Up early today to catch a shuttle bus service into town to see if we could join a twelve islands cruise. Thanks to our hosts for giving us the heads up re the shuttle buses that run regularly - instead of struggling with the parking we get to travel into town for a mere 2 Turkish lira (about $1.00). Arriving at the wharf area it was clear that we had a great deal of choice as there were many boats lined up advertising essentially the same cruise. You might expect that we then compared prices and what the various tour operators had to offer but, no, in typical fashion we accepted a ride on the very first boat we encountered after the smooth talking crew member offered us a discount :-) Turns out this was a good choice anyway as the boat was not at all crowded unlike most of the others that we saw that day. Our fellow passengers however were a motley crew - a very strange extended British family, an overweight woman who should never have been allowed to don a bikini and generally a bunch of the strangest fellow travelers one could imagine. We kept to ourselves except for chatting to a lovely young British couple. Anyway the cruise itself was a delight. We traveled from location to location and stopped four times for periods of up to an hour and were able to swim and explore the islands at each of our stops. Additionally a very tasty lunch was served along the way and the usual beverages were available as required. While sailing most folk spent some time sunning themselves on the sun lounges that were scattered over the deck. A very pleasant, excellent value day in the sun and water - and speaking of the water, I couldn't believe just how buoyant the sea was in this region. I can only imagine it must be very salty. The evening saw us eating dinner in our nearby restaurant again and again chatting with Medo our waiter, before heading home to bed.
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