Almost all of us who had shared the boat for 4 days journeyed to the fish markets for a meal and an evening to remember. You arrive at a central collection of fishmongers surrounded by a ring of restaurants. With your best haggling hat on, you select and buy the seafood you desire and then take it to a restaurant who will cook it for you (and provide salad and coffee) for 5 lira (about $5). I settled on a piece of tuna and 8 large prawns, all of which was absolutely divine. A magnıfıcent meal in an amazing setting with wonderful company.
After dinner, Kım, Brock, Claıre and İ braved the Ottoman Dancing Bar for a couple of beers and a nargıle (Turkish water pipe). İt struck me during the conversation that a week ago İ did not know any of these people and İ delighted in the feeling that travelling just doesnt get better than this.
As İ have wandered the shops and alley ways this morning, the realisation has hit home that this afternoon İ will part company with our sailing companions and in a couple of days Kim and İ wıll go our separate ways from Cappadocia. İ am not particularly relishing the concept of travelling by myself again, but İ am eager to explore Syria and it has made me keen to search out fellow travellers with whom İ can share a journey for a few days.
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