Photos to follow....
Goodbye to Paul, Sima and Alexander on Leander... for now - we hope to see you again soon!
On Wednesday 6 July we depart Marmaris Yacht Marina and have been anchored just outside the marina waiting for one courier from NZ and one letter from the UK while we attend to a few small last minute jobs and build up the provisions on the boat. It has been much more pleasant out here on anchor... the marina is just too stifling hot. It has seemed like a holiday actually. We have slept in late and spent time reading and swimming. Its been lovely actually.
The new barbecue is christened... It doesn't taste that good so we need a bit of practice on this front.
Tonight we eat a simple pasta dinner out on deck, savouring the warm wind blowing through the cockpit from the north west. We watch the skyline turn from pink to black as the sun goes down. It has been 39 degrees in Marmaris today and we have spent the morning in town literally gasping and dodging from one air conditioned space to another. We catch the worker's ferry from the marina at 8.30am, determined that today we will'extract' our mail and get moving.
Beginning at the post office, Pippy knows the way to the mail sorting room... up the stairs, around a few corners, nobody stopping us, and we find ourselves at the counter sorting through the pile of mail for the marina and finding the one we are looking for... yayyy. A great start. Next is the courier company. We walk the streets asking, asking, until finally we find the agent for DHL in Marmaris. It is surreal as we quote the tracking number and the Clerk reaches into a basket behind his desk (filled with other packages) and pulls out our one. We can't help wondering how long it was going to sit there for, but pretty quickly move on.
Just one more thing. Pippy had a little woopsie with the computer yesterday and had to do a full 'recovery' on the C Drive. Now we need to reload our virus software so visit the tech specialists in town for assistance and a checkover. We leave there about an hour later with a 100% bill of health and head for the boat, stopping to stock up on some last minute provisions on the way at the huge Tansas supermarket.
The Dolmish is baking hot inside and we are grateful 30 mins later to jump into the dinghy to return to Matelot. It is at least 10 degrees cooler on Matelot at anchor and a swim is always an option.
Later this afternoon we visit the laundry ashore, and swim in the pool while we wait for the wash to be ready. A cold beer up on the foredeck at 6.30 pm while the washing dries tastes wonderful as we watch the sun head westwards!
Slowly it sinks in that we are leaving this place which has been so much a part of our lives. Richard says it is 'Day 37' since we arrived here and it is not hard to believe it!
Tomorrow morning first light we leave this anchorage and start on our journey westwards. We plan to be in the achorage of Dirsek 47 miles away, by this time tomorrow.
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