Michael, John and Debbie taking the photo of the trail map

I also took a photo showing the loop trail.

Views from our lunch spot overlooking the Mediterranean.

Back in Marmaris is was raining, but 40 minutes further along the peninsula towards Datҫa we had a mix of clouds and sun and cool breezes and t-shirt weather.

Most of the trail was packed dirt road.

Rhino Randal, me, John and Debbie

Michael used my camera to take the photo. Hard to know how to credit photos when they are taken by someone else with my camera.

Debbie had requested we see some turtles/tortoises and one showed up each day.

I think they must have opened the hotel just for us; we seemed to be the only guests this time of the year.

http://www.adaburnu.com/default-eng.htm hotel website

View from my balcony

We arrived at our hotel around 2:30 and after checking in met up at the restaurant for something to drink. While we were there, a man joined us who claimed to be the hotel manager. He also had a farm nearby with goats and he demonstrated that they were goats by making ‘milking motions.’ Though his English was somewhat limited, Debbie understood him to say the hotel provided a beach area for nudists. After a bit, the restaurant manager brought him a glass of cherry juice mixed with vodka and we began to think it wasn’t his first of the day. John, refreshed from a short nap, came along and suggested a drive to Old Datҫa and off we went leaving our pal to his Vodka and cherry juice. But he wasn’t kidding about the nudist beach.

Turkey’s first hotel for nudists welcomes foreign guests to bare all

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Nude sunbathers will, however, have to share their beach with the goats and chickens that belong to the hotel owners

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Websites about the Carian Trail which included our second hike.

http://www.cariantrail.com/index.php/sections/datca-peninsula http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-carian-trail-turkey-on-two-feet-9698085.html

http://hkb-hkb.blogspot.com.tr/2013/12/dugumlere-ruh-katan-kadn-canan-goren.html

Exhibited works were carried out from household waste

was opened to visit the exhibition consisting of works from his so-called artist Canan Quoted recycling of waste material.   http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=tr&u=http://www.haberler.com/canan-goren/&prev=search

Each one of the characters below is about as big as my hand..

These are about the size of large and medium embroidery hoops abut are made from baskets with the image on the lid.

Denise, Deena, and brand new Deelara

Denise’s husband Erin and proud papa T K

She’ll be a singer like her mom!  Now it was just some lung strengthening exercises.

Erin, Denise, Deelara, Deena and TK

To remind everyone just how important Denise was to us in North Cyprus here are a few of the stories from that time.   Erin was the “behind the scenes” guy but he made the best fried calamari and knew the best hiking trails.    And it was Deena and TK who came with us on our Turkish carpet adventure back in 2013.

North Cyprus Deks memories

http://www.mydoramac.com/deks-walk-1/

http://www.mydoramac.com/deks-walk-10/

http://www.mydoramac.com/deks-walks-and-charmaine-and-linda-arrive/   which tells about DEKS walks # 11 and 12

Our visit to the carpet village with Deena and TK

http://www.mydoramac.com/revisiting-the-carpet-village-of-karacahisar/  with Deena and TK

Looking down on a rainbow! 

We took a drive over the mountains and through the woods.  The weather kept changing from sun to some rain but it made for lovely photos.  And it only rained hard while we were in drinking coffee in Osmaniye and later when we stopped in Selimiye for lunch.

Ṣahin Café and Restaurant where we stopped on our motorbike in June of 2011.  It was so fun to find the same place and stop again.  Last time it was for lunch.  This time it was for coffee.  The owner brought out bread, two kinds of marmalade, gourd and watermelon, and some lovely herbed goat cheese.  Randal and I went home with some of the gourd marmalade and some goat cheese.

Rolling the flat bread that is a slightly chewy buttery tasting bread just a bit doughier than an English muffin, but almost as light.  She was rolling out several loaves that were placed set under the towels until it was their turn into the oven.

Yum!!!!!

The big plastic bottles were filled with the goat cheese which is also great on salad.

We arrived in Bozburun but so did the rain.  As not much looked opened and no one was quite ready for lunch, we decided to head back towards Marmaris and stop in Selimiye for lunch hoping it would clear up again.  Charles wanted some photos of the boats being built so we stopped at one of the many yards in the area. 

The skeleton of a wood gullet

Doris and Charles. a retired Swiss news cameraman who probably got way better pictures than I did.

One of the workers was happy to answer questions.

From Bozburun we headed to Selimiye looking for lunch.  I think we found the only restaurant that was open but it was just what we wanted.  Warm and charming with good food.  A fire was burning but electric heaters were turned on and soon we were warmed from the chilly day. 

Charles and Doris

A lovely setting on the bay

A map showing Turkish vineyards. 

http://www.mydoramac.com/motorbike-adventure/ our first attempt to motorbike to Bozburun in June of 2011.

http://www.mydoramac.com/biking-to-bozburun/ our actual motorbike trip to Bozburun 2011

Chinese New Year of the Sheep celebrated at Netsel Marina in Marmaris, Turkey.

The lanterns, reflected in the window, were made by Jill and Coni and Gamze.

Jill created the wall hanging and she and Roberto dressed for the occasion!

That must have been some story Roberto was telling as Gwen, Fusun, Arif, and Gamze seemed intent on hearing every word.

I’ve named the Sailor’s Point cat Kara which means dark in Turkish.  She comes to most events but won’t enter into the room unless absolutely invited.  She does know there will be great pot luck leftovers and she’ll get her share.  Otherwise she gets cat kibble that Coni brings for her during the week when folks meet for yoga, movie night, and crafts. 

  After our amazing meal of wonderful Chinese food (even my garlic broccoli got eaten)we played Bingo.

Each card was 1 Turkish lira.  The money was divided among the winners. 

Gamze and Coni were the bingo callers.    Kan was the first to fill up one row and then he filled the second row winning some lira for each win.

But Deborah was the big winner as she was the first to fill the entire card. 

Coni checking the winning numbers.

I cannot remember the last time I played bingo, but it fun! 

Jane setting up her machine.  Jane is amazing and can sew up just about anything her boat needs.  She loaded up her machine and brought it to Sailors’ Point for our Wednesday session.

Deborah had sewn decorations on her hat and now was having the hat sewn together by Jane

Beginning to shape the hat

Fitting the hat

Enough decorations?  Gamze was helping Deborah place the one final star

Coni had hers fitted and now was ready to sew on her stars and moons.

Meanwhile Coni and Jill had been crafting red lanterns for our upcoming Chinese New Year pot luck dinner. 

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We’d bought the material and now it was time to cut out the hats; Deborah was the first to start and then Jill fitted it to her head.

Jill Margaret Deborah Lisa and Gamze in red.

Remember Coni’s old pjs?  They became decorations for the hats.

Jill showing everyone how to do the blanket stitch to sew the decorative bits to the hat.

Gamze was working on her needlepoint and Jill on her sock even as she directed the hat making.

Margaret, a friend from the marina in North Cyprus and also now in Marmaris, is being taught the “European” way to hold knitting needles by Jill.

I was working on this painting of a whirling dervish.  It came out terrible because I left too little room for his feet and when I tried to fix it…..dum de dum dum.  Next week I’ll work on a hat!

My favorites

Wouldn’t think a girl from Cape Cod would like the shark best.

Artist Orhan Kubilay Doḡuṣ

The man smiling is the artist’s dad.

Jane Deborah Jill Coni

Amazingly I haven’t lost it yet! Having a spare will be a good thing. Selfie with hat!

Coni donated these fleece pjs for the project.

Jane with the scissors and Jill work up the beginnings of a pattern while Fusan looks on.

Fitting the pattern to Coni’s head.

Coni was a very patient model

Brain surgery?

This will be a very fun project!

Fusan was finishing up a sweater for Valentine’s Day! Lots of project happen Wednesday mornings. Like our paste paper and small books.

A group of us went off to buy some fleece to make the hat liners. As the piece of material was being cut for us, I yelled, “Stop!” surprising everyone until they saw me get by camera from my pack. I plan to document the entire process so needed to show us buying the material.

1^st  stop  :  Le Shop  Turkish Arts and Crafts

Ali Atabey owner  (Ata means father and Bey means man making for an interesting last name. Like Ataturk, is Father of Turkey.)

Jane, Connie and Jill

Hard to see them, but the puppet looking things in the window are made from camel leather.  I might have to have one before we leave.  

They are a bit translucent so we were surprised that they were made from camel leather.

At Sunday night’s potluck Jane brought some hors-d’oeuvres made from camel sausage which was quite good actually.  If I could eat yak in Tibet, no reason not to eat camel in Turkey.

Camel bone boxes which are decorated inside as well.  In New England whale bone was used once upon a time.

Ali wasn’t there; his father happily let us browse and me take photos.

Like being in Aladdin’s cave.

The hand-embroidered pillow covers are very tempting too.

Less fun, but necessary; kitchen wares.  Neither Jane nor Jill found what they needed so we went off to another shop further down Ataturk Boulevard.

We’d met up at 11 am, visited Ali’s and the 2  household supply shops.   I was getting hungry so we stopped off for a snack.  Unfortunately they weren’t making the gὂzleme (stuffed pancakes) so we had slices of pizza instead with our Turkish tea and Nescafe.

Yakal Pet Shop came next. 

Connie has a cat and Jane has Buttons the dog.  This is their pet shop of choice in Marmaris.

Connie wanted a picture of the birds.  There was definitely some strange chirping after the flash went off.  (Probably bird for ‘What the hell was that?’

Neither rain, nor rain, nor more rain…..

But there was no wind so we stayed mostly dry even with the on and off rain showers.  I think Jane might have the best legs in Marmaris!

Next was the Import Shop.  Randal and I came here our first days in Marmaris while waiting for DoraMac to be delivered back in April 2011.  We stayed at the Dost Otel across the street.  The owners of the hotel and the shop are brothers.  Both very kind and helpful men.  What’s imported here is just about the opposite of what’s imported at home.  Funny how that happens.  He also sells pork products which aren’t available at many grocery shops though the Migros near the marina now sells bacon. 

Randal and I come here for Cheddar cheese and Randal’s bran flakes cereal.

Marmaris’ version of Hallmark with cards in English.  This shop was new to me as I’d passed by but never gone in.

The front window is home to this cat with its own cat door to get in and out!

The House of Art and Culture came next where we stopped to look at the exhibit.  Some we liked and some, not so much

Like, Le Shop, this ceramics shop is where everyone goes. Elhamra Çini ceramic shop. Like being in a museum.

We were offered tea, so typical of Turkish hospitality.   Near the tea is a bowl with small plastic chips in it.  When the tea is delivered, chips are placed in the bowl.  5 glasses of tea  = 5 circular chips.  After a while the shop owner takes the chips to the tea shop and settles up.  Isn’t that cool!

Jane,  Ibrahim, Jill and Connie

Just for us!