Made it to Turkey

Here we are in Turgutreis, Turkey - our first really foreign port. We hoisted the courtesy flag as we crossed the border under the watchful eye of a Turkish gun-boat.

Right on cue, as we entered the port, the Muezin in the mosque piped up - sent a shiver down my spine.

Check-in was a doddle. It only took an hour with all the authorities being in the same building. Nobody even mentioned an agent and everyone was friendly and helpful. Now we're on the computer, it will probably be even easier next time. Total cost 65 Euro including my Visa (Lindsay's NZ passport doesn't require one).

D-Marine in Turgutreis is excellent but very expensive. Excellent showers, a nice swimming pool and very good shelter with finger pontoons to tie-up to. Helpful friendly staff too and good security.
We had an difficult time setting up Internet access in Turkey. The good news is that no contract is required and the pay-as-you-go rate is a very reasonable 50YTL (about 25 euro) for 4Mb for a month. The bad news was that the Turkish data SIMS won't work with my 3G modem. I had to buy a dongle (150 euro) from Turkcell. It works very well but a bit of an ouch and only one person can use it at a time.
All the major networks seem to offer the same deal and have the same compatibility issue. Turgurtreis has main-outlets for all three networks very conveniently close together - but the staff have limited English so figuring out problems and probing the best deal is challenging and stressful for all concerned.