Beaches & Boats.

Living day and night on a pristine beach with beautiful views of mountains, seas and the lagoon isn't all that bad for an entire summer, and although sand appears everywhere I could happily live here forever.

With the crickets and ciacadas making their music in the trees swaying in the cool breeze and the warm, pinky orange glow of the sun setting behind the mountains you can't help but feel completely content with life.

Reality hits and someone is calling that dinner is ready, but Turkish food has yet to disappoint me since I first experienced it 15 years ago. We rarely eat meat, but when you have such fresh & mouthwatering fruit and veg to eat I find myself not even missing it! From perfectly sized apricots that are so full of juice that they almost burst in your mouth and watermelons bigger than my head with the taste of summer, refreshing you in the heat of the day.
The tomatoes are red through and through with the mediterranean sunshine making them huge and utterly delicious. Even my 6ft 2in brother who frowns at most vegetables can't resist the taste of these beauties! I could go on and on about the bounty of food that Turkey has to offer, but I will let you discover that when you come visit.

   Other than the food, life is pretty structured, we cook, clean, we take care of turtles and we talk to tourist. But after working hard for weeks we had a rare trip onto Dalya nriver on Captain Ismails boat. Although this trip was deemed "working", our day involved busily and frequently jumping of the boat into the lake and river, swimming, eating, drinking and looking for shells like 5 year olds. I can honestly say I will never tire of swimming in a freshwater lake and coming out of it refreshed and without the taste of salt in my mouth. 1 hour of our day was spent checking for injured turtles, and this isn't too arduous, chugging along the river and peering down into its merky depths for the sign of any turtles coming up to breathe.
   Thankfully no injured turtles found and we headed back to the centre.

In two weeks time the hatchlings should be on their way and we are all looking forward to the moment when we first see some babies emerging! Lots of pictures will be taken!

Total nests: 220!



As I write this I am watching Wimbledon,so strange in a foreign country but... C'MON MURRAY!!!!!