The Aquarium

With the castle visit completed and BV well stocked, we left Bodrum at 5 pm for a 5 mile passage to a small bay to the south west of Bodrum known as The Aquarium. This destination is on most of the daytime tripper boat routes but our late departure meant that the tripper boats had all gone by the time we got there. The short sail allowed Alex and Lucy to start to get familiar with working BV and we arrived with just enough light to have a swim before Alex put together some excellent mojito cocktails for sundowners. Time seemed to fly and after a nice dinner in the cockpit and some stargazing (as well as a look at the nightclub laser show which was just visible) it was nearly midnight.   

The Aquarium    

Ancient water cistern    

In the morning Nicky and I snorkelled around the shallow parts of the bay and agreed that the anchorage did justify its name. There were lots of fish of all sorts of varieties to look at making it a very pleasant swim. Maybe I need an underwater camera? [Ed (and financial controller): Hmmmm!]    

Even better was that the wind was already blowing from the west. Our plan for the day was to sail south 20 miles to the ancient harbour at Knidos on the end of the Datça peninsula. Nicky and I had visited ancient Knidos in April and thought that it would be an ideal spot for Alex and Lucy to explore. The anchor was therefore raised at 1030 on 9 September and we set off south with all sails raised and BV making a very healthy 8.5 knots through the water.

The Aquarium, Turkey