Twenty Years Ago, Today, Friday, October 2, 1998: Ucagiz, Turkey

LOG: Dinghy to Kale Koy – ancient Simena. Walked up to castle w/2 ladies who sell scarves. One age 52 helped Carole up & down. Lunch ashore at Ibraham – big hands to attract yachts to his wharf; Hassam flags to attract. Walked through tiny village to more tombs.

CHASING SUNSETS: p 228, “We dinghied to Kale Koy (ancient Simena), past rocks with stairs cut in them leading to the top of the rock, but nothing else; past huge sarcophagi with holes smashed in their sides by ancient grave robbers, and tied up at the wharf at the foot of the stairs to the castle. Two ladies immediately attached themselves to us and were our guides up and down the very steep staircase. Carole’s assistant was short and heavy and looked much older than Carole. She leapt up and down the stairs like a gazelle, a fact I was smart enough not to mention more than once. The view from the castle walls was worth the climb.

Carole: Those stairs had no railings, glass smooth stone surfaces, and sheer drops. Laurie was lucky I didn’t just sit down and scoot my way up and down on my bottom. It was gorgeous though, and well worth the terror.”