What a day. Got to the restaurant at 09h15. First we walked to the meeting point to pick up the bus from the hotel Falcom Crest then switched to a bigger bus and were driven into Koycegiz. This town is situated on a lake so in fact we were making the trip in the opposite way from usual. We visited the market and found some trinkets. “Bird” was so annoyed at the price that the seller was asking that he got Caryn back half the amount she had originally paid!!! Caryn thought that she had originally bargained quite well. Svein also found some Turkish rolling tobacco (at last). Then we had lunch and took the tripper boat that had been organised for us by the owner of the 2 restaurants. We were the only passengers. We crossed the lake and then meandered up the Dalyan river through the rushes – sometimes with only a passage the width of the boat at other times crossing large open sections. We passed through Dalyan town that was full of tourists and hotels and saw the rock tombs on the cliff. Eventually we arrived at Turtle beach under a terrific thunderstorm. We waited until the rain had stopped before visting the beach and seeing the barrier between the fresh water lake and the open sea. On the river also went through a fish trap. A cushy job pushing the button to lower the barrier when the tripper boats pass in both directions. We ended the day by visiting the mud and thermal baths on the shores of the lake. Although we did not try out the baths we had fun watching the people trying out the different options. Eventually we were brought back to Ekincik by the owner of the restaurants who had organised the whole outing. Again a thunderstorm on the way back from Turtle Bay and another whilst waiting to be picked up so 3 in all during the day. Fortunately the boat was locked up so she stayed dry and the storms were not so bad on that side of the mountain. We had a quick dinner when we got back to Ekincik and then back to the boat for a cosy evening. Pictures