This leg of Ted’s trip made me the most jealous. That is, until I saw his photos in the south of France (wait until tomorrow!), which also made me faint with jealousy. I love boats and sailing, and one of my dream trips is to sail through Greece. Ted’s voyage along Turkey’s coast was basically living my dream. Enjoy!
By Ted Donath
Our seven-night sailing adventure began in Fethiye, a bustling port town on the southwest coast of Turkey. We took a quick flight from Istanbul to Dalaman on Turkish Air (which is one of the nicer local airlines I have been on), and we met our captain and friends in the port. All of our food was prepared by a chef who travelled with us on board, but we did need to buy essential supplies in each town (wine, gin, beer). Our daily grueling schedule included:
- Wake up and take a swim in the Sea before breakfast… or after breakfast… or both.
- Breakfast: Tea, local honey, tomatoes, cucumbers, yogurt, cheeses, an egg dish, breads (sometimes we were given little red sausages which made better fish food).
- Sail to a local port or cove for another swim, hike, ancient site tour, shopping in the local town.
- Sun time, nap time, reading time, sailing time.
- Tea time! It took about two days for the captain to realize we would rather have gin and tonics over hot tea on 80 degree days.
- Dinner and impromptu dance party and/or impromptu swimming (fueled by tea time).
- Most nights we slept on deck under the stars.
We set sail from Fethiye on a 24 meter (80′) gullet.
Looking through the porthole in our cabin. Most nights we slept on the deck under the stars.
Sunset over the Mediterranean.
Each day began with a swim and then a new adventure to a local town or port.
One day we hiked on Gemiler Island, believed to be the location of the original tomb of Saint Nicholas. #XmasinJuly
On the bow with @mensthreads.
I always love snack time. Pretzels and Coca-Cola Light in Myra.
Dramatic sculptures at the theatre in the ancient site of Myra.
Spotted minorettes and bougainvillea in Kas; the weather was perfect every day.
For more amazing photos like these, I highly recommend you follow Ted on Instagram @bigtallted. Come back tomorrow to see the final InstaJournal: Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. To see the first installment in Istanbul, click here.
