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The next day we moved on to Ucagiz Limani, our second anchorage in Kekova Roads, spending 7 days in all at this location. In this sheltered bay we anchored next to Ucagiz village (ancient Theimussa). In the Kekova Roads, only Ucagiz had limited food supplies. While anchored here we enjoyed a few meals ashore. The two waterfront restaurant owners in the village offered free bread in the morning to those cruisers who ate at their restaurant. Each day we�d watch them drive their skiffs out to the boats with the free bread, amusingly observing to see which owner had more boat stops. Our first morning after eating ashore we expected the bread, but our restaurant owner kept returning every morning afterwards with another loaf, naturally obliging us to patronize his restaurant when wishing again to eat ashore. Just right of Ucagiz village were some sarcophagi, ever so beautifully blended with their rock surroundings.

Kuhela

Close to Ucagiz were Kalekoy village (ancient Simena) and the �sunken city� along Kekova Island. The same devastating earthquake that had hit Aperlai had also hit this area. We traveled by dinghy to visit these two places. As tourist season was in full swing, we shared the ruins along the �sunken city� coastline one morning with lots of day tripper boats. Some of the remains we detected were a solitary entryway, a place where foundation marks had once been cut into the rock, and stairs leading to nowhere. Near ancient Simena was a lone sarcophagus.

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