Cesme Marina Turkey

Spindrift
David Hersey
Wed 6 Jun 2012 20:15

 38:19.307N 026:18.089E   

9 Mile Run

6/6/12 

This is a pretty up market marina.  The Turkish Lire is VERY strong and things seem VERY expensive.

Demetra and I braved the local bus system and went to visit Alacati, which claims to be the Bora Bora of the Aegean.  We don’t think the real Bora Bora Chamber of Commerce has very much  to worry about. The lowlight of the day was an expensive  glass of  slightly brown dishwater  masquerading as  a Cappuccino Freddo which I couldn’t drink.

Wind is quit strong against us so we decide to stay another day. I find a very strong local wi-fi signal.  After hours of messing around with it  it turns out that the only way to connect to it is to have a Turkish Mobile phone as that’s their way of sending you a confirmation code in order to turn the service on. The wi-fi company is all over Turkey and for what its worth is Lebanese which doesn’t bode well for future boat connections.