Lakeside town: Köyceğiz

From Fethiye, we drove to the small lakeside Köyceğiz. It is near a larger seaside resort town called Dalyan. The rent at Fulya Pension was an afforable 30 YTL a night, so we decided to spend two nights in this pleasant & cozy town.

On our first night, we borrowed two bikes from the pension & rode into the town center, where we found a fruit & vegetable market. Robby wanted apples, so we approached one stand that had fuji-type apples & green apples side by side. He asked the fruit seller, 'Which kind is sweet?' The fruit seller pointed to the green apples, so Robby bought 6 of them. Later, we found that these were granny smith apples - not sweet, but sour. What suckers we were! We both had a gut feeling that green = sour, but we entrusted the seller to be honest in his response.

We ate at a fast food joint & had our cheapest meal yet: 5 YTL for the both of us. That was satisfying, even if it was Turkish fast food (a hamburger is still considered fast food here).

We headed home along the lakeside & found a cafe to lounge, watch the water, & play backgammon. We had a comfortably slow-paced evening knowing that we didn't have to pack & leave the next day.

The following day, we drove around the Lake Köyceğiz & stopped at the following places: old ruins, mud bath, & hot springs.

We both liked the friendly atmosphere of Köyceğiz. The absence of bikini-clad tourists was also appealing.