Marmaris
Marita3
Mark & Helen Syrett
Thu 4 Apr 2013 14:30
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We are sitting twiddling our thumbs in Marmaris
waiting for the ship and Marita to arrive. We have just had an email saying that
she has had to reduce speed due to bad weather---strong head winds and rough
seas. As Marita is strapped across the bow this is probably a good thing! We
have also just received the unloading schedule and Marita will be the last
of the seventeen boats to be unloaded!
In the meantime we have traipsed the streets
of Marmaris, walked to local villages, had a Turkish Bath and visited the
market.
The harbour and bay is lovely and very sheltered--
a place where Nelson readied his fleet for the defeat of Napolean's armada
during the Mediterranean campaign.The entrance is narrow
 but the the bay wide
 The harbour is quiet at this time of year but
invaded by the British in the summer
 full of harbour side restaurants
 and buildings being demolished, with no regard for
health and safety, to make way for bigger and better high rises
 and three days later
 Having not seen really fresh fruit and veg since
the market at Port Vila (Vanuatu islands) it was good to see the open air market
in Marmaris with strawberries
 courgettes, aubergines and green
peppers
 olives
 and fresh fruit
 There is a very good cake shop next to the hotel
full of temptation from quiches
 to cakes and chocolates---the Turkish love sweet
things
 They are also like their sculpture----these two
pieces being on the sea front.The octopus
 and the fisherman
 The old town is no more except for a few streets
around the castle(under repair)
 The season apparently starts in May when the planes
start arriving mainly from the north of England---we are constantly asked if we
are from Manchester or Leeds!
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