Making the most of our car hire, we decided to head out on another road trip. This time we set off to the ancient city of Aphrodisias. The site is very different from Ephesus, the city of Aphrodisias is more spread out and doesn’t feel like the buildings were all built on top of each […]
After a restful few days in Talianaki, the Meltemi winds finally passed and we lifted the anchor as the sun was rising behind the mountains. The sea was dead flat calm with no wind as we left the anchorage. This seems to be typical here, you often get too much wind or not enough and […]
Two meters under the narrow streets of Bodrum lies 5000 years of history. In ancient times Bodrum was known as Halicarnassus, it was the birthplace of Heredotus and the site of King Mausolus’ Tomb. The city thrived under the rule of Mausolus and his wife Artemisia II (also his sister). After Mausolus’ death in 353 […]
As our journey continued north we headed towards the the long narrow Datça peninsula. There are many small bays and coves along the peninsula, the main town Datça, lies on the southern shore which was our next stop. The heat is now a stifling 40°C but whilst out on the water we had a nice […]
After almost a month, we finally left Marmaris and motored out of the bay in flat calm water. It was very hot with a light breeze, unfortunately not enough to sail but we were very happy to be underway again. We headed west along the barren and rocky coast towards the tip of the peninsula […]
Paul had spent a few days out in the anchorage then went back in to the marina ready for my return. It was nice to have (almost) all the jobs completed and ZigZag nice and clean. The national holiday was now over and everyone was back at work, so the engineers returned to investigate the […]
Sailing ZigZag 