Thursday 8 May
Photos:
Kale Village looking down on to the sunken city of Simena
Richard doing what he loves best
Port Gocek – Kekova Roads (Uçaĝiz Limani)
Conditions - no wind then a good spinnaker run in the afternoon.
68 nm
Depart 6.30am – Arrive 4.00pm (Woken at 5.00am by the Marinaras speeding around the marina moving out the rally boats. We are now around 60 in number.
Conditions: Light in morning turning to fresh in afternoon. Spinnaker run later in the day. Sunshine and blue sea. Temperatures cool at night but hot during the day.
We passage into the inner harbour at Kekova Roads behind several small stony looking islands, soon realising that the orderly pattern of the stones is no accident and we are passing the outskirts of the ancient – mostly sunken - city of Simena dating back to well BC. Magic moment: Later that evening as darkness falls on the still, unspoilt harbour, reflecting the nearly new moon and inky blue sky (truly like those in Arabian nights). Suddenly the call to prayers echoes over the water from the small village… a melodious tenor voice which is sweet and true. I stand on deck and try to absorb the moment but know I never can in its entirety. The stillness folds gently around itself and we sleep peacefully through the night.
We join the Rally excursion on Gulets the next morning out to the village of Kale with its medieval Byzantine fortress on the high hill above. The hills and seabed around us are strewn with old tombs and other evidence of this past civilization viewed easily in the crystal clear water and amongst carob and olive trees, wild poppies and herbs. The sun is out and it is hard to decide which is bluer, the sky or the sea as we climb through the ancient village to the fortress above.
By early afternoon we are back on Rumpus and moving on to our next destination.
68 nm
Depart 6.30am – Arrive 4.00pm (Woken at 5.00am by the Marinaras speeding around the marina moving out the rally boats. We are now around 60 in number.
Conditions: Light in morning turning to fresh in afternoon. Spinnaker run later in the day. Sunshine and blue sea. Temperatures cool at night but hot during the day.
We passage into the inner harbour at Kekova Roads behind several small stony looking islands, soon realising that the orderly pattern of the stones is no accident and we are passing the outskirts of the ancient – mostly sunken - city of Simena dating back to well BC. Magic moment: Later that evening as darkness falls on the still, unspoilt harbour, reflecting the nearly new moon and inky blue sky (truly like those in Arabian nights). Suddenly the call to prayers echoes over the water from the small village… a melodious tenor voice which is sweet and true. I stand on deck and try to absorb the moment but know I never can in its entirety. The stillness folds gently around itself and we sleep peacefully through the night.
We join the Rally excursion on Gulets the next morning out to the village of Kale with its medieval Byzantine fortress on the high hill above. The hills and seabed around us are strewn with old tombs and other evidence of this past civilization viewed easily in the crystal clear water and amongst carob and olive trees, wild poppies and herbs. The sun is out and it is hard to decide which is bluer, the sky or the sea as we climb through the ancient village to the fortress above.
By early afternoon we are back on Rumpus and moving on to our next destination.
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