After spending September travelling not very far around the south-west corner of Turkey, we returned to Gocek for the winter lay-up…
Archive for the ‘Mediterranean’ Category
It was still colder when we arrived back in Finike in March, -colder than it been in New Zealand when we left!
The island of Kalymnos is visible from Kos, it was just a short motoring trip over to where we moored alongside some friends on the town dock. We are now getting more confident with doing it the Mediterranean way and as there was a low wall separation between the boat and passers-by we conceded to try it…-not altogether happily…
We stopped only overnight at Lipsi…
Turkey
On the way to New Zealand we took some time out to see some of Istanbul ….
We sailed much of a day and motored overnight from Pafos getting into Finike in the early morning…
Cyprus
We stayed in Herzliya long enough to get a new mainsail made and the European school holiday rush to be over in Cyprus, we knew the marina at Larnaca was always overflowing onto the dock and that too always full…
UK
Herzliya Marina was a secure place to leave Quo Vadis while I took a trip to Britain for some re-education…
Entering Israel by private yacht was one of our most frustrating, but interesting experiences with ‘authorities’…
Israel
We visited Jerusalem on the way back from Jordan, taking a car from Amman to the Allenby bridge crossing into Israel.
Israel