BOATS
The coast around Adrasan is spectacular – mountains and forests reaching down to the sea, small bays and islands. Most of the bays and coves and, of course, the islands are only accessible by boat. For that reason boat trips are a very popular option in the bay with about 8 boats to choose from. Most regular visitors have their favourite boat or captain but all the boats and captains are good. The beauty of a boat trip in the summer months is that it can be a cooler option to the beach. In recent years we have tended to use Captain Ali’s boat ‘Dazler’ but Ali (a good friend) has now sold Dazler and so we needed to experiment with alternative options.
We had a great day on the boat ‘Fionna’ with our friends Peter & Petra and Mehmet & Phyllis. We also hired Captain Seref’s boat for our daughter’s 15th birthday party. The young Musa took a crowd of about 30 friends off on an evening cruise including swimming accompanied by loud music . It worked-out to be not too expensive and an unusual birthday party. We were a little nervous as we waived farewell at about 9:00pm but Captain Seref and his girlfriend did a great job in ensuring they all had a good time.
Above: Welcoming guests aboard the party boat.
Captain Hassan’s Boat - ‘Nihalim’
Our experiments led us to join 2 other couples, John & Sue and David and Jennie in hiring Captain Hassan’s boat ‘Nihalim’ – In fact, we did this twice – it was so good! The beauty of this choice is that Nihalim is a smaller boat and Captain Hassan is happy to take just a small group of, in our case, six people (the young Musa prefers to go off with her friends). Whilst the bigger boats are good, you never quite know who and how many your fellow passengers will be and you don’t have much say in which direction the boat heads in or for how long it will be out. We booked Captain Hassan’s boat just for the 6 of us, we decided in which direction we went and where and how long we stopped in various bays.
Above: The Good Ship ‘Nihalim’
Above: Captain Hassan at the wheel
The other good thing about being aboard a smaller boat is that it is able to go closer in to shore. Nihalim can drop anchor and lay with its stern close in to the beach which means that if you are not a confident swimmer that you can climb down the ladder into waist deep water rather than having to jump in to deep water and swim for the shore as when on the larger boats (incidentally – I’m quite a strong swimmer).
Above: Nihalim at anchor in Ceneviz Bay
Hassan and his young crewman are great hosts. Lunch of fresh fish, salad and chips is cooked on the boat, at various other times of the day plates of fruit are served and tea and cakes. There is plenty of shade and plenty of space to sit or lie down.
Above: Jennie & David, John & Sue onboard ‘Nihalim’, Capt. Hassan at the wheel.
The boat also has a stock of cold drinks for sale including Efes Beer! It was luxury almost beyond imagination to drink beer whist sitting in the clear warm water!
Above: Empties on the stern of Nihalim
Captain Nihalim also has a supply of fishing lines complete with lures. I managed to catch one fish – David caught about 8 - mostly mackerel!
Above: I only caught one fish
So . . . a great day out! Leave about 10:00am back at about 5:30pm . . . . Cost? Including all food . . . . just £20 each person. Great value!
Above: Mrs Musa making a splash in Ceneviz Bay
Above: Mrs Musa on the starboard bow
Finally . . . I mentioned earlier that Ali had sold his tour-boat Dazler. He still has his fishing boat ‘Rose’ and we saw him out fishing whilst on one of our voyages on Nihalim.
Above: Ali fishing
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