Blue Cruise

We were eating mezes in Selcuk and the next thing I know is that all the girls were asking me to see if I thought going to the blue cruise was a good idea. Hmmmm, going on a relaxing yacht for four days with three girls orrrrrrr taking a cramped bus from place to place checking out more ruins... tough decision. When we arrived at the office we found out we were traveling with eleven other people. In the end we agreed we wouldn't have had it any other way.

First night stop at Ship Wreck yard.

As soon as we set sail it was a consistent cool breeze. When we set anchor we all jumped in for a swim and then ate a pretty decent vegetarian lunch. We'd set sail and lounge on the deck mats. See some sights. Rinse and repeat for four days. What a tough life.

High five with a mermaid

We thought there would be better snorkel gear on board but there was maybe only two pairs of functioning fins and masks. Some of us bought some goggles at one of the stops and i broke out my underwater camera. It's sad that there wasn't much marine life down there so nothing exciting. However the water was extremely blue and clear.

The blue cruise gulet

A gulet is a traditional wooden yacht. It has a enough cabins for everyone and the crew, the bathrooms are typical smelly boat bathrooms, great lounge space with sleeping pads, and a huge table in the back to eat and play cards on. I don't think anyone would actually sleep downstairs in the cabins since we'd all sleep on the deck under the stars.

View from one of the small towns we stopped at.

We stopped by a smallish town where the only form of transportation is by boat. There's a castle on top and a necropolis near by, and a sunken city across the way. The first thing I did, (which has been a common recurrence) was to go to shop and grab myself a pistachio ice cream bar, not just any bar mind you, it's gotta be a Magnum.

Jon and Manu swimming out of the pirates cave.

The two Spaniards swimming out of the cave as the captain yells at us to swim back. It seems our last day was cut short. I completely missed the part where we don't actually reach our final destination and we take a dolmus there. It was advertised as a Fethiye to Olympos voyage, but it stops about three quarters of the way. I feel duped.

Everyone on the blue cruise including one of the ship hands and this very quiet grandma

At this point we've all gotten to know each other fairly well. People were from (starting closest to home) California, Hawaii, Scottland, France, Spain, and New Zealand. We've all asked about each other's home lands, where we have traveled, where we're going next, but i'm sure we talked about everything and anything. This was definitely one of the highlights of my trip and probably due mostly to the people I met.