In Kaş, the hang-gliders land on the quay, right by where Quicksilver was moored.
The expert is behind and pulls the strings. The customer has to do nothing but be prepared to run a few steps to take off and after landing.
The second hang-glider of this batch.
The ground team bundles up the chute. The murals on the sea-wall could do with some touching up! But the effect of curling paper is intentional trompe l'oeil.
And another hang-glider comes down.
Sarcophagus in Kaş, known as King's Tomb.
Sign for King's Tomb.
Lycian inscription.
Another view of the King's Tomb.
Kaş street, near KIng's Tomb.
Town quay in Kaş. Quicksilver is on far side, just to left of gulet this side.
Diving is a popular attraction here. And there are the usual inshore fishing boats.
Bill got a Turkish haircut. It was three months before he needed another!
Kaş is a small harbour beneath steep hills. There are some rock tombs just above the village. If I look carefully I can just see a couple. One is only as high as Q's spreaders, just to the left. It looks like a dark square.
This is an underground cistern, for water storage, from 5th century BC. It was one of several. Two are currently open to visitors.
Cistern at Kaş.
Every ancient town had its amphitheatre. This one has a glorious view.
Harbour at Kaş, from the amphitheatre.
This was called a "house" tomb.
House tomb at Kaş.
This woman had shown us the way (for a few TL) from the amphitheatre. She and a colleague kept in touch about likely customers by cell phone! She insisted on adjusting her scarf to cover her hair entirely before I took the picture.
The murals reflect different aspects of Turkish history and culture. I assume the left-hand image relates to Cleopatra who lived round here with Mark Antony for a while. Kemel Ataturk is in his greatcoat. The eye, a nazar boncugu, is protection against the "evil eye".
More of the sea-wall murals.
Fishing boats in the morning light. Kaş.
Retrieving fish from the nets.
Harbour at Kaş, from up the hill.
Rock tomb, Kaş.
Harbour at Kaş, from up the hill. Quicksilver is right of centre, to left of gulet with blue awnings.
In another bay, round a sizeable peninsula, structures for a marina have been developed. The hang-gliders come down from the far ridge.
Another rock tomb, with Lycian inscription.
Another view of rock tomb.
A multi-level rock tomb at Kaş.
We spent a night at Kalkan, but took no more pictures. In the morning, we headed west. The sea was lumpy but there was not enough wind to sail. This is the eastern end of Patara beach.
Coast near Baba Dağı.
Moored off Gemiler Adasi.
There are sunken walls visible here too. At right is the stone jetty where you land to visit Gemiler Adasi, also known as St. Nicholas Island. In mediaeval times it was clearly a flourishing place, perhaps as an anchorage where pilgrims (or crusaders) could stop.
We are not alone. Baba Dağı is at right.
Quicksilver, moored at Gemiler Adasi.
There are ruins all over the island.
More ruins on Gemiler Adasi.
Looking back down, Quicksilver is in the centre.
One of five churches on the small island.
I'm not certain what this structure is.
It was hot, even at 6pm. We didn't walk to the far end of the island.
Baba Dağı from Gemiler Adası
A covered passage links two of the churches, climbing steeply up the hill.
Exterior of the covered passage, looking up.
Higher up the once covered passage, looking down.
Looking down the once covered passage between churches on Gemiler Adasi.
There are plenty of boats here for the night now. Q. is centre right, the smallest boat in view.
This church is near the top of the island.
Reggie (Recep) the ranger has lived here for approaching 20 years. He has built a house, a patio, and patio furniture with local stones, and driftwood.
This fishing technique was new to me. A short length of line with some hooks is attached to something that floats and left to drift. The fisherman retrieves it in half an hour or so.
Submerged walls, just astern of Quicksilver.
View from Q's anchorage at Fethiye. The dock behind is the Sunsail charter base.
On this visit, I noticed that the old building beside the duckpond housed a restaurant kitchen! We had a beer at the Duckpond bar.
Leaving Fethiye, with Baba Dağı in the background.
Looking back towards Fethiye and Baba Dağı from further away.
Quicksilver, in the crowded anchorage at Gocek.
Flat calm in the morning, at Gocek.
Leaving Gocek.
Despite the regulations designed to protect the water quailty, this was the only pump-out facility we saw.
Gocek seems to have grown visibly since we were here last year.
The next night we anchored in Skopea Limani. Heikell calls the cove we picked "pilloried cove." That's our line ashore at the left.
Across the cove were other boats.
In the morning, the baker's boat came by. We bought a flat loaf like this.
Every cove in Skopea Limani has a few boats moored.
Leaving Skopea Limani
Looking back at Skopea Limani
Once again, Ekincik is an easy day's sail from Marmaris, and a lovely place to stop. We spent our last night of the sailing trip in the left-hand corner of the bay, beyond the large gulet.
This really feels like the end of the trip. This is the entrance to Marmaris Bay.
The hydrofoil from Rhodes whizzes past.
Finishing the sailing season with a ceiling fixture -- as I began it. This is in a marine electronics store in Marmaris.
