Kargi Bay to Fethiye, Turkey, Friday Daytime

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After breakfast, it was time for the gulets to take a relaxing sail to the town of Fethiye, population 68,000. This town is ripe for shopping and sightseeing, as well as an optional excursion to the gorge of Saklikent and the Blue Lagoon.

There was still some vacation left to be had, and with temperatures in the mid-80s, almost anything was possible.

[OOC: Have at it! | Gulet Assignments | Before Departure | The Gulets - Cabins | The Gulets - Sun Decks | The Gulets - Dining Room and Saloon | The Gulets - Saloon Below Decks | On Shore | OOC ]

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Before Departure

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Dash Aboard

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You don't want to get left behind Cade!

Re: Dash Aboard

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Yeah, yeah, Cade was just sulking about the camel taking his time already, narrative.

He made it with three minutes to spare. The crew applauded him when he showed up--especially once they realized he didn't have another camel with him this time.

Re: Dash Aboard

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Emily basically jumped on a boat that was beginning to move. Whether she made it to her room or not was a completely different story.

Breakfast

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Breakfast aboard the gulets is an elaborate affair. Large bowls filled with a salad comprised of tomatoes, cucumbers, olives and feta cheese sit on the center of the spread. Spread out around it are various Turkish cheeses such as beyaz peynir and kaşar; there is menemen and bread as well as honey, jam, a local sausage known as sucuk and other local meats, and there's a nice tray full of pastries, too.

The Gulets - Out at Sea

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After breakfast, the ships take to the sea again, wind in their sails.

When playing in the gulet threads, please note which gulet you're in so your boatmates may join you!

The Gulets - Cabins

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Either with double beds or two twins, all rooms have a window or porthole, ensuite facilities with shower, a music system and TV, and air conditioning. Please move your conversation to private journals if your thread is going NWS.

The Capricorn

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The Cetus

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The Charybdis

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The Hydra

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The Kraken

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The Leviathan

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The Proteus

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The Siren

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The Gulets - Sun Deck

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Located on the front of each gulet, the sun deck is a perfect place to sunbathe, stargaze or just catch some air away from your roommate.

[OOC: List which gulet you're on!]

The Gulets - Dining Room and Saloon on the Main Deck

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All meals aboard ship (as well as drinks and snacks during the day) are served in the dining room and saloon on the main deck of your gulet.

The Gulets - Saloon Below Decks

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In case it's raining or too cold to go outside, each gulet has an additional saloon below decks, perfect for chatting with friends, grabbing a drink, or reading a book.

On Shore

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Here in Fethiye, you can spend some time shopping and sightseeing before taking an optional excursion to the gorge of Saklikent and the Blue Lagoon.

Shopping

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This is your last chance to pick up souvenirs that aren't from the Portalocity gift shop. Either in Paspatur, Fethiye's old town, or head to the bazar to drink tea, and haggle over spices, lamps, pottery, and Totally Legitimate designer bags.

Go to the Hamam

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Hamams are a traditional Turkish bath. Get massaged within an inch of your life!

Visit the Lycian Museum

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It's not the biggest in Turkey, but it holds an excellent collection of Lycian pieces from the Bronze, Archaic, Hellenistic and Roman ages and from Byzantine times. Bonus? It's air conditioned!

Explore the Sakilikent Gorge and the Blue Lagoon

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Saklikent is the longest and deepest gorge in Turkey - 18 km long and so steep and narrow that the sun does not penetrate the water, leaving it deliciously icy-cold in the summer. Once inside, water-sculpted limestone canyon walls soar above you. You walk a kilometer through water to reach Saklikent, so don't wear shoes you love or bring a really expensive, non-waterproof camera. You can also raft through the canyon!

OOC

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We'll be docking in Fethiye for the evening as well!

Ping down here if you want to shift gulets!

Re: OOC - ON HAMAMS

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SO. Hamams are pretty awesome and totally the Thing To Do when you're a bored tourist in Turkey. First off: prior to any massaging you're going to get coralled into a large-ass room, told to go lay down on a big stone in the center or smaller ones in the corners, and a hardcore woman or dude will show up and scrub you SO HARD you can see the dead skin coming off. (They do this really cool thing where they put soap in a cloth sack and wave that around until it's a huge foamy mass they can put on you. They'll also give you the glove they scrubbed you with at the end.)

Secondly, last time I went, we took a cheap trip - the trips to the hamam are usually cheap because they hope to convince you into buying massages, of which the regular package usually has a 20-minute one plus scrubbing plus pooltime. Anyway, I was laying around enjoying my massage when suddenly the dude pulled away and started chattering at someone outside. Obviously I was Concerned.

A minute later, this lady wanders into the room and starts babbling at me in English, saying they found a Terrible Fault in one of my legs and they can help alleviate it, but I'll need X massage. "Fault?" I ask, skeptically. The lady nods and says, "We see it often in young ladies such as yourself, who spend a lot of time on heels!"

At which point I cracked up because I almost never wear heels, and told her no (three times) until she went away.

Turns out she did that to everyone in our tour group. My mom took her up on it, but only because mom felt like getting massaged some more and it was the easiest way to get that done. Expensive, tho.

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