Today is our boat trip to Gocek market.
Our transfer picks us up ,but then we drive round the local area for about 20 minutes trying to find his next pick up-in the end he gives up.
By now all of us in the bus are VERY hot.
We get to Fethyie and board the boat-we are the last on so it is tricky to find a seat,but we park ourselves on the side.
Our boat
Me!
I reckon it was about an hour to Gocek & lovely sitting with the sea breeze.
We get chatting to the people next to us-who were also with Goldtravel-they have had a much worse time of it than us,which makes us feel better!
The marina
This boat catches our eye…
I can’t for the life of me wonder why?
Why not? indeed :o)
We head to the market. Its a decent size with clothes,shoes,& fruit & veg.
We spot a stall selling a type of pancake made of a thin dough and decide to give them a go. I choose Coke to drink whereas Debs has apple tea-a traditional drink.
Apple tea-served in an oversized shot glass
Rolling out the dough
Enjoying my pancake,filled with a mixture of local crumbly cheese and herbs including dill, They are delicious.
We continue our wander through the market. This stall catches our eye with its colourful display of spices.
The stall owner offers us the spices to taste and I buy some chicken mix,a mixture of herbs & spices to put in salad and 100 grams of saffron. Saffron is grown in Turkey and therefore compared to home it is very cheap 8 lira for 100g.
We sit and have a beer by the marina-the only brand that seems to be sold anywhere is Effes-its very nice,sold in 500ml bottles ranging in price from 3.5 l to 6l
Its then back on the boat
to a secluded cove where we moor up for a swim in the sea.
After a long wait we head back to Fethyie
Debs sun worshipping
We get the transfer to drop us of at Chalis beach to go for dinner at Mamma Mia’s which has been recommended to us.
Our starters of salmon carpachio & calamares
My main of salmon fillet,with a cheese sauce on top and mashed potato!
We get through 2 bottles of a lovely rose wine with the meal-obviously not a normal sight in this place as the waiter says congratulations when he sees we have finished the second bottle!
We watch the sun set…
…before catching a taxi back to the hotel.
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