Waiting for the Ferry

 Before leaving Anamur we had the privilege to witness a sea turtle come up to lay its eggs. Later we found out some people had come here especially to witness it. We were told it was the time of year by our castle freinds and on the off chance stayed up and were lucky enough to see one.
The following day we stopped in agin on the castle guys and following more tea eventually managed to pay our fee for visiting yesterday and headed down the road.

Stopped in at some caves but they wernt all that great but for 3 TL you coulnt complain. Got to practice some low light shooting with mixed results.

Further on there was a public beach / camping area. We stopped up and got chatting over some tea with a couple and decided to stay, especially as it was free camping but still with toilets and showers.
Admittedly not the cleanest of places but ok. There were a lot of turkish people about many families enjoying the beach and looked like a reasonably nice if not very public spot. I only got concered later when our new freinds whilst saying it was "no problem" to camp here as they were then informed us he had a gun and a knife in case there were any problems! Hmmm

Being right in a town later on some of the local boy racers turned up and a few more male groups nut it seemed fine really although the guy did say Lena should go with his wife to the toilets for security.

A good evening ensued and the spirits flowd with another family joining us. As I crawled up into the roof tent I was to tired and a touch drunk to worry about the nearby sound of gun fire that had broken out. Im sure it was playfull and hopefully not in this direction.

The locals told us a story about the above castle, apparently it was built by a king/lord/rich man for his daughter who had been bitten by a snake. So here they could not reach her. However he was later gotten by a snake hiding in his grapes. I think that was the jist of it.

The next day (Sun) we made for Iskanderun with the hope of going down early mon morning to ensure a place on wed ferry. Spent sun eve in the lovely Orient Campsite about 30/40 mins past Iskanderun. It has a nice refreshing pool and has lots of trees and palms giving it a cool garden feel. A very laind back dutch/turkish guy runs it. Worth the 30 TL. A family picnicing there fed us with fish, bread and salad and fresh fruit for dessert. So there was no need to do anything else other than open another cold one!

We now find ourselfs with tickets for the ferry (delayed from sun) which will hopefully sail tomorrow. We have to call and check at 9 but if its on we should be in Egypt by wed eve hopefully.