Today a short sail of 3 hours 20 minutes to Bozburun. We left at 09.45 with a slight breeze just not enough to put out sails :( lovely scenery passing Symi (one of the Greek Islands) on the way, have to cross into Greek waters for short while. Little bit of swell but no wind to speak of therefore motoring most of the way. Plenty of other boats passing, large expensive gulets and lovely cruisers. As we enter the long bay towards Bozburun we see loads of boats all tucked into little pockets of winding coastline. I have never seen so many at anchor, it looks fantastic. I am sure not all are in use, possibly where the gulets await their bookings. Loads of cruisers though, a lot of money's worth!! What a beautiful coastline, so many bays with crystal clear waters just waiting for people to take advantage. We near the harbour a little unsure if there will be space enough for our little 'Kejstral, sure enough lots of room and someone on shore ready to assist with ropes, really helpful. We tie stern to with no difficulty at all, always a good feeling. There are some yacht's and cruisers already settled here. What a pretty harbour, water and electric readily available, just need to see the cost!! Straight away we go ashore for some lunch and see fee prices. To our surprise the harbour guy informs us it is 50 tl or £12.50 per night including water & electric, bargain we decide to stay two nights. Our lunch was not as straightforward, we fancied a durum, a wrap with chicken and salad, normally around 8-9 tl. Much more expensive here, 20 tl they wanted to charge, so durum off our list. We opted for a gozleme, a savoury pancake instead 7 tl each, £1.75. It was perfect and a great price. A few supermarkets were busily serving a huge amount of customers, most were from boats. (The give away was the amounts of water and wine being purchased) an excellent business to have here. We had a giggle while waiting to be served, an English group of three couples debating whether six rose and six red wine would be sufficient or should they add six white too, the stresses involved in sailing are enourmous !! I collected some items then back to 'Kejstral' for rest. In the evening in order to acquire Internet we locate the closest bar to our boat, with the hope of it travelling that far. Our choice of bar was great, very friendly staff who wanted us to taste the delicious fish, we stuck with the beer at a good price. Then wander back to 'Kejstral' to rest and read ( Internet not good enough to reach us). However, with a beautiful star filled sky who needs internet! Early night.
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