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So sheltered and so quiet. None of that boom boom music that has ruined many a cruisers night at anchor in Bodrum, Marmaris and many other places. At the moment it is raining but calm. Fellow cruisers arrived here yesterday having dragged all over their previous anchorage and having their wind generator blades blown off in a gale - what gale we said.
There is not much here at Sogut. A restaurant/cafe/shop with jetty and another larger but rather ricketty town jetty with a store and cafe plus a local restaurant about 150 metres up the road. There is a small and pricey marina ("marinette") with a sailing school owned by Turkey's second circumnavigating yachtie. Apart from holiday homes (apparently for folks from Ankara) there are only farms. In winter when the gulets and cruisers do not come it will be very very silent indeed.
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| Gulet anchored in Karacasogut |
It is about 25 kms by road to Marmaris and the dolmus (small bus) goes in a couple of times a day. There are good opportunities for walking and cycling which we are loooking forward to now that Peter is mobile again (albeit with care).
WiFi is in love with the land - none of that Yacht Marina concrete here - grass, trees, insects, frogs - what more could a kedi want. She is demonstrating a remarkable ability to see off the local strays from the restaurant already, not surprising really as she is about twice the size of the average street cat.
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| Going Ashore |
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| Returning to Musketelle |
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| Out walking |
We have been privileged to see (and smell) Badem the famous monk seal who is meant to be making his/her way in the world after being released back into the wild following rescue as a sick youngster. Fortunately for us the dinghy Badem occupied in the bay for several days was not ours - the poor owner on returning to his boat has spent hours trying to clean out the evidence of seal occupation.
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| Badem the Monk seal having a dinghy nap |
