Amasra, Turkey

This morning we walked over to the small harbor to enjoy a tea and coffee in the outdoor café right on the water’s edge. 

We then wandered aimlessly around some of the shops in the small town.  Amasra’s citadel joins the mainland to a small island, Rabbit Island.  Amy and I walked all around, through the residential area, taking in many views of the town.  We came to the eastern edge where a small shack served as the city’s most remote café.  We sat on benches overlooking Sea Gull Island and the main harbor, eating our cheese and tomato toasty lunch. 

Small Harbour, Amasra, Turkey

Amasra, Turkey

We then continued through the town.  We wanted to sit on the beach and have a swim, but no one else was around and we didn’t want to offend anyone and/or step out of line.  Instead we went back to the pension and rested from the heat. 

When we woke we went to dinner at Safaks.  I had an Iskender Kebab and Amy the green beans, rice, yoghurt and salad.  We ran into Yilmaz again – of course his friend is the owner.  He took us to the tea house near the big harbor where we met Karen and Tanya; two Melburnians Yilmaz had helped earlier.  We wandered over to the tea house where we were this morning and had a couple of drinks while watching the sunset. 

When the girls wandered off for dinner we met an English local, Nigel.  I think he enjoyed the English conversation.  He told us Yilmaz was known in town as "The Hunter" for he seeks out tourists that come to town, and gets them set up with everything they need.  When he took his daughter home, we went back to our pension for the night.