Çeşme: A Lazy Day on the Aegean

We went to Çeşme thinking that we would board a ferry for the Greek island of Chios, but we missed the boat.  Instead we ended up finding an incredible deal for a seven hour cruise on the Aegean with lunch and four stops for swimming for 40 Turkish lira ($20!). 

The water of the Aegean is so cold it's like your lungs freeze in place in your chest for a minute before you can move.  After the lung freezing, you look around and realize that you're in Turkish paradise.

Nomads meet the Nomad.

The deck of the boat we were on.

The seagulls flew at the same speed as the boat, so they seemed to hover above us.

Cooking lunch ashore

Donkey Island