Week 19 , Orhaniye, Turkey

Dear Ethel, Family and Friends,

Once again a quiet week in Orhaniye, work goes on in Terry’s boat, he has guests arriving next week and has to have the boat finished this week and take it out on the water for some sea trials before then. Apart from that we have attended another musical recital in the old church in the marina, this time we listened to Flute, violin and cello.

Thursday we did a trip down the Datca peninsula, catching the local buses along the way. Datca is the main town on the peninsula about half way down the 70km thin strip of land. At the end of the peninsula is the ancient city of Knidos. There are some impressive ruins to see including amphitheatre, Corinthian columns, impressive stone stairways and the plinth where the statue of Aphrodite once stood. The very end of the peninsula forms two bays either side of a land bridge and overlooks where the Aegean and the Mediterranean seas meet. We journeyed back to the modern day town of Datca and as it was late, we found a room for the night and ate at one of the many restaurants on the water front. There is a nice walkway to follow from the sea front around to the harbour as well. We enjoyed Datca finding it a quieter place to stay but still offering a good choice of food and accommodation and not so many pesky tourists. LOL

We are going in to Marmaris tomorrow night to see some opera, it’s very cultural here as you can tell. Apart from that we have been lying low, working on resumes and job applications for work back in Asia.

All the best for now

Ric & Louise