2. The Dodecanese

Our last Island in the Dodecanese is Kalimnos.  The Dodecanese Islands run up the west coast of Turkey and are literally only an hour away from Turkey.  Many charter boats run between Turkey and these Islands.

After a lazy morning in Kos we depart around 10.30 and head out into a lite breeze and sail for a good two hours.  We are only travelling at around 4 knots which is perfect for fishing and next thing you know we have a bonito on our line. It takes Greg about 20 minutes to reel him in and bang we now have sashimi for dinner tonight.  Our first fish, yeah!!!!!

And then the shitty weather comes in blowing directly into our westerly path.  We are heading for Kalimnos another two hours away and are punching into the winds again!  The Dodecanese are famous for their westerly winds and we are experiencing them full on.

We arrive around 4pm and get a possie on the wharf.  It doesn't take long for the wharf to fill up for the night and again very cheap only 5 Euros. We have a pretty quite one on board and enjoy our fresh, melt in your mouth bonito sashimi, yum!