As you travel by bus on the D400 Coastal route from Cirali to Fethiye we passed numerous tiny cove beaches that cars lined both sides of the road to access. Bends, double parking no worries.
Vast areas on the plains are under plastic growing year round fruit and vegetables. Bulk tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, bananas, melon and strawberries and everything in between.
Fethiye is known for its natural harbour, proximity to Rhodes, Greece. It also has many near shore islands for day tripping. Due to two earthquakes (magnitude 7) a day apart in 1957 the town and port were flattened and then rebuilt. Another big one in 1969 required more rebuilding so not too many "old" buildings here, although in saying that the construction here does not age well. Crumbling concrete etc. We are staying in a hotel beside the marina so plenty of activity. Earplugs required to sleep though. A huge seafood market in the town where you can choose your fish and they will deliver your choice to one of the many restaurants surrounding the market.
There is a Tuesday market here, repeated Friday. Every imaginable fruit and vege fresh from the grower. Already 25C at 9am so thankfully under cover. We bulked up our supplies for breakfast.
Swept around the historical sights, mostly tombs or remains there of. They are restoring a Roman theatre but really the town is geared to the harbour, boating and fishing. Temperatures are climbing 27/28C with 30C by the weekend. Our timing to move on from Turkiye on Sunday will be perfect but in the meantime we notice more UK, European tourists as we move to Western Turkiye, the out of condition English certainly stand out as they expose as much flesh as possible to the Turkish sun, quite revolting. Also quite noticable is a more relaxed dress code amongst the Turkish females, a lot less of the devout muslim dressing like hijab, chador, burka etc.
Spent the last day at Fethiye out on the water in boat run by a family called Jerrys Boat.
Leaves the harbour area around 9.30am returning 4pm. The son, Jerry, has been the
skipper for 37 years following on from his father who probably did 40 years. All the boat operators compete for customers and the best coves/bays to pull into for anchoring for the swimmers and snorkelers. They provide a lunch onboard and general patter on the areas topography. One of the islands is called Rabbit Island where boaties feed the rabbits. I kid you not. Water was 23C according to Jerry, too cold for a seasoned Turk but relished by those that swam off the boat.
skipper for 37 years following on from his father who probably did 40 years. All the boat operators compete for customers and the best coves/bays to pull into for anchoring for the swimmers and snorkelers. They provide a lunch onboard and general patter on the areas topography. One of the islands is called Rabbit Island where boaties feed the rabbits. I kid you not. Water was 23C according to Jerry, too cold for a seasoned Turk but relished by those that swam off the boat.
Tomorrow away to Selcuk/Ephesus to see the ancient city ruins for a couple of days.
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