The Gulet Cruise

October 28 - November 2, 2009

Our Gulet	Looking Out the Cabin	The Shower	The Sink	Our Captain	The Captain's Wife	Mustafa, the Captain's son
Dinghy Shuttle to Shore	Our First Hike	We were given Walking Sticks	Steve aligns the trail marker	Indigenous Mountain Goats	Aga Limani Cove	Beautiful Views from the Trail
Susie and Jan enjoy the view	Ruins of Lydea	Ancient Cistern	Inside the Cistern	Villager's Home	Serving Tea	Wind Chimes
Hand-Carved Implements	Resting	The Villager's Donkey	...even in the remote village	Fabulous Views	Our Boat in the cove	Cleopatra's Baths
The Baths have sunk	Exploring the Baths	Several Rooms to Explore	Holly Kayaks	After the Hike	Lunch on the Rear Deck	Çobanoglu
Proud Captain Steers his boat	Beautiful Views while Cruising	Mustafa in the Kitchen	The Barge in Dalyan	Cruising Dalyan Canals	Tombs Carved in the Cliffs	Lycian Rock Tombs
Elaborate Designs	Unusual Groupings	Lycian Rock Tombs	Tombs in the Cliffs	Locals	Turtles	Crabs are Bait
Crab for Grilling	Gates in the Canal	We Cruised to a Beach	Wildlife in the Park	Ostrich	Returning to our Gulet	Shuttling in the Dinghy
Delicious Lunches	Beautiful Vistas	Relaxing while we cruise	Yassica Isles	Best Vantage Point	Bedri Rahmi Fish	The Captain Relaxes
Halloween	Tow to Gemiler Island	The story of Gemiler Island	Greeter	The first of 4 churches	Cemil points out key features	Note the Cross at the top
Hiking Up	Long Tunnels	Exploring the Tunnels	6th Century Construction	A chain of arches	Nearly There	Byzantine Monastery
View from the top	Susie enjoys the view	Turquoise Waters	View from Gemiler Island	Heading Back Down	Our Group Returns	The Gulet is Waiting
The Story of Kayaköy	Abandoned Ghost Town	2000 Homes	No Residents	An Entire Village	View Through a Crumbling Wall	Buildings still standing
Residents went to Greece	Mosaics	Mosaic Walkways	Different Patterns	Çemil Leads the Way	Abandoned Church	Graceful Arches
Paintings still visible	The whole interior	Juan Alfredo Enters	The Iowa Voyagers marvel	Rose	Some Interiors Remain	Fixer-Upper
Pomegranates	A few residents	Street Vendor	We Visited Her House	Grandma bids us farewell	Çemil demonstrates	Tea
Serving afternoon tea	Gozleme cooks	Bus Stop	Leaving Town	Returning to harbor	Gulet Awaits	Iowa girls basking
Long-time friends	Entering Fethiye Bay	Gulets at dock	Farewell	Mustafa helps unload	Departing Fethiye	Leaving Fethiye behind