TRAVEL THE WORLD - ISTANBUL, TURKEY

This boat trip took us across the Sea of Marmara from Yalova to Istanbul which you can see in the far distance. The setting sun made for a wonderful view of the city as we approached it.

TRAVEL THE WORLD, DATCA, TURKEY

In 2001 when we travelled to Datca on a peninsula in southwest Turkey, we spent a day with Sugre on his boat. It was a gulet, a Turkish two-masted wooden sailboat. These boats, powered by engines, are plentiful everywhere along the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts. On our four trips to Turkey, we often went with other tourists for a day on a gulet - trips that involved touring in spectacular coastal scenery, swimming off the boat, a delicious barbecued lunch, and if all of this was not enough, enjoyable - often very funny - entertainment provided by the crew. Sugre was an especially nice man. We had the boat all to ourselves with Sugre and his daughter with whom he had a sweet, loving relationship.