It was a very hot night. You wake in the still humid heat and realise you are lying wet backed and dripping. It would be nice to turn the pillow but your energy levels are so low that you endlessly procrastinate as you realise you are just way too hot. It seems to swing into these uncomfortable periods for up to about three hours then cool as dawn approaches and as you lie awake the golden light slowly creeps across the deck and floods the cabin. i usually slide as quietly out of bed as possible and get a few early photos of the tranquility as the light builds and make some notes for the blog.
Reception for the Turkcell USB modem has been difficult in here with the poorest reception I have encountered anywhere. This is surprising as on the top of pretty much every visible high ground in this country there are massive aerials piercing the skyline. No Resource management consents needed here, this country is wired for WiFi. They have embraced cellular technology and stolen a jump on telecoms that would have been impossible if they had waited for copper.
Sojourn have organised a baked bean brunch as they carry a number of catering size cans of the delicacy bequeathed to them by a retreating Team New Zealand. Jo has done the usual major cater and Rosco is toasting the Turkish bread for us to pile the offering of fried eggs bacon and beans for breakfast.
Reception for the Turkcell USB modem has been difficult in here with the poorest reception I have encountered anywhere. This is surprising as on the top of pretty much every visible high ground in this country there are massive aerials piercing the skyline. No Resource management consents needed here, this country is wired for WiFi. They have embraced cellular technology and stolen a jump on telecoms that would have been impossible if they had waited for copper.
Sojourn have organised a baked bean brunch as they carry a number of catering size cans of the delicacy bequeathed to them by a retreating Team New Zealand. Jo has done the usual major cater and Rosco is toasting the Turkish bread for us to pile the offering of fried eggs bacon and beans for breakfast.
Bandits crew of Brenda and David have joined us and we sit in the cool cockpit breeze talking eating breakfast and nursing our large mugs of plunger coffee.
Conversation as often centres on the topic of cruising, life balance and maintaining a med cruising lifestyle. The consensus is and is supported by Brenda who is writing a piece for Boating NZ on the very same topic that more couples are maintaining their NZ lifestyle and business and choosing a number of months of the year over winter to return and cruise.
It has my attention.
I endlessly debate both silently and aloud how I could get more of this and still maintain a family presence and wok identity. i really don't know if you can and I am disturbed that once before in my life i have quit and followed a different path so I am not unaware of the challenge. At present the balance probably lies somewhere between letting it go and trying to ignore the call or finding an extended version of what we have done for Tonga, Italy and now Turkey over the next few years and aim for an extended break pushing the boundaries of tolerance in a family and business sense and take these long breaks and hope it proves enough to satisfy the deep yearning to cut free albeit for a finite time and enjoy the cruising lifestyle.
This is what rings my bells.
We lunch on smoked salmon , tuna, bread and cheese with a couple of beers till four o'clock and enjoy the growing cool breeze swinging the boat gently as we sit just metres fro the shore. At least the sweating stops when we get some breeze.
Sojourn and Bandit have split but we have opted to sit and enjoy this site a little longer. Tomorrow the spectre of the end of the cruise starts to loom large. Cleaning will start as we ready to join Sojourn for the last week and start moving up the coast.
Conversation as often centres on the topic of cruising, life balance and maintaining a med cruising lifestyle. The consensus is and is supported by Brenda who is writing a piece for Boating NZ on the very same topic that more couples are maintaining their NZ lifestyle and business and choosing a number of months of the year over winter to return and cruise.
It has my attention.
I endlessly debate both silently and aloud how I could get more of this and still maintain a family presence and wok identity. i really don't know if you can and I am disturbed that once before in my life i have quit and followed a different path so I am not unaware of the challenge. At present the balance probably lies somewhere between letting it go and trying to ignore the call or finding an extended version of what we have done for Tonga, Italy and now Turkey over the next few years and aim for an extended break pushing the boundaries of tolerance in a family and business sense and take these long breaks and hope it proves enough to satisfy the deep yearning to cut free albeit for a finite time and enjoy the cruising lifestyle.
This is what rings my bells.
We lunch on smoked salmon , tuna, bread and cheese with a couple of beers till four o'clock and enjoy the growing cool breeze swinging the boat gently as we sit just metres fro the shore. At least the sweating stops when we get some breeze.
Sojourn and Bandit have split but we have opted to sit and enjoy this site a little longer. Tomorrow the spectre of the end of the cruise starts to loom large. Cleaning will start as we ready to join Sojourn for the last week and start moving up the coast.
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