We’ve had guests staying for the week, which has been great fun. Rachel & Keith rolled into town Tuesday evening and it was great to see them. Wednesday was a chilled day by the pool, but before then, Keith and I went for a early swim in the bay. I’m used to swimming alone, so it was nice to have someone along side, although Keith’s a stronger swimmer than me and I reckon he was holding back. That evening we went into Kalkan for a stroll and then to Trio, a restaurant by the harbour, to look out over the boats, whilst feasting on tasty food and good conversation. Thursday after an early morning swim, which we managed all week, and a trip to the colourful market we decided to visit Kas, which is a bit bigger than where we are in Kalkan, but apart from a couple of interesting streets, isn’t as nice. We did happen upon a great little bohemian coffee shop, where all the cool folks appeared to be hanging out….well cool until we showed up. That evening we decided to head up to the Fidanka restaurant and were treated to not only good food, but a marvellous sunset too boot. The following day we’d decided to go and take a look at the ancient city of Patara, which amongst other interesting facts, was the birth place of Saint Nicholas, who lived there most of his life. Patara was somewhat smaller than the other historical cities that we’d visited on this trip, but interesting nonetheless. After spending a couple of hours wondering around the ancient city, we decided to grab some lunch before taking a walk along the famed, 12 mile sandy Patara beach (we didn’t walk all of it). Rachel Gill was keen to get on the water so Saturday morning we were greeted by captain Yas, Cesar and Toffee the dog as we boarded the Whisper. We crept slowly out of the harbour and headed east along the coast line, before stopping briefly at Kaputas Beach and then the blue cave, which at first glance didn’t look like much, but as you swim back out from the dark cave and into the sunshine your body began to glow a deep blue in the water….very cool! After another fabulous lunch on board, we anchored up in the bay of a small island solely inhabited by swifts, as I laid on my back looking up into the azure sky, my gaze was captured for a good 30 minutes as I marvelled at their fascinating mating ritual. We started making our way back at around 4pm, and pulled up at 5pm. After welcome showers and a few drinks, we headed out to the Mahal Club for dinner, which in my opinion was the best of the weeks fine eats and as we’d met the F&B manager earlier in our stay, he’d secured us a great table, on a ledge overhanging the sea.
Dream Chasers 