I spent another day in Fethiye, walking along the water and taking it easy. I met up with Eda at the 'Lykia World' resort for some lunch and sea kayaking which was a lot of fun. Tuesday (July 4) I caught the boat for the cruise over to Olympos.
Day 1: The cruise was a great time, and finally gave me a chance to soak up some needed sun and enjoy as much clear, blue (albeit incredibly salty) water as I desired. The original plan called for stopping in the Blue Lagoon and Butterfly Valley (the primary spots I had been told were a must see) on the first day, unfortunately, due to some issues with the boat, or something of the sort, we didn't actually get rolling until after 2pm, which meant that we had to skip both of those and head straight for our over night spot in St Nicolaus bay. We spent the first evening sending messages back and forth to a neighboring boat, via bottle, and met them on their boat later that night for some socializing.
Day 2: Unfortunately, the cruise was so relaxing, that I have to confess I don't really remember much about the specific ports of call that we visited each day. Other than the fact that day 2 started at 5am with 4+ hours of motoring to our next spot, it (like the other days) is mainly recalled as being full of blue water swimming and jagged, rocky land. We did visit Kas on day 2 (I believe): a really nice small town, with great, friendly people, and good food.
Day 3: On day 3 we broke down...and were stuck in a small port for about 24 hours while the oil pump was replaced. Fortunately, we had such a great group of easy going, and relaxed people that we spent the day jumping off the boat and playing cards, before heading to the 'smugglers inn' at night to celebrate a fellow passengers birthday (fernando) with some dancing and mingling.
Day 4: On day 4 we visited and swam in the pirate's cave and around a few more bays before heading to shore around 2pm to catch the mini-bus to Olympos (turns out the cruise doesn't actually go all the way, as one might believe by the 'Fethiye to Olympos' title).
Photos: Blue Cruise
Day 1: The cruise was a great time, and finally gave me a chance to soak up some needed sun and enjoy as much clear, blue (albeit incredibly salty) water as I desired. The original plan called for stopping in the Blue Lagoon and Butterfly Valley (the primary spots I had been told were a must see) on the first day, unfortunately, due to some issues with the boat, or something of the sort, we didn't actually get rolling until after 2pm, which meant that we had to skip both of those and head straight for our over night spot in St Nicolaus bay. We spent the first evening sending messages back and forth to a neighboring boat, via bottle, and met them on their boat later that night for some socializing.Day 2: Unfortunately, the cruise was so relaxing, that I have to confess I don't really remember much about the specific ports of call that we visited each day. Other than the fact that day 2 started at 5am with 4+ hours of motoring to our next spot, it (like the other days) is mainly recalled as being full of blue water swimming and jagged, rocky land. We did visit Kas on day 2 (I believe): a really nice small town, with great, friendly people, and good food.Day 3: On day 3 we broke down...and were stuck in a small port for about 24 hours while the oil pump was replaced. Fortunately, we had such a great group of easy going, and relaxed people that we spent the day jumping off the boat and playing cards, before heading to the 'smugglers inn' at night to celebrate a fellow passengers birthday (fernando) with some dancing and mingling.
Day 4: On day 4 we visited and swam in the pirate's cave and around a few more bays before heading to shore around 2pm to catch the mini-bus to Olympos (turns out the cruise doesn't actually go all the way, as one might believe by the 'Fethiye to Olympos' title).Photos: Blue Cruise
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