The Blue Cruise on the Turkish Mediterranean

Sunset, from St Nicholas Island.

Looking down at one of the Gulets from the ruins on St Nicholas Island.

From Fethiye, most travellers head for a cruise on med. We eventually decided to do the same. Arriving by our yacht (Gulet), the crew told us there had been some 'technical difficulties' and that we would have to buy our own drinks for on board. Although seeming unorganised, this worked well in our favour and saved us a small fortune.

Our boat. 14 cabins, 6 people - lovely!

Looking towards the bay of Oludeniz. Bummer I didn't get a picture of the lagoon, it's very nice.

Looking down at one of the Gulets from the ruins on St Nicholas Island, just outside of Oludeniz.

The Turkish tourist season has been very slow this year (they blame the cup, i blame the cost of getting here), so we were super lucky and had just 6 of us on our cruise. An English couple who had been on our Turtle Beach tour and a NZ brother and sister and us plus our 3 crew and guide.

Our Guide, another Aydin, was a little crazy as guides are, and had many stories that just are not suitable for print, but he was good fun and enjoyed telling us about the area. The crew were great. Our captain was such a seabum and good fun and the two seaman not only cooked us brilliant food but also really seemed to be enjoying themselves too which was cool.

It's a hard life...

The crew think so too! He's a good cook though.

We spent our 4 days sailing between gorgeous bays where we would enjoy the gorgeous sea and enjoy simply floating in this super salty water - even after a big meal. An incredibly hard 4 days of truly unwinding...

Me coming in to land (Dean that is!)

Oh yeah, almost forgot. Dean went paragliding and the second he landed, some local tried to sell him a sausage.... these guys are persistent!

Try this video (but you'll have to watch it side-on...)

Phew, made it!