A few more pics from our visit to Bozukkale, because a bay this lovely shouldn't be upstaged by a broken castle...
Mark needed a haircut and found a barbershop here in Türkiye—and let me tell you—if you’re a man and have never had a Turkish haircut, you haven’t lived a full life. This needs to be on your bucket...
Our retired captain has found himself a little side-hustle—it doesn’t pay anything, but it highly amuses the rest of us. Like he does most mornings, Mark hopped onto his paddle board and headed to...
The little town of Ildir, seems to be hemmed in by large swaths of artichoke fields. In town, we stumbled upon a little artichoke stand where a man was effortlessly spinning whole artichokes into...
We spent the afternoon checking out Ildir until the wind kicked up and we decided it was probably a good idea to head back to our boats. By the time we reached our dingy the swells had kicked up and...
Mark tries to paddle board to shore every morning for a jog—he’s been consistently running for about 15 years, and only the wildest of wind or waves will stop him from paddling to shore and going for...
We anchored in a bay in Ildir, full of local fishing boats, and decided it was time to head to shore and find a grocery store and a cell phone company where we could get some SIM cards for Türkiye. ...