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Tashi Delek
Mike & Carol Kefford
Sat 25 Sep 2010 07:32

Saturday 25th September

 

Anchored close to Yat Marine, Marmaris

 

We have been here for a couple of days so that we could catch the ferry to Rhodes yesterday and officially leave Turkey so that we could officially come back in to Turkey and renew our 90 day visa.  Quite a performance and expense but not as much of a performance or expense as forgetting to do it and then getting stopped at the airport on our way home having over stayed our allowed time.  People have tried this thinking they can talk their way out of it only to find that they couldn’t and needed to pay a hefty fine in order to be allowed to leave.

 

Rhodes was fabulous and an easy place to spend our time waiting for the return ferry that evening.  The castle and streets inside are delightful and generally very well cared for.  We were amused to see that the prime locations are occupied by the various Greek ministries for archaeology, culture and even – this made us laugh – the Ministry for Aegean Sea Law and Maritime Law. From our experiences over the summer we hadn’t realised there were any laws whatsoever for the Aegean Sea in particular or Maritime in general.  There was no sign of any rules, even international ones being followed by anything or anyone!  We were reminded again, not that we had forgotten, of the difference between Greece and Turkey.  In Rhodes the ferry terminal was scruffy and utter chaos, in Turkey it was immaculate and efficient.  Guess which we prefer.

 

Today we move about 20 miles round the corner to Ekincek, a lovely bay, where we will spend a couple of days.  After that our plans are flexible and will depend on various contractors in marmaris and their availability to work on the boat over the next few weeks before we head home.