| While in Fethiye we anchored next to the mosque, and the Islamic chants we heard were serenely melodic, different from the chants we had heard in Morocco. As the Turkish elections were to be held the latter part of July, campaigning was in full swing. Often from our anchorage we could hear the loud speakers from candidate�s campaign vans as they drove through the streets. With July being a very, very hot month in Turkey, we took down the panels from our dodger allowing more air circulation while sitting in the cockpit. What a difference it made in our dispositions! With no rain and almost 100% blue sky days throughout both July and August, we never put the panels back on again until early September. |
