Donkey Island

We took a trip to Donkey Island yesterday(Sat) on a fancy yacht. It was really cool. We set out from space camp at 9:30 in the morning and were on the yacht by 11am. The warm sun was so nice. We lay out on the front of the yacht basking in the sun. Life here is so hard, we have 7 days of vacation, 1 day of work, and then back to vacation. Just kidding. It has been fabulous so far. It took about an hour to sail to Donkey Island. The weather was sooooo perfect. Sunny, no clouds, and around 90 degrees, perfect weather.

The Agean Sea is really clear and blue. Once we got to Donkey Island we lowered the anchor most of us jumped into the sea. It was really fun to jump from the boat into the ocean. The depth was around 14 meters. I brought my goggles and could see the bottom and I could also see way off in the distance. Under Water!! Everybody had fun looking through my goggles in the ocean. Connie was worried about swimming to shore because she was not a strong swimmer.

"Don't worry," Beth said "there is so much salt in the sea that you cannot sink."

Tom and I were already in the water and we decide to try it out because Tom always sinks. Tom lies flat on his back and...........sinks right down.

"Uh......Beth," I comment.

"Yeah," Beth asked.

"Tom still sinks," I said.

"Well......he better just swim," Beth told us.

No problem. We had to swim from the boat to the island. It was not that far but a good swim. From the boat we could see all the donkeys that inhabited the island. So once on land we walked to where the donkeys were. We did not have any food wıth us because we forgot to bring some, also because it would have gotten wet and soggy. At first the donkeys ignored us, but when we pretended to have food they all came over to investigate. We petted the donkeys and then explored the surrounding area for a little bit before heading back to the boat. We swam back to the boat and continued to look at the sea under water for a lıttle bit, and then we climbed back up on deck to continue our relaxing day. I read a book for a while before the captain decided that we would go to another spot to sit and relax.

The next place we tried to go was Blue Lagoon, but there were too many tourist boats so we headed on to another, more private location. Tom had to jump into the water to tie us up to the rocks on the cliff. The depth of the water here was about 8 meters and was just as clear as before. We all jumped into the water and swam for a bıt. Then we all just lounged around on the boat. All the guys fished whenever we stopped.

After a couple of hours at the private location we headed back to Blue Lagoon. This time there was enough room for us to stay. Again Tom had to jump into the ocean to tie the boat up to the rocks. Blue Lagoon did not live up to it name. It was BETTER!!! The water was a beautiful torquoise color. Again the water was so clear. When the guys fished we could watch the fish bite the bait. It was sooooo cooooooo!! Alas, the day had to end. We had spent 8 hours out on the open Agean Sea visiting island after island. We sailed back to the mainland of Turkey and went back to space camp. By the time we all got back around 8:30pm, we were tired, but happy and relaxed. It was a great day. I hope to be able to do it again sometime.