SYMI, GREECE to DATCA, TURKIYE and in to KNIDOS

We spent the night in picturesque Symi with colorful houses piled on top of each othe up the hills.

Up early and now it has been decided that we will spend the next couple of days along the Turkish Coast.

GOODBY TO SYMI

NIKOS RAISING THE ANCHOR FOR THE LAST TIME IN GREECE

ARDAL RAISED THE TURKISH FLAG.  LAST NIGHT MOST OF US SLEPT UP TOP WITH OUR COZY BLANKETS.  WHERE'S TIM!?

 

 We stopped in Datca for our Captain to process our passports and had a festive breakfast.  To Us!

Marina, Tim, and Barb were happy campers with a renewed supply of Nutella.

DACTA, TURKEY

We steamed up the coast and will dive for ??? after lunch.  To be continued...

THE BEST SURPRISE YET!  We are stopped at Knidos, an ancient city whose history before 700AD is not well documented.  It may have been a trade center with the Aegean Islands and Crete as early as 3000 BC.

CLICK TO ENLARGE FOR HISTORY OF THIS OLD SEAPORT

CLICK TO ENLARGE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF THIS OLD PORT

Sidar took us out snorkeling and we saw fragments from century old shipwrecks just outside the breakwater.

Then we explored the ruins.

My camera batteries died so will have to get some of Laura's pictures BUT.. as I had predicted we had a full moon tonight.  That alone was awesome but then Sidar shouted "NO WAY!"  He had been texting (a common occurance) and found that there was going to be a FULL LUNAR ECLIPSE in a couple of hours.