Ceiling on patio outside shop at gas-station (stop on bus-ride from Dalaman airport to Marmaris).
View of Marmaris from Q's slip in Netsel Marina
Quicksilver with sails on, almost ready to leave. Cruise liner in background.
Bridge over canal in Marmaris
Shoe-cleaning and backgammon on a Marmaris street
One street in the extensive covered bazaar in Marmaris
Romola (1903 steam yacht) at the Charter Boat Show in Marmaris
Front at Marmaris. Carpet vendor is stirring dye. Castle is above.
Miscellaneous craft at Marmaris. Notice the carpets on the fishing boats.
Fishing boats above the first bridge over canal at Marmaris.
Further up the canal at Marmaris
Meryem Ana restaurant in Marmaris
Sailing past the gulets at the Charter Boat Show as we left Marmaris.
Goose-winging off the Turkish coast west of Marmaris.
Loryma restaurant at head of Buzuk Buku. These remote restaurants operate only in summer.
Quicksilver moored at restaurant pier
Restaurant launch at Loryma. We saw it arrive with a lamb (or kid) and a large supply of bread.
These summer-only restaurants are casual and assume no rain.
Thistle. The goats have eaten almost everything else.
"Everlasting" flowers. Statice.
A spiny bush. Identification welcomed.
Loryma restaurant in morning light.
In the morning we took a stroll. Looking back at the restaurant pier.
Mallow
Ancient wall.
Looking down bay (Bozukkale) to the large citadel near the entrance.
We met a flock of goats.
It was a LARGE flock of goats.
This is where the goatherd lives during the summer.
Looking back at the boats. Quicksilver is in the middle, hidden behind the catamaran.
Leaving Loryma
Gulet tucked behind point with line ashore. Gulets are local wooden charter boats. The sails are largely decorative, although some gulets sail when the wind is ideal.
Citadel at Loryma, from outside bay (Bozukkale)
The front at Datca. Early in the season, plenty of space.
Boys fishing off the dock at Datca. Quicksilver is anchored off, above head of right-hand boy.
Gulet at Datca.
Misty dawn at Datca.
Leaving Datca.
Coming into Knidos, at the tip of the long Datca peninsula.
View from anchorage at Knidos
Gulets and other boats in the anchorage at Knidos. Q in center.
Q at anchor at Knidos. From little amphitheatre.
Looking west from the little amphitheatre at Knidos. The building with the red roof in the centre is a restaurant. The lighthouse is on Cape Krio
Looking south at the isthmus that divides the two bays at Knidos. The further buildings are used by the military (who protect the site and charge for mooring at the pier) and archaeologists who come for a few months in the summer, but were not active this early in the season.
The northwestern of the two harbours at Knidos is now silted up and only suitable for small fishing boats. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnidus fo rmore on the history and geography of this spectacular spot on the southwestern tip of Turkey.
Decorated blocks and walls on hillside at Knidos
Arch at Knidos
The site of the ancient city is enormous. Signs are usually in Turkish and English.
Broom at Knidos
Purple flower (identification help welcome) at Knidos, with carved rocks and decorated pottry shard.
Carved marble block.
Quicksilver at the pier, after she dragged her anchor in the gusty afternoon breezes. Efes (i.e. Ephesus) is the local beer.
Yellow flower at Knidos. Help with identification welcome. My best bet is Glaucium Flavium, Yellow Hornpoppy. But it might be another Glaucium.
Fishing boats in the northwest harbour at Knidos, with ruins covering the hillside.
