. Me and Koya swam ashore and hiked through the beautiful wilderness in search of some more ruined we had read about. 🌴 We got lost and ended up at a high end cafe with some flowers that have the most beautiful smell, kind of like vanilla / honey I need to figure out what they are! 💐🌹💐🌸 Tracing our steps we found a path going up the hill surpjndjg the bay, after a very sweaty climb on the 35+ degrees we were rewarded with a stunning view of the bay. Having climbed a hill and being too lazy to walk Back we radiod the team to pick us up from across the bay and Ole arrived with 2 cold beers 😍. We sailed towards the top of the bay with no very little wind then needed to motor. The plan is to hit the fuel pontoon before it gets busy tomorrow. We long lined in a very tranquil bay for the night and played cards, cooked and ate some great food in our last night before heading back. Great spending time together 🥰