After the boat we travelled to Antayla (via Phaselis). Phaselus is an old roman settlement which also happens to be near 'Mt Olympis'. Well, someone pissed Zeus off that day as black clouds rolled in and the mother of all storms commenced. Thunder, lightening and heavy rain followed us to Antayla. The hotel, along with the town suffered a bit if a power outage. As we had all been on a boat for two days, salty, sweaty and without a shower, we were looking forward...

Day two on boat. I woke up at sunrise as the call to prayer echoed across the water. I started the day with a swim in very very clear water. Then breakfast. Then another swim. A nap. Lunch. Another swim. An icecream (some enterprising guy had icecream on a boat and goes around to different boats) and another swim. We then docked at Kekova Island to visit Simena Castle at the top. It was nice to stretch my legs and see the amazing view from the top. I should ment...

On the way to the boat we stopped at Ölüdeniz, a beautiful beach and lagoon. It also had a Turkish bath (Haman). I was in need of a scrub down and massage as my back and shoulder was not happy with the lifting of bags. A Turkish bath is as follows-5 minute sauna to start sweating it out. Then you go to a large communal circular room with a heated flat stone in the middle. The bath attendant (either the large hairy turkish man or the young turkish man who sings...

You can pick your fish (or squid or prawn) from a fishmonger. You can then pick your restaurant who will cook what you just picked for you and give you salad and garlic bread. Welcome to the fish market in Fethiye. I chose prawns cooked in garlic, butter and chilli. Bloody good. Afterwards I wandered around the markets and picked up fruit (some of the most beautiful peaches I have seen), dried papaya, turkish delight and finally obtained an 'evil eye' charm (giv...

My new favourite place. Firstly for the pool at the hotel with the 'white castle' in the background. Secondly for the white castle itself. Pamukkale is a limestone formation with travertines (pools) with aquamarine coloured water. The water cascades down the travertine, over the edges and collects in the pools. The water is warm as it comes from a natural spring. You have to walk down in barefeet to preserve the whiteness of the rocks and makes it easy to walk ...