Arrival into Bodrum after a very comfy smooth flight and quick taxi to our hotel.
Bodrum is a bustling seaside touristy town, Lots of activity. the taxi driver tells us this is a huge tourist destination for all of Turkey and other parts of Europe. The bars and night life go all night.
Settle in and out we go to explore for a few hours.
Had a great beachside meal after exploring the neat shop filled streets.




great Mezes plate, calamari and fried cheese to start. would eat a ton of calamari this trip...yummmy




Oh how I wish we had a few days here, the night life looked awesome and the place was just starting to hop when we turned in at midnight. We have a ferry ride and a date with a sail boat in the morning so it's goodnight Irene.

Left the dock for adventure like excited children . what a bustling marina....filled with megas yachts and day tripping cool wooden boats. The ferry ride was smooth and enjoyable.








....an hour later we land in Kos , our flotilla awaits.

Oh my I had read about all the refugees landing on Kos , but to see it with your own eyes was something. hundreds of folks everywhere .

The Greek government provide them with tents and basic sleeping supplies upon landing.



They come over in these rafts. a very sad thing but at least they are safe now. we would see several groups of refugees landing on Greek islands on our trip.



Kos town is bustling with a huge marina...



They have many of these day tripper type boats here too...



We found our flotilla team and our home for the next 2 weeks. stowed our gear at the marina office and went exploring this incredible town....
had our first sagnaki...would eat a lot of this in the days to come




This place has Turkish influence, the typical Greek style churches as well as ancient ruins ...all together in one modern/ancient blend...very cool

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they even had a MacDonalds.....with a twist

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Nice provisioning and settle into our boat...all cleaned up for a group meal ashore and some socializing....quickly made friends with some Aussies, some folks from Scotland ( my god he was hard to understand) and a few lovely families from England...apparently Canadians never do these Greek flotilla thingies. Only Canucks they have had this year!!!
What and you have a boat in the BVI they say....you must be nuts ....
No just adventurous.....

Ok let the adventure begin...Greek isle number one....off to Kalymnos we go ....

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