The Northern Part of the Seljuk Fortress viewed from the Citadel - Alanya at the Back Second day in Alanya. We are waiting for the next...

Three big Forest Fires on 3 August 2021 seen from a NASA Satellite Yesterday afternoon, a loud boom caught my attention. Just overhead, a...

The Crusader Castle form the 12th Century of top of Selinus Cliff Another beautiful morning on Cilicia’s coast. We started with climbing...

We started our Day with Buying 5 Seabreams from local Fishermen returning from the Sea Last night we made it to Anemurium, an ancient...

The Walls of Softa Castle are amazingly intact - it takes less than thirty minutes to climb the Castle Coffee at 6. 30 am – departure at...

Our Boat, the Dragonfly, was waiting for us in the Harbor of Girne at 9 am this Morning Finally, after months of planning and...

Last day, before sailing starts tomorrow. We used the day to visit Enkomi, an early bronze-age town, then Salamis, the island’s Roman...

Büyük Han, the lovingly restored Caranvansarai in the Center of Nicosia Whilst waiting for the boat and the rest of the crew to arrive, a...

Sarcophagus of the prominent Roman Jusist Valerio Petroniano from 320 AD Consulting the lease agreement for the Dragonfly the other day,...

Lifting Copper and Tin Ingots from the Uluburun Ship Wreck Yesterday’s blog reminded me to talk about tin, the rare metal required for...

Tyrian Dye was not only produced in Tyros but probably throughout the Roman Empire Before starting our journey, I go every year on Google...

These Walls were built by the Crusaders inside Herod's once magnificent Port of Caesarea Due to the undeclared war between Israel and...

Sailing from Alanya to Göcek in our second week will be a pleasurable and peaceful experience. Many people call this part of Anatolia the...

Natural Salt Pan in Delice (Kirikkale) in Central Anatolia My recent blog about the high salinity of the eastern Mediterranean made me...

View from the Galata Tower (built by the Genovese) over old Constantinople with the Bazaar Exactly three weeks ago, the European...

Fishing Boats in the Gaza Port in 2023 before the most recent war Can’t believe that in one month time we will set foot on the Dragonfly....

Byzantine Peasants working the Lands - the Painting is from the 11th Century though Whenever we go on shore this summer, we will find...

The ancient Greek town of Salamis was twice destroyed by Earth Quakes but rebuilt - it was only abandoned during the Arab - Byzantine...

This year, we start our next three-years’ sailing cycle by following Saint Paul’s journey from Caesarea to Rome. 2’000 years ago, Saint...

The above saying came to my mind when looking at the seven ancient wonders of the world. Were we able of sailing our originally intended...