Monday, June 4, 2007

Gateway to the Straits

Well this is meant to be 3 nights rest and recouperate before we head for home. Getting out of Istanbul was a mission - it was Saturday midday and traffic jams were every where with people heading for parks, shopping and to watch an airshow overhead. We have a hotel room over looking the sea. It was 20l cheaper with no view.

The beach front directly infront of us is stony and an anchor place for the small fishing boats tied up to a concrete wharf. There is a hole through this to the other beaches which are cordoned off and you have to pay 30l to swim there. However the water inside the area is so shallow people all swim outside the bouys. There is a rusty old ship in the bay which I may endeavour to walk out to later. It's not a case of walking along the beach but walking along the bouys in the water as the sea has little difference in high and low tide.

Today the water is dominated by young teenage boys and noisy music which is needed as the water is so cold you have to do aerobic exercises to get wet. Last night there was one ship waiting to go through the strait - this morning there are about 20 out there. Not short of entertainment..

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